25.6.09

the screaming skull (1958)

Eric and Jenni move into a run down house. A house where his first wife was killed in an accident. As soon as she moves in Jenni starts hallucinating and sees skulls. Is she really going out of her mind, could it be Eric's first wife haunting her? Suspicion falls on Mickey, a simple gardener, who was very attached to Eric's previous wife, or could it be Eric who wants his newlywed wife to loose her mind?
A slow moving, and rather ponderous film, that mistakes starring off into the distance for atmosphere. Tooooooo sloooooow to build to it's inevitable twist, in this well made but uninteresting film.

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