The Screaming Skull (1958) | Directed by Alex Nicol - Full Movie

A newly married couple arrives at the home of the husband's late wife, where the gardens have been maintained by a gardener faithful to the dead woman's memory. Soon, eerie events lead the new wife to think she's losing her mind.

The Screaming Skull is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white horror film, produced by John Kneubuhl and directed by Alex Nicol, starring John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway, Tony Johnson, and Nicol. The Screaming Skull marked Nicol's directorial debut; he decided to try it because he felt that he was not acting in the roles which he wanted. The film was distributed by American International Pictures as a double feature in different markets with either Earth vs. the Spider or Terror from the Year 5000.

The film's storyline concerns a neurotic newlywed woman who believes she is being haunted by the ghost of her new husband's previous wife.

Directed by: Alex Nicol
Written by: John Kneubuhl
Produced by: John Kneubuhl
Starring: John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway
Cinematography: Floyd Crosby
Edited by: Betty J. Lane
Music by: Ernest Gold
Production companies: Madera Productions, Inc.
Distributed by: American International Pictures
Release date: August 1958
Running time: 68 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English