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Director:
Alex Nicol
Writer:
John Kneubuhl (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
January 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
FREE!! We guarantee to bury you without charge if you die of fright during SCREAMING SKULL! more
Plot:
A newlywed couple arrives at the home of the husband's late wife, where the gardens have been maintained by a gardener faithful to the dead woman's memory. Soon eerie events lead the new wife to think she is going out of her mind. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Ridiculous. more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Additional Details

Runtime:
68 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Unrated | UK:X (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2005)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The score this film features some of the earlier work of celebrated composer Ernest Gold, who would later go on to win an Academy Award for the soundtrack to Exodus (1960). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the birds are apparently scared by the skull, a rock is visible being thrown up to scare them. more
Quotes:
Jenni Whitlock: Eric, when you found me, what else was there?
Eric Whitlock: What do you mean, 'What else?'
Jenni Whitlock: A skull?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Ridiculous., 17 June 2008
2/10
Author: Daniel Richardson from Bedford, IN

Yeah this was just a bad movie. I remember reading the back of the DVD cover and thinking "This will suck." And when I watched it, I was right. That's kinda unusual for me. Normally when I think a movie is going to be good, it's bad and when I think a movie is going to bad I either walk away saying "That was really good." or "Eh, better than I thought." But this time, no dice. The movie is just boring. The acting isn't that bad for the era, or genre, and neither is the directing. But it all came across as very boring. And the ending was very ridiculous. Some say it was suppose to, but it didn't seem campy to me. It just seemed bad. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. However, I never seen the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" version. And I'd like to check out "The Drive-In Discs Vol. 1" which is a double feature with "Attack of the Giant Leeches", which also sounds like a bad movie. But the Drive-In Discs also includes cartoon shorts, trailers for other bad movies, concession commercials, and Distort-O! audio which simulates the real drive-in experience. So if your going to watch it use either the Drive-In Discs or Mystery Science, but steer clear of the actual movie.

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