尖叫%:的头骨

　　The %film opens?; wit? h a n`arrat#,:ed disclaim$*er over footage of an  opening c.o
%ffin. *The narrat _
or explains t^ %hat th
;=e[ fi\]lm's)$\( climax  is
 %;so ?terrifyi
\ng that_? /]it may kill t\h.,e v@;iewer, and r/e
*!assures=) t(he !audience ^th/at /if the?y die of fr?)ight while^` watchi*:ng the film,, th,).ey wi@ll rec_^eive -%.*a free b/ $urial ser=vice, and i:?t close?(;s on the_]], casket._ which ha / s a card i[(;nside reading &)_%quotReser_+_\ved for $Y,]ou."[1.]　　Newlyweds Jenn:-i (Pegg*`+y Webber) and
Eric (John %Hudson)= move into` ]Eric/&#_?39,@s pa)!latial co`untry hom) :e. Jenni is Eric's second wif)^;e h;+is first wife Ma\$[#r[ion died when she accide-:!@n%[_tally  .slipped! and  hit her head %
%o ^ (n _@/*the =+edge* o+#f #a decorative pond on
.%_ t.#he estate. At the home they =*meet ^Eric's friend]s, th=,e Rever.\.end Sn=ow ($)(Ru:`ss Conway), - a#[nd h\is wif ?e (To^,ni Johnson),?. as we,(ll as Mickey (Ale[;
x^=!- Nicol), the developm:entally,=@ disa
bled gardener. Eric private`ly menti(+o ns to the *^Snows t!hat $Jenni spent  #!time [ i* $n an asylum followi_ng the sudden d!eath of both her parents, and Mrs: . Sno/?w   re-v; !eals ``+that J_-enni is ver\_y w\(#ea.^lthy.　　Jenni is[^ distur,b?.ed both by) 
M$!ickey'[s @#$+beli-ef th*at Marion&#,^39s ghost wa_n!ders the esta$+te and by[ / Mar) ion's self-por; tr//ait in$#+side :)th^)e _[hou+[?se, which Je@,n!+ni believes /- r#
esemb
@les her mother. W\he?]_n s[he begins #
to hear unex_+plained s+;cre`
aming nois]^%e
:_s an]`d see skul((ls arou nd her hou+se, she believ#e(s th(,at M\ari^on] is haunting her. Though `Eric s#@p`eculates^ to Je$`n(.)ni t hat Micke;.y, who wa$_ s a childhoo:d fr\i^en`$d of-_= Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be be=,hind [()th*?e trickery,^%` Jenni_  worries that she
),is go =.ing %insane. Eri)c the\
?n` $^\su#gge`,st s to remo v %e  Mario**?%n's se_,lf-p %or` tra=^it f,;$rom the hom@)e. E\-$ri^
++c a[@nd( J-e/ =nni_% ta/%$(-ke; the painting outsi`de and burn:[ it. Whi.l[e-  they clean:_ up the rem
a\-
ins of th
e _painting, a skull[ emerges from the as^\hes. W#*hile \=)J/enni panics at the sigh/^-t of the sku?,ll, Eric deni$es%_* th at the skul)l is there.  ,,Jenni f:(@_a% $ints%
, a_^=nd ,#Eric withdraws the skull and hides it,  rev?*e;^aling tha]t he was respo n/?sible( f+or t!he trick$\ =er),y [(all al ong i =n an effort t=o get hold \:)of her wealth.　,%　Beli=e *ving sh e # has finally lost her sa.? ni/t,y , `+ Jenni resolves to be c\\^ommitted)[. Sh*
!#e tells Eric// that the entire pro#:perty wil
!l$ be m)etic ulo!?$ usly se;arched for the skull as a last ==reso rt. Before Eric ca[n retrieve@/ it, Mickey= se-:?cretl,]y@^ ; s
,%t eals the skull a)\
nd br,),ings it to th]:+e Reveren
d, revea ling Eri*c#\
9s plans. Tha]
t night, Eric prepare s t`o murder !;Jenni and stag_e it
)% as
+_ a su[.ic+ ide. Jenni s;ees Ma;ri,\%)^on,;#&#\3+9s ghost *]in Mick!/\ey#.'s #@g], reen)*$hous%\e and f#*!.lee ]s back to. /)the house. When she enters#, Eric be!:;[gins thrott%ling her.@ The ghos

t_;[ t`.hen = -appea`rs and c]/:hases E+^ric outside and ::ab;$out the propert_y it finally corners  ,an$?_`d :+a$tt ?ac]k]-s %
$him, dr_o$wning him in the decora=@t%?ive pond.　　Aft:\-er /#+Jenni r ^egains? consci:ou!^sn
!ess, 
the= Snows arrive.%@  Mrs. Snow comforts @)/@a`.] hys@ter(#ical*-
-Jen,ni and *[the Reverend discovers Eric'=s ;* body=! in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Sn o(ws depart from th\ e \ ho:+use. Reve]-rend ]Snow d.,ecla #,res whether or not Marion#%,9s, death wa=\s an acci!.!dent will remain a mystery.