The Screaming Skull/Trivia

*The film opens with a promise by the studio to offer free burial services to anyone who dies of fright from watching it.
*Mickey, the gardener, is played by the director, Alex Nicol.
*It is believed that the film is based on Francis Marion Crawford's horror story of the same title, first published ca.1906.
*This was the second-last film to be featured (and mocked) on the ninth season of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000. There, it was accompanied by a Gumby cartoon, "Robot Rumpus."
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