Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher

1904-02-23 Maida Vale, London, England 65 Credits

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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...

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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips fro...

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974

Director

6.2
Directing

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose...

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969

Director

6.4
Directing

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. ...

Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula

Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula

1969

as Self

Acting

A documentary about Dracula and vampirism.

The Devil Rides Out

The Devil Rides Out

1968

Director

6.5
Directing

The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul ...

Night of the Big Heat

Night of the Big Heat

1967

Director

5.3
Directing

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea...

Frankenstein Created Woman

Frankenstein Created Woman

1967

Director

6.5
Directing

A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of ...

Island of Terror

Island of Terror

1966

Director

5.8
Directing

A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The communit...

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966

Director

6.7
Directing

Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one...

The Gorgon

The Gorgon

1964

Director

6.3
Directing

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The per...

The Earth Dies Screaming

The Earth Dies Screaming

1964

Director

6.2
Directing

A crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward o...

The Horror of It All

The Horror of It All

1964

Director

4.0
Directing

In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand of one of their daughters in marriage. He soon finds hi...

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

1962

Director

5.5
Directing

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson embark on a search for Cleopatra's ancient necklace, which has been stolen.

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1962

Director

6.4
Directing

A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is inten...

The Curse of the Werewolf

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961

Director

6.5
Directing

A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Sword of Sherwood Forest

1960

Director

5.9
Directing

Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of...

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1960

Director

6.1
Directing

After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jek...

The Brides of Dracula

The Brides of Dracula

1960

Director

6.7
Directing

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently u...

The Stranglers of Bombay

The Stranglers of Bombay

1959

Director

6.5
Directing

In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousa...

The Mummy

The Mummy

1959

Director

6.7
Directing

One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries...

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959

Director

5.8
Directing

Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 year...

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

Director

6.8
Directing

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

The Revenge of Frankenstein

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958

Director

6.6
Directing

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.

Dracula

Dracula

1958

Director

7.3
Directing

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only ...

The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957

Director

6.8
Directing

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature w...

Kill Me Tomorrow

Kill Me Tomorrow

1957

Director

5.2
Directing

A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.

The Last Man to Hang

The Last Man to Hang

1956

Director

5.7
Directing

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

The Gelignite Gang

The Gelignite Gang

1956

Director

6.4
Directing

A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing...

Robin Hood: The Movie

Robin Hood: The Movie

1955

Director

Directing

A classic Robin Hood tale, starring Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Bernadette O'Farrell as Maid Marian. Released in 1991 by ITC, it was edited toget...

The Flaw

The Flaw

1955

Director

5.6
Directing

A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate th...

Stolen Assignment

Stolen Assignment

1955

Director

5.4
Directing

Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has n...

Children Galore

Children Galore

1955

Director

4.0
Directing

As a going away gift to a small village, the local Lord and Lady promise a new cottage to the local couple with the most grandchildren. Competitive in...

Mask of Dust

Mask of Dust

1954

Director

4.2
Directing

An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whethe...

Final Appointment

Final Appointment

1954

Director

5.5
Directing

A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took pl...

The Stranger Came Home

The Stranger Came Home

1954

Director

5.1
Directing

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners,...

Blackout

Blackout

1954

Director

6.0
Directing

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But w...

Face the Music

Face the Music

1954

Director

5.7
Directing

A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after su...

Three's Company

1953

Director

Directing

Compilation of 3 episodes of the TV series "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ...". "The Surgeon", "Take A Number" and "The Scream".

Blood Orange

Blood Orange

1953

Director

5.3
Directing

Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.

Spaceways

Spaceways

1953

Director

4.7
Directing

A rocket engineer, responsible for sending a satellite into space, is accused of committing the most extraordinary crime.

Four Sided Triangle

Four Sided Triangle

1953

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, t...

Mantrap

Mantrap

1953

Director, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Writing

Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befrie...

Distant Trumpet

Distant Trumpet

1952

Director

5.0
Directing

David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.

Stolen Face

Stolen Face

1952

Director

5.6
Directing

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict b...

Wings of Danger

Wings of Danger

1952

Director

5.2
Directing

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his...

The Last Page

The Last Page

1952

Director

5.7
Directing

A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.

Home to Danger

Home to Danger

1951

Director

6.0
Directing

A young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.

So Long at the Fair

So Long at the Fair

1950

Director

6.7
Directing

Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the ...

The Astonished Heart

The Astonished Heart

1950

Director

4.5
Directing

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonor...

Marry Me

Marry Me

1949

Director

4.3
Directing

The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on...

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

1948

Director

5.9
Directing

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering ...

To the Public Danger

To the Public Danger

1948

Director

6.1
Directing

Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their...

A Song for Tomorrow

A Song for Tomorrow

1948

Director

6.0
Directing

Derek Wardwell (Shaun Noble) is struck with amnesia, and the last thing he remembers is the beautiful voice of opera singer Helen Maxwell (Evelyn Macc...

The Master of Bankdam

The Master of Bankdam

1947

Editor

6.0

Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

1945

Editor

6.4

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

One Exciting Night

One Exciting Night

1944

Editor

5.8

A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

1943

Editor

6.1

While working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.

The Peterville Diamond

The Peterville Diamond

1943

Editor

5.3

Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.

Flying Fortress

Flying Fortress

1942

Editor

5.0

Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!

Atlantic Ferry

Atlantic Ferry

1941

Editor

5.5

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.

That’s The Ticket

1940

Editor

Two nightclub cloakroom attendants become entangled with an enemy spy ring in an adventure that takes them to Paris.

On the Night of the Fire

On the Night of the Fire

1939

Editor

5.2

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.

Mr. Satan

1938

Editor

Jack of All Trades

1936

Editor

5.5

In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a ba...

Where There's a Will

Where There's a Will

1936

Editor

6.8

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with hi...