YMMV / The Screaming Skull

• Narm:
  • Giant, transparent skulls flying at the screen just aren't that scary. The Stinger of the MST3K episode is the scene where a skeletal Marian confronts Eric, only for the murderer to smoothly scoop up a stool and throw it at her, sending her component bones flying. If you die from laughing, you don't get a free coffin either.
  • The supremely goofy score at the climax, which Mike laughingly describes as "Bugs Bunny sneaking-up music."
• Nightmare Retardant:
  Crow: Remember folks, if you die of boredom, you do not get a free coffin, sorry.
  James Rolfe: If you're gonna die of anything, it's laughter.
• Padding: At least a third of the film is Jenni listening to someone knocking at the door without opening it. The film was going for Nothing Is Scarier, but drew it out to the point of losing much of the tension.
• So Bad, It's Good: James Rolfe's opinion on it, and it's undeniably a fun, spooky watch despite it's ridiculousness.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
  • The story underlying all of the padding would actually be a pretty good psychological thriller, if it were directed competently, the actors actually acted, and the filler stripped out.
  • For that matter, the original F. Marion Crawford short story would make a good short film or radio drama.
• The Woobie: Mickey is repeatedly smacked around and abused by Eric, who was responsible for taking the only real friend Mickey had when he murdered Marion.

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