Friday, January 28, 2022

The Screaming Skull (1958)

The makers of this film promised to pay for the funeral of anyone who died while watching it, but they probably didn't have to pay much out as it's a rather unscary horror...

Eric (John Hudson) and Jenni (Peggy Webber) are newlyweds, they move into the home Eric used to share with his first wife - who died in mysterious circumstances. Jenni starts hearing strange noises begins to see a skull. Eric tells her it isn't real, and we discover that Jenni had had some mental illness in the past. Eventually it seems it is the ghost of Eric's first wife and she is out for revenge...

Although not very scary really, this is a fun film due to all of the cheese including some very ropey looking special effects.