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Terence Fisher is a Director, Scriptwriter and Editor British born on 23 february 1904 at London (United-kingdom)
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.
Son dernier film sera Frankenstein et le monstre de l'enfer (réalisé pour la Hammer Film Productions). Celui-ci signera la fin d'un cinéma fantastique gothique sur le point de s'éteindre, en étant à la fois le dernier chef-d'œuvre de la firme et le dernier épisode d'une saga de cinq films (les cinq Frankenstein réalisés par Fisher, avec Peter Cushing, entre 1957 et 1974).
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Terence Fisher
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 february 1904 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 18 june 1980 (at 76 years) at Twickenham (United-kingdom)
Birth 23 february 1904 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 18 june 1980 (at 76 years) at Twickenham (United-kingdom)
Biography
Il est avant tout célèbre pour avoir réalisé un certain nombre de films pour la firme britannique Hammer Film Productions, tels que Frankenstein s'est échappé, Le Cauchemar de Dracula, qui ont renouvelé les vieux mythes du fantastique avec une mise en scène jouant sur les couleurs, des décors réalistes, et une ambiance gothique. Sa version de Dracula est particulièrement importante pour l'esthétique des films de vampires et du cinéma fantastique en général : c'est la première fois que l'on voit les canines proéminentes de Dracula, du sang à l'écran, et une tension érotique inédite. Il a aussi révélé les deux acteurs Peter Cushing et Christopher Lee.Son dernier film sera Frankenstein et le monstre de l'enfer (réalisé pour la Hammer Film Productions). Celui-ci signera la fin d'un cinéma fantastique gothique sur le point de s'éteindre, en étant à la fois le dernier chef-d'œuvre de la firme et le dernier épisode d'une saga de cinq films (les cinq Frankenstein réalisés par Fisher, avec Peter Cushing, entre 1957 et 1974).
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, 1h39Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Peter Cushing, David Prowse, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, John Stratton, Patrick Troughton
Rating62%
Baron Victor Frankenstein (Cushing) is housed at an insane asylum where he has been made a surgeon at the asylum, and has a number of privileges, as he holds secret information on Adolf Klauss, the asylum's corrupt and perverted director (John Stratton). The Baron, under the alias of Dr. Carl Victor, uses his position to continue his experiments in the creation of man.
, 1h38Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Veronica Carlson, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Rating66%
Baron Victor Frankenstein is staying at a boarding house while a former fellow-scientist resides in a nearby insane asylum, slowly dying through lack of oxygen in the brain.
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
, 1h36Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Patrick Mower, Leon Greene, Sarah Lawson
Rating68%
Set in London and the south of England in 1929, the story finds Nicholas, Duc de Richleau, investigating the strange actions of the son of a friend, Simon Aron, who has a house replete with strange markings and a pentagram. He quickly deduces that Simon is involved with the occult. Nicholas de Richleau and Rex Van Ryn manage to rescue Simon and another young initiate, Tanith, from a devil-worshipping cult. During the rescue, they disrupt a ceremony on Salisbury Plain, in which the Devil (Baphomet) himself appears.
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
, 1h26Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Peter Cushing, Thorley Walters, Duncan Lamont, Peter Madden, Derek Fowlds, Barry Warren
Rating64%
Years later, Hans Werner (Robert Morris) is working as an assistant to Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), helped by Dr Hertz (Thorley Walters) who is in the process of discovering a way of trapping the soul of a recently deceased person. Frankenstein believes he can transfer that soul into another recently deceased body to restore it to life.
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
, 1h34Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Météorologie, Films based on science fiction novels, Catastrophe climatique, Disaster films
Actors Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, Peter Cushing, Sarah Lawson, Jane Merrow, Kenneth Cope
Rating55%
Une invraisemblable vague de chaleur touche en plein hiver l'île britannique de Fara. À l'auberge du « Cygne Blanc », la tension monte en même temps que la température. Le mystérieux client Hanson finira pas dévoiler la cause de cet étrange microclimat : des extraterrestres se préparent à envahir la Terre et la chaleur intense leur est indispensable pour survivre…
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
, 1h30Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, Bud Tingwell, Peter Cushing, Suzan Farmer
Rating66%
A prologue replays the final scenes from Dracula, in which Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) destroys Dracula (Christopher Lee) by driving him into the sunlight. These scenes are accompanied by voice-over narration that describes how Van Helsing, a scholar of vampirism, was able to end Dracula's century-long reign of terror and destroy his cult; only the memory of Dracula's evil remains.
Island of Terror (1966)
, 1h29Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Edward Judd, Peter Cushing, Eddie Byrne, Niall MacGinnis, Samuel John Kydd, Margaret Lacey
Rating60%
On the remote Petrie's Island off the east coast of Ireland, farmer Ian Bellows goes missing and his wife contacts the local constabulary. Constable John Harris goes looking for him and finds him dead in a cave without a single bone in his body. Horrified, Harris swiftly fetches the town physician Dr. Reginald Landers, but Dr. Landers is unable to determine what happened to the dead man's skeleton. Landers journeys to the mainland to seek the help of a noted London pathologist, Dr. Brian Stanley.
The Horror of It All (1964)
, 1h15Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Pat Boone, Erik Chitty, Dennis Price, Valentine Dyall
Rating48%
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
, 1h2Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters, Anna Palk, Vanda Godsell
Rating58%
After a mysterious gas attack which kills off most of the Earth's population, a few survivors gather at a country inn to figure out a plan for survival. However, the gas attack is only the first step in an alien invasion, in which groups of killer robots stalk the streets, able to kill anyone with the a mere touch of their hands. The group's members find additional weaponry in a nearby drill hall, but the robots continue their campaign of terror, which only increases when their victims rise from the dead as zombies, eager to kill anyone who might try to stop them. Yet despite frictions within the group -- and the birth of a baby, which further complicates matters -- most of the members survive. After discovering that the robots are being controlled from a local transmitting tower, the survivors blow it up and head to a nearby airport, where they commandeer a plane and fly towards an unknown destination, hoping additional survivors see their plane and join them.
The Gorgon (1964)
, 1h23Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe, Patrick Troughton
Rating63%
The year is 1910. In the rural German village of Vandorf, seven murders have been committed within the past five years, each victim having been petrified into a stone figure. Rather than investigate it, the local authorities dismiss the murders for fear of a local legend having come true. When a local girl becomes the latest victim and her suicidal lover made the scapegoat, the father of the condemned man decides to investigate and discovers that the cause of the petrifying deaths is a phantom. The very last of the snake-haired Gorgon sisters haunts the local castle and turns victims to stone during the full moon.
, 1h26Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Christopher Lee, Thorley Walters, Hans Nielsen, Senta Berger, Wolfgang Lukschy, Ivan Desny
Rating54%
The film's plot has Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempting to recover a stolen necklace, formerly worn by Cleopatra, from Professor Moriarty. Holmes tries to convince the police that the professor is a criminal, but they are disbelieving.
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
, 1h24Directed by Freddie Francis, Terence Fisher, Peter Medak, John Peverall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough, Harold Goodwin, Thorley Walters
Rating63%
The film opens in Victorian London on a December night in 1900. The first night of the season at the London Opera House finds the opening of a new opera by Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough), a wealthy and pompous man, who is annoyed and scornful when the opera manager Lattimer (Thorley Walters) informs him the theatre has not been completely sold out. No one will sit in a certain box because it is haunted. Backstage, despite the soothing efforts of the opera's producer, Harry Hunter (Edward de Souza), everyone, including the show's star, Maria, is nervous and upset as if a sinister force was at work. The climax comes during Maria's first aria, when a side of the scenery rips apart to reveal the body of a hanged stage hand. In a panic, the curtain is rung down, and Maria refuses to sing again.
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
, 1h21Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Desmond Llewelyn, Anthony Dawson, Michael Ripper
Rating64%
The story is set in 18th Century Spain. A beggar is imprisoned by a cruel marques after making inappropriate remarks at the nobleman's wedding. The beggar is forgotten, and survives another fifteen years. His sole human contact is with the jailer and his beautiful mute daughter (Yvonne Romain). The aging, decrepit Marques makes advances on the jailer's daughter while she is cleaning his room. When she refuses him, the Marques has her thrown into the dungeon with the beggar. The beggar, driven mad by his long confinement, rapes her and then dies.
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
, 1h25Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, David Peel, Freda Jackson, Mona Washbourne
Rating66%
A gloomy wood is seen as a voice is heard, narrating: Transylvania, land of dark forests, dread mountains and black unfathomable lakes. Still the home of magic and devilry as the nineteenth century draws to its close. Count Dracula, monarch of all vampires is dead. But his disciples live on to spread the cult and corrupt the world...
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
, 1h20Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Richard Greene, Sarah Branch, Peter Cushing, Jack Gwillim, Richard Pasco, Nigel Green
Rating58%
The Sheriff of Nottingham plans to confiscate the estate of the Lord of Bortrey, a nobleman who has died on Crusade. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Hubert Walter, speaks against this plan and the sheriff plots to eliminate him. Robin Hood is asked to undertake the assassination of the Archbishop for the plotters, led by the Earl of Newark (Richard Pasco) and Lord Melton (Oliver Reed), but on realising who the intended target is, resolves to help the Archbishop instead.