Session: Get Some Skull, Week 2
Movie: The Skull (1965)
Directed by Freddie Francis
As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL.
Plot:
Collectors are interested in the skull of the Marquis de Sade. But it comes with a heavy price. Horror ensues.
Reaction and Other Folderol:
This was a Peter Cushing tour de force. There are large stretches of this film with little or no dialogue, yet Cushing manages to convey so much with that face. There was a great cast in this -- along with Cushing, the film starred Christopher Lee, Richard Wymark, and a bunch of other really good actors.
Some of the best parts of this movie -- though my description will just make them sound creepy -- are the scenes in which the titular skull is exerting its influence, controlling people and (possibly most unsettling), floating from place to place. The fact that the damn thing moves so slowly and hauntingly makes it work -- despite what one might think from the description.
Whoever designed the sets and pulled together the props did a tremendous job. In the collectors' homes, it seemed like everywhere you looked there was a visual treat. Maybe they just went to the old prop storage shed and pulled anything and everything that could possibly fit.
I probably should have rated this higher.
Ratings
Me: 8.75
Bob-O: 9.7
Dave: 10
Christina: 8.8
Ethan: 10
Joe: 10
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