MST3K - Favorite Moments - The Screaming Skull

In episode 912 Samuel R. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson are at it again, frightening the public with yet another rather inept production.
This time a newlywed woman is haunted by the ghost of her husbands' deceased wife.
Haunted may be stretching it a bit... she's more like kind of harassed slightly by a skull popping up in closets, knocking on doors and rolling unthreateningly around.
Actually, the true haunting of this movie is provided by Mike, the caretaker, by his walking aimlessly around, talking to the pottery, stealing Lilly pads from the pond, and grossing everybody out with his strange assortment of odours.
All of this is of course a ruse to take our attention away from the creepy husband and his plot to kill yet another wife in order to get his mitts on her inheritance.
One could argue that his refusal to sleep in the same bedroom as his wife, and the fact that he has the same emotional span as a lead pipe, might make one somewhat suspicious.
Rarely have the words "I love you" sounded more like asking someone to hand you a newspaper...
Anyway, justice prevails as the creepy husband, in a fit of uncharacteristic hysteria, decides to smother himself with a skull and throw himself in the pond.
The film is preceded by Robot Rumpus -- a Gumpy Adventure. This absolutely creepy claymation (featuring one of the most grating voices in movie history) works best as an early warning to all potentially rebellious robots of the future, and shouldn't be watched by the fainthearted or people with sensitive ears.
Look out for lifting tails, liquid metal, internal genitalia, the NBC peacock, rotating of hostages, a bi-locating character, Windows 58, an enlarged nostril, scary tuba music, a fresh roasted skull, a cross-dressing bee-keeper, the society for un-strangled wives, your colon on pork, a woman wearing a mans ear, the personal fertilizing of bushes, the normality and health of stalking your wife, Mary Taylor Moore, the squaring of breasts, the slink-skull, skull-toss remorse, and lots of flat, drab passion.
Enjoy!

[@starsiegeplayer]

"Mrs. Gumby is stacked!" I don't know why, but this cracked me up.

[@control_the_pet_population]

that joke squared my breasts!

[@LchanOtakudom]

“One of my classmates died in the kiln today MO-THER!”

[@TheRogueWolf]

People apparently died of fright much more easily in the 50's. It's a wonder they could have surprise birthday parties without needing to assure free burial services.

[@kylestubbs8867]

“Remember folks, if you die of boredom you do _not_ get a free coffin. Sorry.”

[@PIPEBITE]

When someone in a parody of very old cheesy flicks utters a quote from Aristophanes' The Frogs, then you know you're in the right place.

[@maraudinghobbit]

My dad used the kentucky derby joke at my great grandma's funeral. People loved it.

[@Igarappappa]

Sorry for you loss.

[@thesweetness9967]

"And then a lion jumped out and shot her." gets me every time.

[@kylestubbs8867]

Nick Broderick “Apparently it began to rain pretty hard.” “And she got dead.”

[@bowlingstoned2113]

"Someday she'll look back on this and worry about it..." 🤣

[@tleatherland]

This is one of MST3K's most underrated episodes.

[@ManosApple]

I agree, this could've so easily been one of those episodes where the dreariness and extremely slow pace of the movie dragged the whole thing down. But the riffing by Mike and the bots is so strong and so constant that it makes it fly by like a breeze! And the short is one for the ages. The Screaming Skull isn't just one of the highlights of season 9, it's on par with the best of the entire series.

[@daughterofolaf]

One of my all time favorites.

[@markdaniels7174]

A co-worker and I used to always quote from this.

[@TheEmodarkangel19]

This was the first episode I ever saw of MST3K and one if my favorites.

[@redwolfe7049]

@@ManosApple This episode is in my top 10. I watched this so many times that I can close my eyes and rest while I listen to this.

[@cocosilk]

Crow: 'Then, a lion jumped out and shot her, at least that's what Eric said.' Mike: 'Remember, tonight's our monkey love night.' I'm crying over here! My stomach hurts so bad from laughing too hard! ROTFL

[@oblivionguard9022]

Lion: Your money or your life...

[@bowlingstoned2113]

Crow's delivery on that line was hilarious 🤣

[@theblackrosedaughter]

" Son I'll need a can of playdoe to replace my butt" *falls over in hysterical laughter* HOLY SHIT THAT STILL KILLS ME BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA X'D

[@monkeymouse]

"They hung his head! This is worse than 'Seven!'"

[@Vostok7]

Well that squares my breasts.

[@elderlypoodle9181]

I remember watching this in the 70s in a backyard tent with a coat hanger antenna on a tiny t.v. Strung an extension cord from the house. Best times. I can still smell the mildew....... 😉

[@Athlynne]

"Alas, poor Yorick, she threw him well."

[@undoneonion90]

I'm gonna set you on "Don Knotts strength"!

[@victorhernandez8723]

I wasn't expecting a Gumby short before the Screaming Skull. What a treat!

[@garybusey9941]

"Such good episodes deserve a short!"

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

Nobody expects a Gumby short...

[@joshuablack8221]

I still don’t understand why in the Gumby Universe, men walk around butt naked, but the women have to wear dresses 😂😂😂

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

8:19-8:28 Servo: "You they weren't really expecting anybody to watch this, everybody was supposed to be necking by this point. So...Mike? *kissy noises* Mike: "Get away from me. Get out of here" Servo: Might be fun! LOL!!

[@chaosinc.382]

I near died at that part

[@ethanmacdonald4133]

"The film that dares to graphically depict sometimes seeing peacocks and sometimes not seeing peacocks!" "It'll be night soon." "Oh, Jenny. Jenny..." "What? It'll be night soon!" Had to pause the video at both those parts.

[@JohnnyCxviii]

"Get a box!" should have been included. One of the best from Crow in this episode.

[@Slopmaster]

That’s a line I think about a lot 😂

[@ClaysGuitarCorner]

CAN WE HELP YOU MOVIE LADY, DO YOU NEED A PUSH OR SOMETHING?!?!?! I DIED AT THAT PART

[@phayzyre1052]

At 4:52 "Van Gogh's HOWDEE!!"

[@TXFDA]

"everyone knows it's slinkskull"..wow... I laughed.

[@Rick-Raven]

"Thank you and goodnight" "My name is not Eric ma'am"

[@AsYourCruiseDirector]

Forgot two of my fave lines: "More skulls arrive in a cab." "He checks Mickey's villa in the south of France."

[@markdaniels7174]

“Oh, that’s where Mickey keeps his gardening things.” “Who’s Mickey?” “The gardener.” (As previously implied.) (What does Mickey do?) The Union for Creepy Urine-Stained Gardeners will hear about this!

[@vonzigle]

It's Mickey, and he's wearing pants today! Gets me every time LOL

[@bowlingstoned2113]

"Just beheading rats down here, honey!" 🤣

[@dethwilson420]

"I love you deceased wife....I mean Jenny"

[@TheQuinofhearts]

Poor Mickey "he's so fine he blows my mind, poor mickey"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

''Thank goodness for the internal genitalia.''

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Oh, why did I and my husband agree to sleep in different movies?

[@ZachsMind]

"Can we help you Movie Lady? Do you need a push, or something?" 8:07

[@chevken1831]

WINDOWS 58.

[@chunkavelli294]

That got me.😄

[@BryonYoungblood]

“PARTY!!” - A simple riff from Mike, but it worked!

[@Krendall2]

Aw, you left out "Davey and Goliath moved in next door. There goes the neighborhood."

[@BloodylocksBathory]

Other favorites. "Shh..." "People are trying to study!" "Well HERE I am, how did I get here??"

[@tannerbruning868]

“They put a tiny bit of movie in a box then filled the rest with foam peanuts”

[@pdlbean]

so glad you included "and you forgot your baby!" it's my favorite line of the episode and it's not in the other best of vid. :)

[@moVwatchr67]

Man, he just scooped his stool right up and threw it at her! Baaaahahahaha

[@micksmom2293]

The woman who comes to visit them--was she also in that MST3K short "Is this Love?"

[@redwolfe7049]

This is such a slept on but very funny episode. The riffs and segments are top notch.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

I want to join "Habitat Against Humanity".

[@BarkingCur]

"Can I interest you in some defenestration?" I ask that of all my house guests...

[@KentuckyKid84]

I think the only thing missing is the skeleton hovering into the house towards Eric...vroooooom-vrOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM...

[@ngobleus]

"Then a lion jumped out and shot her, that's what he said..."

[@steakknives]

They missed my favorite "I found a screaming pelvis if that's helpful".

[@monkeymouse]

The leading lady in this noir-wannabe, Peggy Webber, was also in "The Space Children". Enjoy a double-feature!

[@SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

When someone tries to imitate Hitchcock and fails miserably. Also, Torgo's not pervy brother, Mickey.

[@markdaniels7174]

They only got Webber to do it by telling her it was like “Rebecca.”

[@nelsonr12]

"Ah The film broke and it was horrible"

[@nicholasseaks95]

I have a model of that Mercedes on a shelf in my bedroom.

[@MrCrown040]

“I’ll just tell everyone that tried to strangle myself on the side of the coffee table.” Lmao

[@Mattteus]

chifferobe, now there's a word you don't hear often these days

[@donaldpetkus1637]

It’s a major plot point in Oh, Brother, Where are thou?

[@marcguerra1854]

"Well I better go and rotate the hostages."

[@1987phillybilly]

Mickey's a wide awake nightmare!

[@markdaniels7174]

The Union for Dangerous Urine-Stained Gardners will hear about this!

[@wickedmuffin76]

"It may sound selfish" "but I want everything for me"

[@DeathSongoftheThreeStorms]

Man, that joke at 7:56 can be a relevant reaction to certain current events.

[@luisreyes1963]

One wonders if this turkey, "The Screaming Skull" was the inspiration for the creators of Robot Chicken to yell "SKULL" at the end of the show. Who knows.

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

The bots' reaction to the robot head on the garage is great.

[@SouthJerseySam]

"But remember to return the robots when you're through with them." "Sure, mother!" "Don't you worry your squishy little head about it!" Love that one

[@BryonYoungblood]

As I said a year ago, Mickey is the only saving grace next to Lisa in The Screaming Skull. I feel bad for Eric smacking him around simply becaus he despises him and Mickey knows he killed Marion and might kill Lisaas wll.

[@luisreyes1963]

Bryon Youngblood "Mickey makes his own ammonia to clean the greenhouse."

[@markdaniels7174]

Who’s Lisa? The new wife (main character) is named Jenny.

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@markdaniels7174 Yeah, I goofed there.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

Mickey, Torgo and Ortega's more handsome cousin

[@tnadrg1982]

I'm gonna set you on don knotts strength

[@draconiclady0610]

3:39 I don't know about her, she was always being talked to the cops on Dragnet.

[@scottmckay9535]

I actually saw this film in a theatre. I wish MST3K had been around then. Anyway, as a kid it was a pretty good Saturday matinee flick.

[@StrangeGingerr]

Gotta move this body upstate

[@noirakita]

"If it's Universal, doesn't that make it international?" Which I believe they use in The Movie for Universal International

[@victorhernandez8723]

The only way to die from watching this movie is to die laughing.

[@fatima1009]

This movie follows in the tradition of other MST3K movies that depict people being haunted by a human head, a la "The Thing That Wouldn't Die," and "Tormented." Well maybe somewhat, since the main character is being haunted by a skull, and not a complete human head.

[@madamx7422]

Fatima Jones also The Brain That Wouldn't Die, that one will make you feel dirty

[@brianfuller5868]

One of the best episodes. Hudson and Webber are both good here and the riffs on an otherwise bleh film are dead on.

[@cindydott452]

It's probably wrong, but I love how traumatized Tom is when he sees the robot head hanging up on the garage!

[@FreqBand]

sings........ "if I only had a skull"..... (Wizard of Oz reference/song)

[@Snazz15]

Aw, you missed the part where Mike acts like the skeleton is a vacuum.

[@BryonYoungblood]

Mikey, you were one of the saving graces of this movie along with some of the stuff Mike and the guys had when it came to Robot Rumpus, like; Servo: They hung his head!! UGH!!! This is worse than Se7en!!

[@sydneyhamilton2575]

6:45 Peacocks!

[@tnadrg1982]

Robot rump? Aww i thought it was going to be about robot rump

[@jekblom123]

Ill give you something to scream about young skull!

[@daughterofolaf]

“What does Mickey dooooo?”

[@mattthomas6061]

'it was a rainy day' "and he shot her" kek

[@mattthomas6061]

'it began to rain very hard' "and then she got ded" also kek

[@wickedmuffin76]

"and then a lion jumped out and shot her"

[@Karthesios]

Aw, not the part where Mickey gets slapped like a stooge?

[@seleucid23]

Everyone knows it's Slink-Skull.

[@femoman]

PARTY!

[@luisreyes1963]

A ghostly skull? Be glad it's not a pelvis. 🤣

[@TheAnubis57]

Another MST3K movie taken down. So many are gone now.

[@kimdkus]

Oh no!! That was my favey.

[@landonmiller6943]

One of my favorite MST3K episodes. Mrs Gumby is stacked!

[@mugiwaraboshi37]

Aw. I loved Gumby as a kid!

[@mandelw]

The music at the beginning of Screaming Skull is the same as the beginning of The Shining.

[@joshuablack8221]

06:32 “...and I want you to sit on this candle.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MsLilyhorse]

Peggy Webber was an accomplished television director, in addition to having a killer body. Nice Mercedes Benz in the opening shot.

[@Eisenwulf666]

Was thinking the same thing. A bit petite maybe but wow

[@calypsokiosko9067]

...That's quite creepy for you to say.

[@AmusedChild]

Awww, where's "schplork, schplork, schplork, schplork, schplork,"? :-D

[@williamcrowe2576]

The best part was when Bobo dressed as a gorilla and everyone just stared at him.

[@christopherwall2121]

Gandalf is outside, scratching things on the door.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

The film broke and it was horrible!

[@markdaniels7174]

I want to leave as your friend, Mickey, “But you’re extremely creepy and have very dangerous B.O.!”

[@baronvonleppe5029]

She was the Hot Mom in 'The Space Children'. haha

[@biosonic417]

6:18 as heard on Cinemassacre's Monster Madness

[@raygamma36]

Mickey is like Torgo-lite...

[@auritone]

Or a Torgo in training. He gets his big thighs when he graduates.

[@skylx0812]

@ 4:26 ...aaaand we have gold! The wife kinda looked like Annie Lennox btw

[@crazypants88]

Love your favorite moments videos!

[@pdlbean]

this is one of my favorite eps. :)

[@SeanP7195]

Lmao, they said they’d pay for your funeral in this movie. The woman does have a nice body though

[@davidbatguano9244]

Poor Micky.

[@markdaniels7174]

He’s so fine, he’s so fine he blows my mind, poor Mickey.

[@laurallewien2165]

Is Mickey Targo's twin brother?

[@luisreyes1963]

No, but they do share the same mother...🐑