On the beneficiaries' first night in the house, Lorena sits in front of a large, circular vanity mirror preparing for bed. The shot creates an optical illusion of a skull: the shape of the mirror is the outline, Lorena's hair and its reflection form the two eyes and a row of toiletry bottles and its reflection create the teeth. An illustration of a skull is superimposed briefly over the shot to drive the point home. The same effect appears at Phantom Manor, Disneyland Paris' version of The Haunted Mansion; there the effect is enhanced by a crack in the wall behind the bride, the reflection of which forms the skull's nose.
The house is in Atlanta. It's the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. A great venue for weddings and one of my favorites, "Christmas at Callanwolde". A lot of history with the Candler family. Look it up!
Filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, with a mostly black cast, it was financed by a group of black Atlanta businessmen.
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By what name was The House on Skull Mountain (1974) officially released in India in English?
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