The Screaming Skull (1958)
1958 · Feature film · 62 min · dir. Alex Nicol
The tortured ghost who claims vengeance in the bride's bedroom!
- Thriller
- Horror
Synopsis
Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange things including a mysterious skull, which may or may not be a product of her imagination.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Alex Nicol
- Writer
- John Kneubuhl
- Composer
- Ernest Gold
- Cinematography
- Floyd Crosby
- Studio
- Madera Productions, American International Pictures
- Released
- 1958-08-25
- Running time
- 62 minutes
Cast & crew
Alex Nicol Director
John Hudson
Peggy Webber
Russ Conway- Alex Nicol
Tony Johnson
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Soundtrack by Ernest Gold makes it · Zeugitai · 2010-02-22
I saw this as a kid and was "scared" by it. That's not saying much, I know. There are images and scenes in the film that manage to be disturbing and that make a lasting impression; but I have come to believe that it is the soundtrack that rescues the entire project. The Screaming Skull has one of the best soundtracks of any low-budget horror film ever made. The compositions and instrumentation by the brilliant composer, Ernest Gold, are classic. The piano parts, in particular, are played brilliantly. The "horror" atmosphere of the film is supported and sustained by this textbook horror…
★★★★★ · Free burial services · barticle · 2013-02-10
The producers of this film offer free burial services to anyone who dies of fright while watching this film. I wonder if that offer still applies? I didn't die of fright, but I seem to have wet myself.
★★★★★ · worst movie ever made · sc117 · 2018-02-09
saw this turkey on mst3k laughing silly to the end
★★★ · Ear plugs please! · picfixer · 2010-02-05
This one really should have been titled "The Screaming Wife," for the leading lady's tendency to let go with both lungs at every creaking board. Anyway, it's a low-budget, wife-in-peril, supernatural suspense/horror with a okay cast of five. Having nothing to work with except a large vacant house, the director builds suspense nicely, and does some good stuff with light and shadow. The screenplay is ordinary. The few special effects are very dated, yet somehow manage to be effective rather than funny in the climactic final scenes. I like little movies that are able to make something out of…
★★★ · screaming · revdaddy · 2009-11-17
a good movie for halloween, but not worth watching for anything else
★★ · The Screaming Bore · billbarstad · 2011-05-15
Boy, is this a drive-in movie. Long on atmosphere meant to create suspense and foreboding and succeeding mildly, short on story and plot, the viewer need pay only occasional attention to follow along. Do watch the last 10 or so minutes for the most interesting, and funny scenes.
