Offscreen Notes
Donald Sharp: April 19, 1922-Dec. 18, 2011
One of the most prolific of the British Hammer Studios directors, Don Sharp, has passed away at the age of 89. His films for Hammer included the remarkable The Kiss of the Vampire (1962), four interesting Christopher Lee vehicles Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1965) and The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) and its first sequel The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) and Dark Places (1973). Among his other horror/SF credits are Witchcraft (1964), Curse of the Fly (1965), Rocket to the Moon (1967), and Sharp’s contribution to the 1960s counter-culture/beatnik movement, Psychomania (1971).
