Starts really well and the simple tale is well set up with fabulous sets and a multitude of spooky artefacts. Lee and Cushing work well together and all the cast are effective, the ladies perhaps less so but then maybe I'm used to the stylish girls of Hammer and the Italians. Everything is seemingly going fine until about halfway through and then it slows almost to a stop. There are moments when nothing happens and the cameraman is left to pan around the rows of masks and various trophies. The script ran out and with it the film and although it does pick up for the ending it is rather a shame. I would have though even a little back story of what the mask has been up to in the past years would have been relatively simple to film. Still, a little bit different and those wonderful sets look great in Blu-ray.
Review of The Skull
