Alex Nicol’s The Screaming Skull Getting Eureka Classics Release

Eureka Entertainment are one of those distributors know how to deliver those classics. This coming October another will  be joining their Eureka Classics range,  The Screaming Skull. An atmospheric blend of Gothic horror and psychological suspense, set to make its UK Blu-ray debut for the first time this Autumn.

Adapted from a short horror story by Francis Marion Crawford and marking the directorial debut of Alex Nicol (better known for his acting performances in the likes of The Man from Laramie and The Twilight Zone), The Screaming Skull is a hidden gem from the vaults of American International Pictures – an atmospheric and deeply eerie gothic chiller than plays like a meeting between Daphne du Maurier and William Castle.

Following her marriage to Eric Whitlock (John Hudson), the wealthy Jenni (Peggy Webber) moves into her husband’s secluded country mansion, inherited following the death of his first wife Marion. Upon arriving at the house, Jenni begins to feel uneasy about Marion’s fate: supposedly, she drowned after hitting her head on the edge of a decorative pond in the gardens. Jenni then learns that Mickey (Alex Nicol), the groundskeeper, believes that Marion’s ghost roams the estate – and soon Jenni herself has experienced things she can’t explain, terrified that she is in the grip of the supernatural.

Clearly influenced by gothic melodramas such as Rebecca and Gaslight and presaging the disquieting menace of such haunted house classics as House on Haunted Hill, The Innocents and The Haunting, The Screaming Skull is filled with hair-raising set-pieces and deserves its place in the pantheon of independent American horror cinema.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES*:
Limited Edition of 2,000 copies | Limited edition O-card slipcase and interior packaging featuring new artwork by John Dunn | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray | Original English mono audio | Optional English subtitles (SDH) | New introduction to The Screaming Skull by horror novelist Stephen Laws | Shrouded in Mystery – new video essay on The Screaming Skull and the gothic horror tradition by film and literature scholar Mary Going | Trailers | Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the production and marketing of The Screaming Skull by film historian Jon Towlson, author of Subversive Horror Cinema | * All extras subject to change

1958 | 68 mins | USA | ENGLISH | 1.85:1 OAR | HORROR | Region B | PG

The Screaming Skull will be released on Blu-ray as part of the Eureka Classics from 19th October.

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