{"product_id":"the-screaming-skull-blu-ray-eureka-alex-nicol-1958-francis-marion-crawford","title":"The Screaming Skull Blu-ray Eureka Alex Nicol 1958 Francis Marion Crawford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a pre-sale item scheduled for release on October 19, 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eSince this is a pre-order, \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eit must be checked out on its own and cannot be combined with other orders\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eOrders will ship on or around the release date, pending receipt of the product from our distributor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrefer to pay upon arrival? Just drop us an email and we’ll be happy to add you to the list so your copy is secured. 😊\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHair raising set pieces that deserve their place in the pantheon of independent American horror cinema!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Eureka's Limited Edition Blu-ray (Region B) release for 1958's \u003cem\u003eThe Screaming Skull\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAdapted from a short horror story by Francis Marion Crawford and marking the directorial debut of Alex Nicol (better known for his acting performances in the likes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man from Laramie\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Screaming Skull\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a hidden gem from the vaults of American International Pictures – an atmospheric and deeply eerie gothic chiller than plays like a meeting between Daphne du Maurier and William Castle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing her marriage to Eric Whitlock (John Hudson), the wealthy Jenni (Peggy Webber) moves into her husband’s secluded country mansion, inherited following the death of his first wife Marion. Upon arriving at the house, Jenni begins to feel uneasy about Marion’s fate: supposedly, she drowned after hitting her head on the edge of a decorative pond in the gardens. Jenni then learns that Mickey (Alex Nicol), the groundskeeper, believes that Marion’s ghost roams the estate – and soon Jenni herself has experienced things she can’t explain, terrified that she is in the grip of the supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClearly influenced by gothic melodramas such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaslight\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand presaging the disquieting menace of such haunted house classics as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouse on Haunted Hill\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Haunting\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Screaming Skull\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis filled with hair-raising set-pieces and deserves its place in the pantheon of independent American horror cinema. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIMPORTANT NOTE: An all-region Blu-ray player is required to view this movie. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B discs. 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