Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher

February 23, 1904 · 122 years old

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…

Known For

19 titles
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Horror of Dracula

Horror of Dracula

1958 · 1h 22m · Movie

When Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula for accepting a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, his friend Dr. Van Helsing pursues the predatory villain.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959 · 1h 27m · Movie

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

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The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957 · 1h 22m · Movie

While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.

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The Mummy

The Mummy

1959 · 1h 28m · Movie

In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.

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Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966 · 1h 30m · Movie

Ten years after his demise, Count Dracula is resurrected by his servant and preys on four unsuspecting English tourists who have taken shelter in his castle.

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The Devil Rides Out

The Devil Rides Out

1968 · 1h 35m · Movie

Devil worshipers plan to convert two new victims.

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The Brides of Dracula

The Brides of Dracula

1960 · 1h 25m · Movie

Vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on a beautiful young schoolteacher.

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The Gorgon

The Gorgon

1964 · 1h 23m · Movie

In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone.

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The Curse of the Werewolf

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961 · 1h 33m · Movie

In eighteenth-century Spain, an adopted boy becomes a werewolf and terrorizes the inhabitants of his town.

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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969 · 1h 41m · Movie

Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.

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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974 · 1h 33m · Movie

Baron Frankenstein works with a mental patient to reanimate the dead.

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12
Island of Terror

Island of Terror

1966 · 1h 29m · Movie

An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.

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The Earth Dies Screaming

The Earth Dies Screaming

1964 · 1h 2m · Movie

In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.

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The Man Who Could Cheat Death

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959 · 1h 23m · Movie

A centenarian artist and scientist in 1890 Paris maintains his youth and health by periodically replacing a gland with that of a living person.

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Night of the Big Heat

Night of the Big Heat

1967 · 1h 34m · Movie

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.

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Sword of Sherwood Forest

Sword of Sherwood Forest

1960 · 1h 20m · Movie

While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.

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Four Sided Triangle

Four Sided Triangle

1953 · 1h 21m · Movie

Bill and Robin, helped by their childhood friend, Lena, develop a "reproducer" which can exactly duplicate any object. Bill, crushed when Lena marries Robin, convinces her to allow him to duplicate her, so that he may have a copy ...

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Three Stops to Murder

Three Stops to Murder

1953 · 1h 16m · Movie

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

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Stolen Assignment

Stolen Assignment

1955 · 1h 2m · Movie

A young female reporter, tired of the lightweight women's stories her editor keeps assigning her, pesters him to give her an assignment with more substance. When an artist's rich wife is murdered, the pair try to help a detective-...

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