Freddie Franciss The Skull (1965) is a chilling Amicus horror about the cursed skull of the Marquis de Sade, which brings madness and death to those who possess it. With gothic dread, occult themes, and iconic performances from Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, this British horror classic combines supernatural terror with Amicuss signature anthology-style menace.

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After making a number of successful Hammer Horrors in the early sixties, Director and Academy Award winning cinematographer Freddie Francis (Paranoiac, Tales From the Crypt, Dr. Terrors House of Horrors) moved to the fledgling Amicus Productions and produced an incredible run of horror titles that would make them the only studio able to rival the ascendant Hammer Pictures during the peak years of British horror filmmaking. Of these films, the most chilling is The Skull.

Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Christopher Maitland, a writer and collector of occult items (with a preference for those with a somewhat macabre history), who is offered the chance to purchase a highly expensive and unusual item the skull of the Marquis de Sade. Warned against obtaining the item by fellow collector (Christopher Lee in a rare non-villainous role), the skull s influence draws Maitland in, madness and death soon follow…

Adapted from a short story by Robert Bloch (Psycho) and featuring a score by avant-garde composer Elisabeth Lutyens, The Skull is one of the most expertly crafted British horror movies of its era.

Från IMDB:
A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.

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Version: : Blu-Ray (import)

Språk : English

EAN : 5060000701906

Label : Amicus Productions

Distributor : Eureka