The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Written by Orville H. Hampton
1959/USA
Vogue Pictures
First viewing/YouTube
[box] Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. William Shakespeare [/box]
I thought this was one of the creepier B horror films of its vintage. There is just something about shrunken heads …
Jonathan Drake’s brother Kenneth dies on his sixtieth birthday, allegedly of natural causes. Drake, who believes there is a curse on the family, insists on viewing the corpse. Sure enough, the body has been decapitated. Could it have something to do with the sinister archeologist (Henry Daniell) who has been hanging around or his mute Indian sidekick? Drake, his daughter, and a police inspector must find out before Jonathan becomes the next victim.
I found all the scenes with the heads super gruesome, although bloodless. This is not a bad little flick for its genre
Clip – Two villains shrink a head
