The Screaming Skull (1958)

Directed by

Alex Nicol

Genre

horror film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman marries a widower and moves into his mansion. She starts to believe the ghost of his first wife is tormenting her.

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What happens

The Screaming Skull is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white horror film, produced by John Kneubuhl and directed by Alex Nicol, starring John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway, Tony Johnson, and Nicol. The Screaming Skull marked Nicol's directorial debut; he decided to try it because he felt that he was not acting in the roles which he wanted. The film was distributed by American International Pictures in August 1958 as a double feature with Terror from the Year 5000. The film's storyline concerns a newlywed woman who believes she is being haunted by the ghost of her new husband's previous wife. The simplistic musical score centres on the dies irae. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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