Screaming Skull Blu-ray
'The Screaming Skull' Director: Alex Nicol (1958) Eureka Limited Edition Blu-ray
Following her marriage, a wealthy woman moves into her husband’s secluded country mansion, inherited following the death of his first wife — whose ghost is said to roam the estate..
Adapted from a short horror story by Francis Marion Crawford and marking the directorial debut of Alex Nicol (better known for his acting performances in the likes of The Man from Laramie and The Twilight Zone), The Screaming Skull is a hidden gem from the vaults of American International Pictures – an atmospheric and deeply eerie gothic chiller than plays like a meeting between Daphne du Maurier and William Castle.
Clearly influenced by gothic melodramas such as Rebecca and Gaslight and presaging the disquieting menace of such haunted house classics as House on Haunted Hill, The Innocents and The Haunting, The Screaming Skull is filled with hair-raising set-pieces and deserves its place in the pantheon of independent American horror cinema.
Limited Edition contents:
- Limited edition O-card slipcase and interior packaging featuring new artwork
- Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the production and marketing of The Screaming Skull by film historian Jon Towlson, author of Subversive Horror Cinema
Special features include:
- Introduction to The Screaming Skull by horror novelist Stephen Laws
- Video essay on The Screaming Skull and the gothic horror tradition by film and literature scholar Mary Going
