Peter Cushing

Christopher Lee

Patrick Wymark

Jill Bennett

Peter Woodthorpe

Nigel Green

April Olrich

George Coulouris

Maurice Good

Patrick Magee

Frank Forsyth

Michael Gough

Anna Palk

Paul Stockman

Geoffrey Cheshire

George Hilsdon

Jack Silk

Paul Beradi

Ernest Blyth

Aileen Lewis

Eric Kent

Jack Armstrong

Joe Beckett

Arthur Goodman

Harold Sanderson

Kenneth Ryan

Buster Ambler

John Cox

Jackie Cummins

Tom Priestley

Henry Montsash

Philip Martell

Jill Carpenter

Ted Samuels

Ted Lloyd

Freddie Francis

Robert Bloch

Milton Subotsky

Scott Slimon

Oswald Hafenrichter

Elisabeth Lutyens

Bill Constable

Max Rosenberg

John Wilcox

Horror

Thriller

The Skull

Amicus Productions

United Kingdom

English

**_Features Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee, but way too much filler_**

A researcher of the occult and esoterica (Peter Cushing) apprehends the skull of the nefarious Marquis de Sade and learns that something evil is attached to it, which negatively influences its owners. Patrick Wymark plays his source for artifacts while Christopher Lee plays a rival collector. Patrick Magee is on hand as an inspector.          

“The Skull” (1965) is worth checking out for fans of British horror featuring Cushing and/or Lee, but it places with the least of their works. There’s just way too much filler. The runtime could’ve been cut in half and it would’ve been a compelling mini-movie. As it is, it’s just too drawn out for the material to maintain interest.

However, the theme is interesting: Can articles have evil spirits attached to them? During the days of the early Church, articles that Paul touched, like handkerchiefs and aprons, “were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them” (Acts 19:11-12). It was the same thing with Peter’s shadow. These things had the anointing of God on them and thus physically or mentally ill people exposed to them were healed and demons fled! A good example from the Old Testament would be Elisha’s bones noted in 2 Kings 13. These various items were blessed as conduits of God’s power. Could the inverse also be true? Could certain items be cursed with a demonic non-anointing? If the former is true with the kingdom of light, isn’t it possible that the reverse is also true with the kingdom of darkness in some cases, particular items like idols?     

The movie runs 1 hour, 23 minutes and was shot at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England; as well as Great Cumberland Place, Marylebone, London (Maitland's home).

GRADE: C-

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IL TESCHIO MALEDETTO (1965) Con Peter Cushing - Trailer Originale

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