The Skull (1965)

Directed by

Freddie Francis

Genre

horror film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man buys a skull that is said to have belonged to the Marquis de Sade. The skull has a supernatural influence and begins to take control of his mind.

creepyold-fashioneddeliberateeeriesuspensefulatmosphericsupernaturalforeboding

What happens

The Skull is a 1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee and Peter Woodthorpe. The script was written by Milton Subotsky from a short story by Robert Bloch, "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade". It was one of a number of British horror films of the sixties to be scored by avant-garde composer Elisabeth Lutyens, including several others for Amicus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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