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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 217

The Screaming Skull

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Synopsis

A newlywed arrives at the country home where her husband's first wife died. Disturbing incidents suggest that the past has not left the house. Her own history of emotional distress makes it difficult to know whom, or what, she can trust.

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DirectorsAlex Nicol

Behind the scenes

Actor Alex Nicol made his directing debut. The opening's promise of burial for anyone frightened to death is a theatrical publicity gimmick, setting an exaggerated tone before the domestic haunting begins.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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