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A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.
Lewis Alexander
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- TriviaThe heirs of Donatien Alphonse François de Sade pressed charges to prevent any use of his name on the advertising material. The changes on posters and lobby cards were made at the last minute by sticking the new title "Le Crâne Maléfique" (meaning "The Evil Skull") on top of the former, "Les forfaits du Marquis de Sade" (meaning "the Infamies of Marquis de Sade"). Only on that condition this movie could finally be released in the French territories.
- GoofsThe girlfriend of the phrenologist is seen munching modern marshmallows in bed in the year 1814; although the ancient Egyptians invented the original recipe, marshmallows (in their present form) were not invented until 1850.
- Quotes
Doctor: [Last lines] His throat was torn exactly like the Marco case.
Inspector Wilson: [Asking about the connection between the deaths] What's the connection?
Doctor: What connection could there be? Witchcraft?
Inspector Wilson: Hardly. Not in this day and age... not in this day and age.
- Crazy creditsThe Paramount logo does not appear on American prints.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: The Skull (1978)
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Colourful photography, excellent script - and a skull on wires
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee working together again here, though for Amicus this time, not Hammer. Despite the good cast, "The Skull" looks like a low budget studio production, quickly shot - and with the "monster" being a skull flying on visible wires, this easily could have gone awry. But the movie works surprisingly well, first of all due to an excellent script based on a story by Robert Bloch ("Psycho"): Maitland (Cushing) shares an interest in the occult with Phillips (Lee) who warns him to get rid of a skull possessed by a demonic spirit. Of course Maitland doesn't listen and gets into trouble. Because the skull hasn't got any claws to catch victims, the terror has to be mostly psychological, and this is done brilliantly for example in the surreal dream sequence when Maitland believes a judge asks him for a Russian roulette. The extremely colorful photography of John Wilcox ("Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires") makes "The Skull" look really good - knowing that, they let the caretaker fall through coloured glass, not simply on the floor. In opposite to other horror films of the 1960s, "The Skull" still seems quite original, not a story you saw a dozen times before. Well worth watching.
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- Der Schädel des Marquis de Sade
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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