The Screaming Skull (1958)
A recently married woman begins to lose her grip on sanity when she and her husband move into their home. She soon comes to believe the ghost of her husband's previous wife has come back to haunt her in the form of a terrifying apparition of a skull.
Although largely unheralded by the majority of critics and seemingly little love in fan circles, to me it's one of the great horror films from fifties America. It has a simple yet highly effective storyline with a twist you probably won't see coming and some decent skull effects and scares.
The director goes for creepy thrills such as banging windows rather than outright crash bang wallop, which together with some nice atmospheric, crisp, black and white photography, propel the film along and make it a worthy addition to any classic horror collector.
This film was part of a Horror Movies 4 You set from Timeless / Shout. It's accompanied by The Vampire, The Bat People and The Vampire Lovers. The Screaming Skull was the reason i bought the set as it uses the original print from Orion Pictures and looks superb for the very first time.
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