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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

1959Movie⏱️ 1h 10mApproved
HorrorMystery
⭐ 5.7
IMDB Rating
1,398 votes

Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found m...

Director
Edward L. Cahn
Writers
N/A
Stars
Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Grant Richards
Release Date
November 13, 1959
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz
as Jonathan Drake
Valerie French
Valerie French
as Alison Drake
Grant Richards
Grant Richards
as Police Lt. Jeff Rowan
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
as Dr. Emil Zurich
Lumsden Hare
Lumsden Hare
as Rogers
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Howard Wendell
as Dr. George Bradford
Paul Wexler
Paul Wexler
as Zutai
Paul Cavanagh
Paul Cavanagh
as Kenneth Drake
Frank Gerstle
Frank Gerstle
as Lee Coulter
Jonathan Hole
Jonathan Hole
as Funeral Director

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Vogue Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

HorrorMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Scared me silly as a kid
by preppy-3 β€’ 2000-01-13
6/10

"Hilarious little horror film involving a curse on the Drake family--each male member of the family is killed at age 60 and decapitated! There's more but it's really too complicated (and unbelievable) to go into. I originally saw this on a local TV station on a Saturday afternoon in the 1970s. I was in the fourth grade and it scared me silly! A shot of a headless corpse in a coffin really did it for me. I saw it again in high school and just thought it was silly. Seeing as an adult it still IS silly---but in a good way. This is a LOW budget film with tacky looking sets (obviously bo..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

In addition to his credited work as make-up artist, Charles Gemora also designed and sculpted the shrunken heads.

πŸ“– Synopsis

Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found m...