The Films Of Terence Fisher

Author : Wheeler W. Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Charm of Evil written by Wheeler W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terence Fisher brought the modern Gothic horror film to life in the second half of the twentieth century. As director John Carpenter (Halloween) notes in his introduction, "Terence Fisher and The Curse of Frankenstein was the beginning of it all for the modern horror film..."

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1911325353
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Films of Terence Fisher written by Wheeler Winston Dixon and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). Wheeler Winston Dixon covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work.

Author : Tony Dalton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913051099
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terence Fisher written by Tony Dalton and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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.

Author : Paul Leggett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786481118
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terence Fisher written by Paul Leggett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some critics in England and France have long maintained that British director Terence Fisher, whose films dominated world markets in the 1950s and 60s, was one of the greatest directors of fantasy films in history. Since his death in 1980, Fisher's reputation has grown from relative obscurity and his influence on the development of the modern horror film has been widely recognized. However, Fisher's importance should not be limited to the context of the fantasy and horror film genres. His films should also be recognized as expressions of his generalizations about human spirituality. This critical study of Fisher's films begins with an introduction that provides biographical information on his film career, summaries of all of the films he directed and examples of his impact on contemporary cinema. All of Fisher's films are analyzed in terms of their Christian and religious themes as well as their mythical sources. Chapters are devoted to Fisher's work on the subjects of Frankenstein, Dracula, curses (The Devil Rides Out), the ancient goddess (The Gorgon), the divided self (The Man Who Could Cheat Death) and the redeemer hero (The Stranglers of Bombay). The concluding chapter analyzes the role and influence of Biblical narratives in Fisher's films. Also included is a filmography; the work is fully indexed.

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1800347081
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Films of Terence Fisher written by Wheeler Winston Dixon and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). Wheeler Winston Dixon covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work.

Author : Wheeler W. Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781800342279
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Films of Terence Fisher written by Wheeler W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer - such as 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957) and 'Dracula' (1958) - this book covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early apprenticeship work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work. Brimming with rare stills, interviews, and detailed analysis of Fisher's films - both for Hammer as well as his earlier work - this is the ultimate 'one-stop' book on Terence Fisher, both in his horror films, and his entire body of work, as well as his legacy to the British cinema.

Author : Peter Hutchings
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526125471
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terence Fisher written by Peter Hutchings and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terence Fisher is best known as the director who made most of the classic Hammer horrors – including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Devil Rides Out. But there is more to Terence Fisher than Hammer horror. In a busy twenty-five-year career, he directed fifty films, not just horrors but also thrillers, comedies, melodramas and science-fiction. This book offers an appreciation of all of Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film history. Looking at Fisher’s career as a whole not only underlines his importance as a film-maker but also casts a new, interesting light on the areas in which he worked – Gainsborough melodrama, the 1950s B film, 1960s science-fiction and, of course, Hammer, one of the most successful independent film companies in the history of British cinema.

Author : Roman Büttner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638923460
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Role of Sexuality in the British Vampire Films by Hammer written by Roman Büttner and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,6, University of Marburg (Institut f r Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Blood, Lust, and (Un)death: Vampires in American and British Cultures, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Terence Fisher's masterpiece was his 1958 movie version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. With the huge success of that film, Fisher and Hammer Films started a whole new era of horror movies. Other Dracula films were to follow. Vampirism has traditionally been associated with lust and sexuality, which becomes clear in various modern vampire movies. But this is rather an exception because the film history of blood suckers demonstrates that, when times were different, vampires were depicted differently, too. In Fisher's films, sexuality began to play a bigger role in the genre than ever before and became the key to success of each and every vampire film made by Hammer. Using two of the early Hammer movies, Dracula (1958) and its sequel Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), this paper will not only present the necessary historical background that made it all possible but will also analyze these movies with regard to the role of sexuality in them.

Author : Joaquín Vallet Rodrigo
Publisher : Ediciones Cátedra
ISBN 13 : 843763167X
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book Terence Fisher written by Joaquín Vallet Rodrigo and published by Ediciones Cátedra. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vinculado a la ya legendaria productora Hammer Films, para la que dirigió sus mejores películas, Terence Fisher fue un cineasta despreciado en su momento hasta que, en las últimas décadas, su obra se ha visto notablemente revalorizada y situada en el exacto lugar que merece. El cine de Fisher va mucho más allá de su aparente marco genérico. Sus ambivalentes imágenes y los vericuetos de su guión ocultan una serie de líneas temáticas que van desde la reflexión social hasta la psicológica, pasando por un tratamiento del miedo y el sexo que llegó a revolucionar el cine de terror en su momento imponiendo unas constantes de las que, a día de hoy, todavía se sirve el género. Esta monografía, la primera publicada en castellano sobre Terence Fisher, explora toda su filmografía, prestando especial atención a su primera etapa como director y analizando minuciosamente cada una de sus películas.

Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813595169
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Film, Third Edition written by Wheeler Winston Dixon and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema—especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers—an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century.