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I actually liked this.

posted 11 years ago by capkronos
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Kind of surprised this has such a low rating on here. It's reasonably well-done on a low budget, has some creepy moments and the cast is competent.

My horror movie blog:
http://thebloodypitofhorror.blogspot.com/

[–] anthonycashmere 11 years ago

Capkronos,

Yes, their are just some people who do not possess the mental capacity to understand and enjoy this film, THE SCREAMING SKULL!!
Thank my lucky stars, you and I are not one of them.

It isn't fair, using the living, to bring back the dead!!!-THE SCREAMING SKULL

[–] naylormd1980 9 years ago

I did too, actually; rewatching the MST3K treatment of it and, though the riffs are great in this ep, the movie itself is in fact pretty decent. It's a decent standalone film in the tradition of 'Rebecca,' see quite a bit of sinchronicity between the two. Perhaps folks get on the this-is-awful bandwagon once they first see it on MST3K... Unfortunate. I do think it's actually quite good given what was surely a limited budget. Maybe viewers misinterpret 'stylized' drama for 'bad acting,' or something. Their loss.

[–] k-man-3 9 years ago

any movie that is on the MST3k SHOW got voted down a lot.
Granted, most of those movies sucked, but this one was pretty good.
You have to be a fan of the old school horror genre to like it, but I am and have watched a ton of them.
This is a ranked way higher than a 3, range for me.

While it may lack star power, it is a great little film.
One of the movies that stays with you for a bit.