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Terence Fisher (1932-1980) was a horror film director and editor primarily associated with Hammer Film Productions. His works include films from the Dracula, Frankenstein and Mummy franchises as well as many others. His filmography in the horror genre both begins and ends with Frankenstein. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Horror of Dracula (1957) Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 The Mummy (1959) Brides of Dracula (1960) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Jan 29, 2002 · Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth and Religion. Paperback – January 29, 2002. Some critics in England and France have long maintained that British director Terence Fisher, whose films dominated world markets in the 1950s and 60s, was one of the greatest directors of fantasy films in history. Since his death in 1980, Fisher's reputation has grown ...
- Paul Leggett
A late bloomer who trained as an editor and was well into his forties before he made his first feature, Fisher was 52 when he directed Hammer's hugely successful The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), shot in lurid Eastmancolor with soon-to-be paragons of British horror, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, in their first onscreen paring.”.
A broke American in London meets a woman who offers to pay him for a marriage of convenience. He agrees, but awakes bloodied in a strange place, having unknowingly become entangled in her father's murder. Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield. Votes: 647.
Oct 28, 2018 · Director Terence Fisher began his 21-year run at Hammer Films in 1952 with a film noir entitled The Last Page (aka Man Bait). But in 1957 he kicked off a fruitful 17-year stretch by doing nothing less than fleshing out the template for the studio’s greatest financial and artistic successes, which would send them all on an impressive run of lurid yet stately horror films whose budgets were rarely betrayed by their production values.
Jul 1, 1991 · THE BEST ON TERENCE FISHER ! Simply the best book ever writed on Terence Fisher life and films, plenty of insightful analysis, and interviews with friends, colleagues and the valuable contribution of Morag Fisher, Terence's spouse. And a wonderful introduction by John Carpenter. That's a shame this masterpiece is out of print !
- Wheeler Winston Dixon
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a film from Hammer’s finest period, and takes advantage of the usual Hammer expertise of that era. Photographed by Jack Asher, with a score by James Bernard, sets by Bernard Robinson, editing by James Needs, and excellent performances by Peter Cushing as Holmes, Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville, André ...
