The Skull(Movie, 1965)

Name: The Skull
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1965
Duration: T01:23:00
Rating: 3

1h 23min | Genres: Horror, Thriller

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 39 votes)

The Skull is a 1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions, and starring the frequently paired horror actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, alongside Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee and Peter Woodthorpe. It was one of a number of British horror films of the sixties to be scored by avant-garde composer Elisabeth Lutyens, including several others for Amicus. The script was written by Milton Subotsky, from a short story by Robert Bloch, "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade". ()

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About The Skull

An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.

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Trailer for The Skull + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:08)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette) | The Skull - Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: Amicus Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Slovak (SK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/25/1965

Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Jill Bennett, Patrick Wymark, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Michael Gough, George Coulouris, Jill Bennett, Peter Woodthorpe

Director: Freddie Francis

Producer: Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky

Screenwriter: Milton Subotsky

Film Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter

Director of Photography: John Laurence Wilcox

Composer: Elisabeth Lutyens

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La calavera del Marqués de Sade"

"De duivelse schedel"

"Le crâne diabolique"

"A Maldição da Caveira"

"Le crâne maléfique"

"Der Schädel des Marquis de Sade"

"Det levende kranie"

"La maldición de la calavera"

"Pääkallo"

"Le crâne maléfique"

"Les forfaits du marquis de Sade"

"I nekrokefali ekdikeitai"

"I nekrokefali tou Drakoula"

"Η νεκροκεφαλή εκδικείται"

"Il Teschio Maledetto"

"がい骨"

"La calavera del marqués"

"Czaszka"

"A Caveira"

"Craniul"

"Dödskallen"

"Череп"

"Korkunç Geceler"

Keywords: grave robber, london, england, murder, demonic possession, skull, possession, statuette, auction, based on short story, evil spirit

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The Skull(Movie, 1965)

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Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:08)

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