Alex Nicol, John Hudson, Peggy Webber

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Unrated, 1 hr. 8 min.

Directed by: Alex Nicol

Release Date: January 1, 1958

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  • June 23, 2008
    im sure that back then this movie was really scarry... there were some parts where "AHHH' but then i had to go 'AHH HAHAHHAHA! " some of its a bit cheesey but.......mickey is like the first ever EMO! Ahaha
  • September 6, 2007
    for an old movie I can see being scared if this happened to me in rel life & would mess with your mind as well. but then again ....
  • August 20, 2009
    This is a completely uninteresting campfire story stretched to seventy minutes and consisting mostly of listening to noises at night and looking for the gardener by day.

    I found the MST3K stlightly less hilarious than usual (my favorite lines were "My new wife is early!" and t...( read more)he redubbing of the movie "screaming semi-colon skull") but the coffin scam host segment was quite fun.
  • March 28, 2009
    For a grad z movie,this ihas a very creepy feel to it. A woman is haunted by the skull of her hubby's ex wife. And it screams (hence the title,duh!). Trivia-the director-Alex Nicol-plays the half wit handy man in the film. Good late night creature feature.
  • January 4, 2009
    I really do not know how to even give a movie like this a tomato number. So, 5 it will be for neutral. On our Drive-In Horror movie night, first up is The Screaming Skull. Just the name itself is a reason to watch it first. There is a skull lurking in the garden, the fountain and...( read more) ironically enough, knocking on your door. When you open the door, it WILL rolling in by itself and has a horrible high pitched scream to it. So, beware the next time you open your door, there may be " A SCREAMING SKULL" MUAAAAA!!!!!
  • December 30, 2008
    A classic tale of betrayal, American Drive-in style!!
  • May 29, 2008
    My fav mst episode, and oddly enough, I kinda like the movie! What can I say? An ersatz William Castle gimmick and slow, eerie pacing (I'd call it expressionist, if it weren't crap) endear this dumb, creaky, transparent flick to me.
  • October 16, 2007
    i would have nightmares

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