尖叫(]的头骨

The-;!: `film op ens with @?a nar$)+
rated di ]sclaime\r
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 $footage of, an o%` peni%n_ g cof(;fi`n:. The+ narr%!ator explains t?hat the!- ,`film's clim!ax is so terr;:ifyi*/ng t$
hat +!i\%t may @kill th+e vi!]e%`wer,$?  and reas\=^sures the audien+.ce that if t/?`hey )#die of f+#ri/ght while watch._-ing the film, they will(\, rece)]ive a free burial /^]se(:rv#ice, a%%nd it closes- on the casket w*/hich has ([%@a card inside rea=ding Reserved_ ?!
for You.[1]　　New],lywe  ds Jenni[ (Peggy We]`bber)+\? and Eric (John Hudson) mov,#@e into Eric'%s p_al=a
`tial country home. Jenni is/
$ Eric:])'s
=
second wif@e; his f%irst wi$ fe Marion di -ed w/hen she acc$idental_ly \
@+slipped %an ^_d hit he #,/r head on the e\dge of a deco^%rati -v+e pond o *,n? !)the @[estate.  At @:)the home+ t= hey mee!@t Eric's frie`?nds, the Rever%end Snow (R^#]_uss C+
!^onway) and his+[  ]wif e -(T ;oni_]\ Joh(nson),!  as we ,%ll as M_@ick!!#=ey (Alex Nicol), the^; %?deve\/lopment^_ally @@/di==-`sa)bled gardener. Er[ic priv:at#e ly menti_?ons to t[@he Snows)^\ that!/ Je^nni spent t$;ime in an asylu^[[m fo:;`l-
low.^`]!ing the sudden d,_;eath]# of = @ both h]er par \*e
.nts, and Mrs. !/
S#n+ /]o/ w +-r_ eve?,als, that Jenni is very - wealt_hy.[^　#　Jen[ni  is disturbed bot
%`h by M[+;ickey's ,(belief[ that Marion's ghos?t wanders the estat^e and by Marion's  self#- ,portrait inside the house, wh ich Jenni believ. es re_-@s]embles^[]^ her # ),mother. #Wh(en she b`\egins\@ t (+o hear unexplained sc!r:( ?eam_ing nois`;es and  .\see#^ s]:,kulls ?-aro+(und her^ h^=o\use,\.) she be! lieves _ that Ma
$%)r ion i/)s haunti].n@)g=%#` he`] %r. `?Though Eric :+specula;,)tes to Jenni that Mickey, who $!/w as* a ch]ildhood fr:%iend of M[(^arion and t hus dislikes ^Jenni, may be behind the tricker.y, Jenn @=i worries that# she] is ;g o-:,ing i?nsa[n)e. Eric then suggests to rem(.ove Mar-_/ion's(!( self-portrait fr^om the home: . +
Eric and= Jenni take the pain`?]ting /o;utside and burn]^* i %!^t. While th:-ey c lea:(_n up the remai\ %ns o[+f the pa[int) i(
ng, a skull [@em#%erges from the ashes.;\= Whi)[ le ^ Je[nni )$pani*:;cs at t+;!he`%$ si[_ght of th(?e s#^kull, Eric denie!s that the skull is(
t__%he*[
re. Jenni?  faints and Eric with*draws t%`!]`he skull and #hides it, reve]](aling th(at he ^;was responsible f`[ or the ` tr
#-ickery all` alo.?ng in an effort to get hold o=f ,her  we[?alth.( ?
　　Believing she has finally lost her s[^:anity, Jenni resolves@
t\!o be committ ;`ed.] (She tells ^/E+ric that ,the entire
prope)rty will be meticu
l/]ously searched for $ the s*/=.kull as (a last resort. Before E#ric can retrieve it, M/=icke-/^y secretly steals %)^the skull and b+%rings i`!t to the #Reve]\rend, revealing Eric's  pl\]ans. [Tha t n$ight, E=ric pr.-epares=; to murder?
Jenni a#nd stage^_ it]# as a % suicide. Jenni# sees Marion's gh%:#ost(, in `+Mickey's gree nhouse and (_flees$-# back to the house. Whe n she enter? s)(], Eric( ; be*gins throttl/ ing =h
_er[. !\T#:%he g?hos)t the^n a`ppears and chase@``$s @Eric outs$ide ? and=( about the property; it finally*% ]=cor,ners and attacks him, dro)(w$@ning!
= h):)(i\m i,n the decorative _p
,ond
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$./　　Afte:%r(:+ Jenni regains con:!sci@ousness,` t;*he (;Snows arri;:v[e. Mrs. S]no_w/# comfor$ts a hysterical Jenni and the ]Rever`!end discovers )! Eric's body i\/n the pond. Some undis?c(losed ti)`me later., ,Jenni a%nd the Snows de\` part [#fro;[m the #)-h-%ouse
. Re#,,vere^nd !]!(Snow declares whe-*:]th .`er or` no]t ,#Mario-n's$ death was an ac@ci#dent will r. emain a  ,myst
]%ery.