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The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror.
Two separate studies showed the chance for happiness improves with a longer engagement period.
It's fair for six months, better for a year or two years.
I'll take care of that too.
When you two met, there was probably an early physical reaction, a romantic attraction that pulled you together, a love appeal that hit you sort of boing.
How did you know?
You have candles?
Sure.
Only twice as romantic.
Speaking of being romantic...
Have either of you ever been in love before?
Well, but not like this. This is the real thing.
Yes.
I love you.
Jenny, I thought life had died out for me.
It's gone. Where'd it go?
That's what you'll be saying about your romantic love if these other things cause a breakup.
What's that there?
Oh, that's where Mickey keeps his gardening things.
Who's Mickey?
The Gardener. He's kept it up the two years I've been away.
By himself?
That's right.
Must work awfully hard.
Oh, he and Marion would spend hours on end working here in the gardens and up in the greenhouse back there.
You know, I don't think he quite believes she's gone.
I think he expects her to show up one of these mornings and was scolded for neglecting the gardens.
Well, it seems you two may have some things to talk over and settle.
Mike will ask you some questions before you get too serious about marriage.
What do you mean?
What sort of questions?
Well, questions for Cupid.
You might say he should ask them before he fires those arrows.
We call this Cupid's checklist.
First, you have similar backgrounds, similar bases for your ideals and standards.
Second, are you real friends?
Comrades, pals through thick and thin.
And third, do you both understand marriage?
Eric!
I see Eric.
Please stop by to meet your new wife.
Oh, Eric, this is a wonderful surprise.
It's been a long time.
It has.
Reverend, good to see you, Eric.
Jenny, this is Mrs. Snow.
I'm very happy to meet you.
Jenny, this is a lovely surprise.
And the Reverend Mr. Snow.
Hello, my dear.
Oh, she's sweet, Eric.
I know. Hello, my dear.
I happened to be going into town. I ran into Mr. Mower.
He told me you were getting back today.
And we thought we'd just drop by and bring you something for your dinner.
Oh, nice.
We'll save you all the bother of shopping while you're trying to get settled.
Eat a big dinner.
If you go trick-or-treating while you're hungry,
you'll be tempted to sample some of your treats while you're out.
And that's definitely not a good idea.
Oh, no, not tonight.
Oh, no, no. We wouldn't think of that.
Oh, now, please say yes.
It would be like old times.
All right. On the condition that I do the cooking.
You don't have to.
You know, I know that, but I'd love to.
Well, there's Mickey.
Excuse me, honey. Mickey.
Mickey.
Poor Mickey.
He keeps this place up like a shrine.
Eric told me how he loved Marion.
Mickey's father was a gardener here when Marion's mother was alive.
Mickey and Marion grew up together here.
Jenny, this is Mickey.
How do you do, Mickey? I hope we'll be good friends.
Well, Mickey.
Thank you, Mickey.
Well, shall we all go inside?
It's a good idea.
Mickey, remember you promised me some of those rose cuttings.
I'll sing you again, Mickey.
I'm going to have to get you down to the barber shop one day very soon.
Excuse us, Mickey.
There's one magical, haunted evening each year
when all the scary creatures come out to prowl through every neighborhood.
But here's the scariest monster of all.
No, man. No.
Send them away.
What about that color?
Remember how hard it was to see the little witch
because of her dark costume on a dark night?
We should always wear light, bright colors on the street at night
so drivers can see us.
What about this color?
A white costume makes an unusual, different kind of witch
who's more likely to be safe on Halloween night.
She's so very nice, Eric.
Jenny?
Isn't she wonderful?
It's not at all like Marion.
Let's take another look at her costume.
Whoops!
Down she goes again.
It seems as if she's collecting more bumps
and bruises than Candy tonight.
Let's see if we can help her, shall we?
And we'll see if we can help her.
And we'll see if we can help her.
And we'll see if we can help her.
And we'll see if we can help her.
Shall we?
And by helping her,
maybe you can learn some things
that will help you stay safe at Halloween.
This is snow.
Yes, dear.
There's something I must tell you on the river.
Well, of course, Eric. What is it?
You see, Jenny has not had a very happy past.
Oh?
And talking about it or about something
that might strongly remind her of it,
she's very impressionable.
Is there something wrong, Eric?
You see,
she lost her parents many years ago
in a very tragic way.
And talking about unhappy past
only,
she's very impressionable.
Yon, as deeply as you can,
and stretch wider like a cat,
chew on air,
slowly,
fully.
Notice how wonderful you're beginning to feel.
Well, I'm not crying, dear.
I just know and I can help better
if we know something about it.
They drowned
in an accident.
Jenny saw it all.
Now do you think we have anything more than
flying?
Why, yes. I think you've made a good start
towards getting ready.
How did Mary and I...
Didn't Eric tell you?
I think the subjects are
the painful time.
I'd like to make him talk about it.
Would you mind telling me? I'd like to know.
It was a rainy day.
She and Mickey had been working up there
in a greenhouse.
She left him to go back to the house
for a few minutes.
The way we pieced it together
after the accident is that
while she was coming down this path,
apparently it began to rain
very hard.
She must have run along here.
We don't know, of course,
what happened then.
Perhaps she slipped on a leaf.
Whoops! Down she goes again.
It seems as if
she's collecting more bumps and bruises
than candy tonight.
The base of her skull was smashed.
It was stopped
that she
hit her head on the edge of the cement wall
where we're sitting.
And she fell in there.
She died in the water.
That's where Eric found her 10 minutes later.
Let's see if we can help her, shall we?
And by helping her,
maybe you can learn some things
that will help you stay safe at Halloween.
Come along, my dear. It's getting late.
Eric, thank you very much
for bringing Jenny into our lives.
Thank you for the dinner.
It's a pleasure.
Good night. Good night.
Good night.
Edward, did you know that Jenny's very wealthy?
Oh, yes. Mr. Ma told me in town today.
Well, she's not at all like Mary.
You know, she's so gentle and timid as if...
as if she were afraid of something.
Hello. Hello, my friends.
The ghost still appears to be here.
I haven't seen him yet.
And I have no idea what to do about this.
Actually, it's starting to freak me out
if I can be honest with you.
So why am I hiding back here?
Well, it's not that I'm scared, mind you.
Not that I'm scared one bit.
I'm not scared.
It's not that I'm scared.
I'm not scared.
I'm not scared.
I'm not scared one bit.
I'm not scared at all.
Well, anyway,
we'll see if we can get to the bottom of this ghost thing.
And now back to the basement sublet of horror.
So I've armed myself.
I'm going to do battle with this ghost.
I'm going to deal with it once and for all.
I'm tired of hiding.
This ghost is going to get what's coming to it.
So anyway, you go back to the movie
and I'm going to do battle.
Back to the show?
Oh. Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Back to the show? Oh. Oh.
Oh.
Mary?
We need to turn back the clock
and start this whole evening over again.
One of the problems with this costume
is that it's too long.
It's too easy to trip over a long full skirt.
Her costume is very, very dangerous.
Can you see the things that make it dangerous?
What about that mask?
She can hardly see through those tiny holes for her eyes.
If you were wearing that mask,
here's what it would be like.
Now our little witch has turned into a beautiful princess
and her new costume is much safer.
Oh.
We need to go.
We're leaving.
Apart from the movie about...
What is it?
What is it?
Still water?
A lily pad?
Fuck up, sweetheart.
They can't stop me.
Relax.
It's normal to laugh at your graduation next week.
I don't think Mickey looks more in the pond.
Jenny, I'll stop it.
I can't help it, Harry.
That bad kid has come back.
I forbid you to talk about it.
Sue, honey, I didn't know you felt that way.
We won't be bothered with any of Mickey's nightly visits anymore.
I forbid him to go to the house.
I was just nervous last night.
I wish he wouldn't take it out on Mickey.
Now, he's a child.
He must be disciplined.
I'd like him to feel like his friend.
Why don't you do some gardening with him while I'm in town?
If he sees you're interested, you wouldn't move it quickly enough.
Think how often you speak of things from my point of view
instead of ours.
How often you say, I want instead of we want.
You've got to see about the lights, the phone, the bank,
and the warehouse people about that furnace.
You know, that cop's just about broken my back.
Don't forget to see Mr. Mauer.
I have to see him this evening.
It's a bore, but I'll have to see him.
Jenny.
I'll bet we could get some advice from the marriage counselor over at the church.
His name is Hall.
Phil told me about him.
He teaches a course in marriage and family living at the college.
Do you think he could help you?
Well, it's worth a try, isn't it?
Will you be home in time for dinner? I'll wait for you.
Now, if I'm not, don't you worry, darling.
Getting out of Mauer's clutches sometimes requires an act of God.
I love you.
Hello, Mickey.
Stay in your own neighborhood when your trick are treating.
Your neighbors are probably hoping to see you in costume on Halloween.
And it's safest to visit people you know.
If you don't know the people very well, don't go into their homes.
Most people enjoy having trick-or-treaters come to their doors.
Marion must have loved her garden.
We'll keep them lovely for her always.
You know what I'd like to do, Mickey?
And right away.
I'll not leave and I'll would be there tonight.
Your Majesty.
Yes, Your Majesty.
After you, Your Majesty.
No, Your Majesty.
I'll take care of yourself.
Excuse me, Your Majesty.
But look, what I'm putting on my shoulder...
OK, that'd be better.
不, please.
Off with that.
OK, OK.
I'm sure it was a great loss to all of you, Mickey.
Now, how about the mask?
Any problem with it?
Do you remember how hard it was to see out through those little eye holes?
To be safe at night, you have to be able to see clearly, as well as be seen.
We can improve the mask by cutting larger holes to look out of.
Mickey?
Mickey?
After the day's work and worries are done, what is more fun for a man than to come home to a quiet house with happy children and a loving spouse?
Give me my book! It's my book!
But I just want to see something!
But it's my book!
It's my book anyway!
Quiet, both of you. We'll discuss it in the morning. Good night.
Trouble is, you've been reading the wrong book.
You know, I was as tense as you before I learned to read that.
I don't think he quite expects she's gone.
Are you tense, anxious, worried, always tired, but can't fall asleep?
I think he expects her to show up one of these mornings. She died in the water.
The base of a skull smashed.
Are you afraid you're losing your grip? You may not know it, but that's good.
There. That's better. But there is an even safer way.
You can simply not wear a mask.
Oh, you think you need a mask to disguise yourself?
Well, just watch what you can do with a little help from your parents and some scraps of cloth or old clothes from around home.
An eyebrow pencil, different colors of eyeshadow, rouge, lipstick, an old mop or wig,
some wax teeth, maybe some clay and food coloring, and a few other odds and ends.
You'd be surprised what you can turn yourself into.
I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to do.
Some practical jokes and pranks aren't so funny.
If you should break something, it wouldn't be very funny to the owners or to your parents who might have to pay for it.
So keep your jokes funny and harmless.
Make sure you carry a flashlight when you go. The light will not only help you see where you're going in the dark,
but it will also make it easier for others, including drivers to see you.
Thank you.
Today, medical science recognizes that some folks aren't helped by relaxing exercises.
In cases of difficult tension and nervous apprehension, doctors are now prescribing an adoraxic medicine.
It makes those who fear they're about to quit feel like they're ready to begin, bidding their darkened spirits goodbye.
Jenny, Jenny, Jenny, honey?
We had a terrible scene. I couldn't sleep a wink.
Honey, I'm sorry, darling. You should all run up right here.
They want me to finish two more years of schooling. Oh, Larry.
When you found me, what else was there?
What do you mean, what else?
A skull.
Jenny.
I know there was no skull.
Of course not.
Golly, Mr. Hall, I don't know the answers to all those questions. I just know that I'm in love with Sue. Is that bad?
No, that's good.
Am I out of my sickness?
Now, darling, we've been all through that nonsense last night.
Don't you see?
I've never imagined seeing these things before.
To just stand there and see it and have it turn out to be nothing.
Eric, I want you to call Dr. Rand tomorrow in New York.
Exit Tinkerbell McDilling Fiddy. She forgot now and then.
Well, this much is real anyway. Look here, Jenny.
You see, this is how you dodged your hand.
Do you say you threw the skull down here where Eric is looking?
Yes.
Did you find anything, Eric?
Nothing yet.
Surely, Jenny, you must agree with me that anything as fragile as a skull would have been smashed to bits down there.
And Eric has found nothing.
And to assume that the skull could move of its own, all the way from there to the driveway door.
But why?
Now, Jenny, there's no reason for that.
Don't you see, I agree with you.
Did Eric tell you I spent over a year in a Santa's Harrier?
Oh, Eric told Mrs. Snow that you were very impressionable. But that's all.
But I don't want to marry a girl like me. I want to marry a man like him.
I know lots of people needing a rest go to Santa Terriers.
This wasn't quite that kind of Santa Terriers.
But she has a rather poor memory. Sometimes she forgets to brush her teeth.
Sometimes she leaves homework at home. And sometimes she forgets to look at traffic signals.
And now she knows that she should.
They told me I was cured.
Jenny.
They told me I was cured.
So, here I am. That ghost is getting the better of me and taking over my show.
And I'm not going to stand for it.
So, hey, cameraman. I got a new cameraman now.
You come in here. You take my hammer. You take my hammer.
And we'll both capture this thing together.
So, you hang with me and he's going to appear any moment and then we'll zap him.
If I'm out here, who's running the camera?
Oh, I got the camera now. That means it's my show.
And now back to the basement sublet of horror.
I've had enough of you ghosts. Come out. Come on and face me.
Where? Where? Where are you?
Well, actually our thing is ghosts. You go back to the movie and I'll take care of this.
Ha ha ha ha.
And from these ingredients, the witches brew their magic potions.
Those who partake of this potent liquid will become imbued with an unearthly spirit.
But grow to the unfortunate disbeliever, for an evil spell shall be cast upon him.
So beware this Halloween Eve, where the earth will be haunted by spooks, ghosts, and hobgoblins.
Olive, there ain't no such things. They're just figmentation of the magic illuminations.
If I were you, Eric, I'd take her away. If she's so impressionable and that house frightens her so much, why subject her to it?
Look, I can't do a thing like that. Be the worst thing for her.
Mr. Snow, he would be admitting she was sick again. I want her to be happy. We'll stay here.
Mental tension starts when a person steals about things, like a pressure cooker.
Or think of that, a pressure cooker.
All right, I'm thinking of it. I'm a pressure cooker.
Picture how you increase the pressure on yourself by stewing in worry and fear, anger and despair.
Perhaps you know best, Eric. See, I've got a simple and old-fashioned piece of philosophy.
To get relief, you must reduce the pressure. Let the world take care of its own worries.
You'll help yourself most by concentrating on your own affairs.
I love her so much. God bless you for that, Eric.
But when you tackle your problems, remember that mighty few of them will prove so critical that you have to solve them perfectly.
Under such reduced pressures, you'll begin enjoying yourself wherever you are, untroubled by life's daily problems.
She's a very fortunate woman having someone like you to care for her.
Pardon me, folks, but it's way past my bedtime.
Sorry, I have to go, Chuck. Good night, Ludo.
Boy, oh boy, I thought he'd never leave.
There's someone at the door.
Oh, Jenny, Jenny.
Sorry.
Donnie, you've got to believe it will not happen again, ever.
Mickey! Mickey!
Eric. Eric!
Good evening. Is this the olive oil for residents?
No!
Popeye, there's a headless man at the door.
There ain't no such criminal.
All of them are stupid stichkins.
Why, it's nothing but a jack-o'-lantern, are they?
The headless man!
Stop it!
What are you trying to do with that skull?
Stop it, it wasn't his fault.
Where did you get it?
Leave him alone.
I'll take care of this, Jenny.
Now, I know you don't like me, Mickey.
I know you don't need to get us to leave here.
It was idiotic attempt to scare us as if we were children.
It was you, wasn't it?
Wasn't it?
Why not? No differences of opinion or no opinion?
No, not me, not me.
What can we talk about on your dates?
Oh, movies and popular songs.
Get out of here, get out of here!
Orchestras, dancing.
I'll get you some water, Allen.
Here's your glass of water, Allen.
Oh, thank you.
I wish you'd apologized to him.
You know as well as I do, it's not his fault.
It's all in my own mind.
Jenny, I'm going to do something.
And you're going to help me do it.
What's that?
That portrait upstairs.
It reminds you of your mother.
Yes.
You were fine until you saw it.
Now it has you all preoccupied with memories of the past.
We're going to burn it.
It's precious to you, all right?
The picture means nothing to me.
I want you to be happy.
We can't be until his fear is out of our lives.
Allen, there's nothing like a cool drink of water
to revive your spirits.
Allen.
All right, Jenny.
Go on, Jenny.
It's only the peacocks.
It's only the peacocks.
Allen, is that you?
Get out of this house this once you have goblins.
Popeye, so you're the one that's been harassing me.
Get out and stay out.
Now there's a girlfriend for you.
I got to protect all of them from those nasty old hobgoblins.
Are you feeling better?
As if I destroyed her with my own hands.
No matter who you are, you'll feel better and live better
when you learn to relax.
She'll come back.
You can start right now
thinking of some of the things that make you tense.
Go ahead, think.
Darling, if you go on talking that way,
you destroy the whole purpose of the thing
that's out of the house and it's over.
You just give it half a chance.
You'll begin to forget it.
And if you'll just spread those ashes out a little for me,
I'll get the water to it.
That's it.
Eric! Eric!
What is it, darling?
It's a skull! It's a skull!
Darling, there's no skull there.
There's no skull there, darling.
There is no skull there, Jenny.
Darling.
There's no skull there.
There's no skull.
Oh! It's you, Bluto!
Yeah, I thought you might want some company.
So, that's Bluto's scheme.
I think I'll do some spooking me soft.
Hmm, just what I need.
You don't have to be afraid of ghosts while I'm around.
Hey!
To be completely safe, save your treats until you get home,
then ask your parents to help you check them carefully
to make sure that there's nothing in them
or on them that could hurt you.
The safest treats are usually candy or gum
that come in their own wrappers from the factory.
Fruit should be washed before you eat it.
And all candy bars and fruit should be sliced
so you can be certain that there is nothing hard or sharp inside
that could hurt you.
Help!
Spooks, witches, hot goblins!
Help!
Ghost! Let me out of here!
Hi! You're back!
So, yes, welcome back.
I'm tired of this whole ghosting,
and I've decided the best thing I can do is just to ignore it.
Yeah, you go on and tackle away and laugh.
Oh, I want to get out of here.
I think you need help with the show.
I don't need any help with this bloody...
I'll take it over!
And now, back to the basement sublet of horror.
Let me introduce myself.
I am the laughing school.
I have taken over Gunther's show.
It needed a little bit of help.
Okay, so, now, back to the movie about my brother,
the screaming skull!
What is it, Harry?
I've got to take Jimmy away.
The hospital she was in before.
Well, you see, if you're too far apart psychologically,
if your backgrounds are not similar enough,
it can cause a great deal of argument and unhappiness until...
When are you going?
Tonight.
But we shall miss you.
Mrs. Snow and I have grown very fond of Jenny.
Yes, and she of you.
Your mother and I, we can make arrangements for you to begin school at State U.
This fall with Larry, instead of at the junior college.
If we want to.
I'll miss him and his wife.
He's very kind.
And I said goodbye to him just now.
He tried to talk me out of what I saw.
How?
He said he felt the skull was real.
He's going to bring some men in the morning to search the estate.
Where?
Everywhere.
He was just talking, trying to be kind.
I suppose.
Darling, are you all right?
You weren't supposed to gulp it, just sip it.
After all, how can a drink relax you if it isn't nice and warm?
Maggie!
Maggie!
All right, where's the skull?
You saw me put it in the pond, you must have, where is it?
I don't know, don't know.
Don't lie to me.
I don't know.
Tell me the truth, you took it.
Tell me, tell me, tell me.
Whenever you notice any muscles anywhere getting tight and tense, relax them.
Your frown, your lips, your jaw, you can relax no matter where you are.
Here's what I do when it works.
If I find my hands are as tense as yours, I relax them.
Oh, Mary, Mary, it's okay, Mary, it's okay.
Mary!
Mary said that he didn't see it when Jenny saw it.
I know.
Oh, but why should Eric lie like that?
Attempts at relaxing prove quite taxing.
No joking, the effort may be most provoking.
You must not lie to me now.
Did you do it, Mickey, all those other times?
No, I simply do not understand that.
It wasn't, Mickey.
And it wasn't her imagination.
But why would Eric do such a thing?
I don't know.
And so in terms of the checklist for Cupid, Larry and Sue began to examine their readiness for marriage.
Do we have similar backgrounds?
Mickey!
And what about Sue and me?
Are we real friends?
Do we really understand marriage?
Eric and I are leaving, Mickey.
I'd like to say goodbye.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
I'd like to leave as your friend, Mickey.
Whenever you feel yourself tensing up, take time to go limp all over.
You know, I was as tense as you before I learned to relax.
Jenny, what happened?
Jenny, are you all right?
Oh, Jenny.
Eric, Eric tried...
Where is Eric?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I'll find him.
Sorry, Edward, now be careful.
It's all right, honey.
Oh, it's all right.
All the states throughout this nation, the happiest by far,
is the state of relaxation.
There'll be fewer breakdowns and insomniacs
when more of us have learned to be relaxed.
Wouldn't you like to feel this way all the time?
Once you discover how to relax your mind and your muscles,
you'll never be plagued by fatigue.
Why did he do it?
Your money.
The question is now, did Mary and I in an accident?
I suppose we'll never know.
You'll just be pleasantly tired.
Worries won't give you headaches.
Problems won't drive you crazy.
You'll fall asleep as easily as when you were a baby.
They're gone, rest.
Tonight has been a magical night.
We saw a scary monster changed into a beautiful, happy,
and safe little princess.
How about you?
Will you follow the lead of the little princess
to have a safe and super Halloween this year?
I am the laughing school.
I rule the show.
Gunther, I've come to rescue you.
My head.
We've finally got rid of that ghost.
What a relief.
We'll be back next week with another movie.
Until then, good night, my friends.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
