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Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films. 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.
Terence Fisher was a British film director who made his mark with a series of horror films for Hammer Studios, featuring Frankenstein, Dracula, and other monsters. He was known for his realistic and complex characterization, his dynamic style, and his defiance of conventional horror conventions.
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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.
- The Brides of Dracula (1960) And my very favorite Terence Fisher movie is the sequel to Horror of Dracula, that doesn’t feature Count Dracula at all.
- The Devil Rides Out (1968) One of Fisher’s later films (he stopped directing in 1974), this is the only film in which Christopher Lee plays the hero, and the first of their films to deal directly with Old Scratch himself, the Devil.
- The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Hammer made over 20 movies about vampires, a dozen or so about monsters of all shapes and sizes, seven Frankenstein movies, a few mummy flicks, and even a couple about zombies, but they only ever made one werewolf movie.
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) Of all the adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmesstory, this one might be my favorite.
Terence Fisher was a versatile and prolific British filmmaker who directed many classic horror films for Hammer in the 1950s and 1960s. He also worked as an editor, a director of low-budget features and a maker of SF and comedy films.
This is the authorised biography of Terence Fisher by his long-time friend Tony Dalton, who has also written biographies of Freddie Francis and Ray Harryhausen, as well as four further books on the latter.
Terence Fisher. Director. (1904-1980) Born February 23, London, England. Key Production Country: UK. Key Genres: Horror, Costume Horror, Gothic Film, Creature Film, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Crime Thriller, Supernatural Horror, Psychological Thriller, Science Fiction.
