The Ghoul (1933)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 79m
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Cast: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Kathleen Harrison, Ernest Thesiger
Synopsis:
An Egyptologist's dying wishes are violated when his tomb and person are robbed of an invaluable jewel, itself once taken from its ancient resting place. Having died of a disfiguring illness, the professor now rises from his tomb ghoul-like to find out the hapless thief from amongst his former household.
Review:
A Gaumont British horror film in the Universal tradition, but rarely can such a cast of notables have been assembled for such pulpy material. There are chilling moments and cornfed ones, and it is outstandingly shot, mostly in the dark.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 79m
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Cast: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Kathleen Harrison, Ernest Thesiger
Synopsis:
An Egyptologist's dying wishes are violated when his tomb and person are robbed of an invaluable jewel, itself once taken from its ancient resting place. Having died of a disfiguring illness, the professor now rises from his tomb ghoul-like to find out the hapless thief from amongst his former household.
Review:
A Gaumont British horror film in the Universal tradition, but rarely can such a cast of notables have been assembled for such pulpy material. There are chilling moments and cornfed ones, and it is outstandingly shot, mostly in the dark.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 79m
Director: T. Hayes Hunter
Cast: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Kathleen Harrison, Ernest Thesiger
Synopsis:
An Egyptologist's dying wishes are violated when his tomb and person are robbed of an invaluable jewel, itself once taken from its ancient resting place. Having died of a disfiguring illness, the professor now rises from his tomb ghoul-like to find out the hapless thief from amongst his former household.
Review:
A Gaumont British horror film in the Universal tradition, but rarely can such a cast of notables have been assembled for such pulpy material. There are chilling moments and cornfed ones, and it is outstandingly shot, mostly in the dark.