Picture of C.S. Lewis paired with picture of Terence Fisher. Text at graphic's bottom reads "C.S. Lewis and Terence Fisher, the King of Gothic Horror:

C.S. Lewis and the King of Gothic Horror

C.S. Lewis and gothic horror? One of these things does not sound like the other. That's what I was thinking five years ago, where I started reading a book called Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth and Religion by Paul Leggett. Among other things it suggested that Fisher, probably best-known today for his gothic horror films made …

Continue reading C.S. Lewis and the King of Gothic Horror

Picture of Filmmaker Terence Fisher, image owned by the UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society

4 Things Artists Can Learn from Terence Fisher

If you do any kind of research into the best horror films ever made, you'll eventually hear about the works of Terence Fisher. Fisher directed a number of excellent horror films for a company called Hammer Studios in the 1950's and 1960's. Many of these films starred Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, usually as two …

Continue reading 4 Things Artists Can Learn from Terence Fisher