🎬Terence Fisher

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)	Director / Writer		6
2	Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)	Director / Writer		6
3	The Devil Rides Out (1968)	Director / Writer		7
4	Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)	Director / Writer		7
5	Night of the Big Heat (1967)	Director / Writer		5
6	Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)	Director / Writer		6.5
7	Island of Terror (1966)	Director / Writer		1
8	The Gorgon (1964)	Director / Writer		7.5
9	The Phantom of the Opera (1962)	Director / Writer	-	-
10	Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)	Director / Writer		4
11	The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)	Director / Writer		2
12	The Brides of Dracula (1960)	Director / Writer		6
13	Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)	Director / Writer		10
14	The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)	Director / Writer		5
15	The Mummy (1959)	Director / Writer		6.6
16	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)	Director / Writer		7
17	The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)	Director / Writer		5
18	Dracula (1958)	Director / Writer		7.3
19	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)	Director / Writer		1
20	Blackout (1954)	Director / Writer		4
21	Face the Music (1954)	Director / Writer		4
22	The Stranger Came Home (1954)	Director / Writer		5
23	Four Sided Triangle (1953)	Director / Writer	-	-
24	The Last Page (1952)	Director / Writer		4
25	Stolen Face (1952)	Director / Writer		4
26	So Long at the Fair (1950)	Director / Writer		4