From The Curse of Frankenstein to The Horror of Dracula, The Phantom of
the Opera to The Mummy, and The Curse of the Werewolf to The Devil Rides
Out, Terence Fisher was Hammer's acclaimed Gothic specialist, and is
celebrated across the globe for directing many of the greatest horror
movies of all time.
Fisher began his career in 1933 as 'the oldest clapper boy in the
business, ' aged 29, and went on to become an editor on a variety of
classic British features. In 1948 he directed his first picture for Rank
and then found that he was more comfortable directing for independent
companies, where he worked on films in a variety of genres. During this
period Terry honed his skills so that when Hammer offered him his first
job as director, The Last Page (1952), he had already established a
style and a reputation. However, it wasn't until Hammer allowed him the
chance to direct The Curse of Frankenstein in 1957, that he discovered
his true forte in horror and with it - and a host of other classic films
that followed - Fisher indelibly stamped his unique talents on the
horror film genre that continues, in large part because of Terry's
Hammer classics, to be so influential and popular today.
TERENCE FISHER: Master of Gothic Cinema is the result of five years of
research and writing by renowned author Tony Dalton, a long-time friend
of Terence Fisher and his family. This fully authorised biography
includes an introduction written by Fisher's daughter Micky Harding.
