Christopher Lee, George Coulouris, Jill Bennett II

A collector of esoterica, Dr. Maitland, buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source of artifacts. The skull is what remains of marquis De Sade. Much too soon he discovers how the skull affects him:...( read more  read more... ) by turning him into a frenzied killer.

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PG, 90 minutes

Directed by: Freddie Francis

Release Date: August 25, 1965

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DVD Release Date: June 3, 2008

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  • October 14, 2009
    Being possessed by the marquis De Sade is a great concept (just look @ Bloody Pit of Horror; it's great campy fun) but the Skull is pretty dull which is too bad because it has both Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee in it. All De Sade's skull does is float around & drive Cushing ma...( read more)d. Not to good & really only for Cushing & Lee completists
  • April 4, 2009
    Fine performances and classic 60's horror from the Brits.
  • June 8, 2008
    I would have liked more of an explanation as to why the demonic skull was haunted. This would have made the movie a whole lot better.

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