# The Skull (1965)

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**Runtime**: 83 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Freddie Francis
**Written by**: Milton Subotsky, Robert Bloch
**Starring**: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Peter Woodthorpe, Nigel Green

> *When the Skull strikes you'll scream!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A damp Sotheby’s backroom, winter. A single auction paddle rests on a mahogany table.

Maitland lifts a matte-black skull from its velvet cradle, its hollow grin catching the desk lamp.

The skull quickly remakes its new owner’s face.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, dread

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