The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Search results
Occupations. Film director. film editor. 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.
- Film director, film editor
- 18 June 1980 (aged 76), Twickenham, London, England
Terence Fisher. Director: Horror of Dracula. Terence Fisher was born in Maida Vale, England, in 1904. Raised by his grandmother in a strict Christian Scientist environment, Fisher left school while still in his teens to join the Merchant Marine.
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Twickenham, London, England, UK
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.
Birthday: Feb 23, 1904. Birthplace: London, England, UK. Leading British horror director of the 1950s and 60s who began his career as an editor and a director of romantic melodramas. Fisher...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit63%48%Director70%67%Director96%75%Director62%56%DirectorDirector: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling Votes: 27,748 Trading gore for grandeur, Horror of Dracula marks an impressive turn for inveterate Christopher Lee as the titular vampire, and a typical Hammer mood that makes aristocracy quite sexy.
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.
Director, Writer, Editor. Terence Fisher's critical reputation rests almost entirely on the horror films he directed for Hammer in the 1950s and 1960s, but he was a more versatile filmmaker than his horror output suggests. Born in London on 23 February 1904, he served in the Merchant Navy before entering the film industry in 1933.
