- Robert Fuest
Robert Fuest (born in 1927 in
London ) is an Englishfilm director ,screenwriter , andproduction designer who has worked mostly in the horror,fantasy andsuspense genre s.Fuest's most highly praised and popular films, which feature strong
black comedy undertones, include perennial cult favorites "The Abominable Dr. Phibes " (1971), "Dr. Phibes Rises Again " (1972), and "The Final Programme" (aka "The Last Days of Man on Earth") (1973). Other films include "And Soon the Darkness " (1970), a straightforward suspense thriller which received considerable critical acclaim but little commercial success, and "The Devil's Rain " (1975), a horror film shot in the U.S. The latter movie received such scathing reviews [cite web|url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/devils_rain/ |title="The Devil's Rain|accessdate=2007-07-15|first=|last=|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] it may arguably have killed off his once promising career,Fuest, Robert. "The Devil's Rain"DVD , Dark Sky, 2006,audio commentary .] as Fuest immediately thereafter found himself relegated to directing fairly anonymoustelevision work. His only subsequent theatrical release to date has been "Aphrodite" (1982), a soft-core sex movie filmed inGreece .His television work included "
Revenge of the Stepford Wives " and three episodes of "The New Avengers ".References
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