Terence Fisher Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher

Directing

Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Production

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll movie poster
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed movie poster
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
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The Curse of Frankenstein movie poster
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The Curse of Frankenstein

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The Curse of Frankenstein
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Frankenstein Created Woman movie poster
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Frankenstein Created Woman

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Frankenstein Created Woman
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell movie poster
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
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The Revenge of Frankenstein movie poster
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The Revenge of Frankenstein

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The Revenge of Frankenstein
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The Brides of Dracula movie poster
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The Brides of Dracula

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The Brides of Dracula
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Dracula movie poster
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Dracula

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Dracula
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The Hound of the Baskervilles movie poster
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Gorgon movie poster
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The Gorgon

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The Gorgon
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Gallery

Terence Fisher portrait