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Terence Fisher
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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.
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
The Devil Rides Out
1968
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967
Island of Terror
1966
The Gorgon
1964
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
The Mummy
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
Dracula
1958
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
So Long at the Fair
1950