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Terence Fisher
Maida Vale, London, England
Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England. Fisher was one of the…
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Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England. Fisher was one of the most prominent horror directors of the second half of the 20th century. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day. His first major gothic horror film was "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957), which launched Hammer's long association with the genre and made British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee leading horror stars of the era. He went on to film a number of adaptations of classic horror subjects, including "Dracula" (1958), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959) and "The Mummy" (1959). Given their subject matter and lurid approach, Fisher's films, though commercially successful, were largely dismissed by critics during his career. It is only in recent years that Fisher has become recognised as an auteur in his own right. His films are characterised by a blend of fairy-tale, myth and sexuality. They draw heavily on Christian themes, and there is usually a hero who defeats the powers of darkness by a combination of faith in God and reason, in contrast to other characters, who are either blindly superstitious or bound by a cold, godless rationalism. Description above adapted from the Wikipedia article Terence Fisher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Movie Director
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1969
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Movie Director
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1969
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
Movie Self
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1968
The Devil Rides Out
Movie Director
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1967
Night of the Big Heat
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1967
Frankenstein Created Woman
Movie Director
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1966
Island of Terror
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1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
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1964
The Gorgon
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1964
The Earth Dies Screaming
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1964
The Horror of It All
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1962
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
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1962
The Phantom of the Opera
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1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
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1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest
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1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
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1960
The Brides of Dracula
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1959
The Stranglers of Bombay
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1959
The Mummy
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1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
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1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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1958
The Revenge of Frankenstein
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1958
Dracula
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1957
The Adventures of Clint and Mac
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1957
The Curse of Frankenstein
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1957
Kill Me Tomorrow
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1956
The Last Man to Hang
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1956
The Gelignite Gang
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1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
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1955
Robin Hood: The Movie
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1955
The Flaw
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1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
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1955
Stolen Assignment
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1955
Children Galore
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1954
Mask of Dust
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1954
Final Appointment
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1954
The Unholy Four
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1954
Blackout
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1954
Face the Music
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