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Terence Fisher

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23 febbraio 1904 · Maida Vale, London, England
Morte
18 giugno 1980

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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" (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. Description above adapted from the Wikipedia article Terence Fisher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Locandina di Dracula il vampiro
Dracula il vampiro
Film · 1958 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di La furia dei Baskerville
La furia dei Baskerville
Film · 1959 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di La maschera di Frankenstein
La maschera di Frankenstein
Film · 1957 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di Dracula principe delle tenebre
Dracula principe delle tenebre
Film · 1966 · ★ 6,7
Locandina di La mummia
La mummia
Film · 1959 · ★ 6,7
Locandina di Le spose di Dracula
Le spose di Dracula
Film · 1960 · ★ 6,7
Locandina di The Devil Rides Out
The Devil Rides Out
Film · 1968 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di L'implacabile condanna
L'implacabile condanna
Film · 1961 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di Lo sguardo che uccide
Lo sguardo che uccide
Film · 1964 · ★ 6,4
Locandina di La vendetta di Frankenstein
La vendetta di Frankenstein
Film · 1958 · ★ 6,6
Locandina di La maledizione dei Frankenstein
La maledizione dei Frankenstein
Film · 1967 · ★ 6,4
Locandina di Distruggete Frankenstein!
Distruggete Frankenstein!
Film · 1969 · ★ 6,3

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