The Skull
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Movie Reviews of The Skull
Movie Review: The skull was pretty cool!
Summary: 3 Stars
The first time I saw this movie I was about eight and it scared me pretty bad. So when I saw the movie was airing on sci fi in the late night, I made a special point to watch it. Figuring that the movie would seem like an old "B" picture and seeming rediculous. Not so, I watched it enthusistically, and really enjoyed it. The skull "Originally" belonged to Marquis de Sade who was labled insane. However, he wasnt insane, but "Possessed" by evil spirits which still inhabit the skull. Peter Cushing is a collector of rare and strange artifacts and ends up purchasing the skull. Too late that he finds out that the skull can make him do whatever it wants through possession. Slow to build, but definately worth a one time watch for anyone interested in classic movies.Movie Review: The Skull is Swell!
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched this movie first on "The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting" with Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1971.Have you ever fallen asleep with a horror movie going on the TV? You half-hear some of the dialog and wake up occasionally to check out what is going on. Being half-asleep, your defenses are not up to par. There is a free-floating feeling of foreboding.
This happened to me with "The Skull". Once when I woke up, this skull was apparently levitating and moving toward the professor. Under these circumstances, it was pretty scary!
Like most Hammer productions, this one is well mounted and written. I have seen it again since 1971. I like the slower pacing movies of this period have---it lets the story build.
If this sounds like your kind of movie, check it out!