Question 1

What unusual payment deal did the cast of The Screaming Skull have?

Accepted Answer

Cast members were paid $1,000 each plus a share of profits, but American-International never paid out any shares.

Question 2

What classical music piece is used in the opening credits, and what later film also used a version of it?

Accepted Answer

The opening credits feature the "Dies Irae" from Hector Berlioz' "Symphony Fantastique," and a different version was later used in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980).

Question 3

What classic car do the newlyweds drive in the film?

Accepted Answer

The newlyweds' car is a mid-'50s Mercedes-Benz 300SL gullwing.

Question 4

What is the story of The Screaming Skull about?

Accepted Answer

Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock move to his desolate mansion, where his first wife died mysteriously, and Jenni sees strange things including a skull, possibly due to her mental illness.

Question 5

What real-life death mask appears on Marian's tombstone in the film?

Accepted Answer

The death-mask on Marian's tombstone is a reproduction of the famous "l'Inconnue de la Seine," the face of a young French woman who died in water.

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