The Ghoul 1933 REVIEW When Karloff Met British Horror Spooky Isles


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An ancient Egyptian returns to punish those who violated his tomb. Cast & Crew Read More T. Hayes Hunter Director Boris Karloff Professor Morlant Cedric Hardwicke Broughton Ernest Thesiger Laing Dorothy Hyson Betty Harlow Anthony Bushell Ralph Morlant Photos & Videos View All 1 Photo Film Details Genre Horror/Science-Fiction Horror Release Date


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Boris Karloff stars as an Egyptologist, Prof. Moriant, who upon his death bed sets about the final stages of his resurrection with the help of his reluctant assistant, swearing revenge upon anyone that gets in the way of his ritual.


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The Ghoul is a horror movie of huge historical significance. Made in 1933, it was the first British horror talkie; it capitalised on the huge success of Boris Karloff, the British-born Hollywood.


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Boris Karloff (1887-1969) was the greatest actor ever in horror film. His first real succes (and his first horror role) was the monster in James Whale's Fran.


The Ghoul 1933 REVIEW When Karloff Met British Horror Spooky Isles

Directed by T. Hayes Hunter Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Michael Balcon. producer (uncredited) Music by Cinematography by Günther Krampf. (as Gunther Krampf) (photography) Editing by Ian Dalrymple Ralph Kemplen Art Direction by Alfred Junge. (as A. Junge) Makeup Department Heinrich Heitfeld.


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After turning down the lead in Universal's The Invisible Man, the studio's King of Horror, Boris Karloff made a brief return to the UK (which he had left in 1909) to make 1933's The Ghoul.The story is something of a steal from The Mummy (1932), with Karloff portraying a cataleptic Egyptologist who returns from the dead to reclaim a valuable ring that bestows immortality.


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Boris Karloff plays a crazy old guy who worships the Egyptian god, Anubis. On his death bed, he swears that if anyone should steal a sacred jewel from his Anubis statue he will return from the dead to exact revenge. Not surprisingly, several very greedy people come along and try stealing the jewel--only to incur the wrath of the zombie Karloff.


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Egyptologist and professor Henry Morlant (Boris Karloff) thinks an ancient jewel will give him powers of rejuvenation if it is offered up to the god Anubis. But when Morlant dies, his assistant.


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The Ghoul, a British horror film, stars Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, and Ralph Richardson (in his film debut). Loosely based on a 1928 novel by Frank King (and subsequent play by King and Leonard J. Hines), The Ghoul was produced by Gaumont British and released in the UK in August 1933. Egyptologist and professor Henry Morlant (Karloff) thinks an ancient jewel will give.


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The Ghoul is a 1933 British Horror film starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger and Ralph Richardson, whose debut film this was. The plot centres around a Professor (Karloff) who is to be buried with an Egyptian jewel in order to attain eternal life.


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Did you know: What A Carve Up! 1961 is a British comedy-horror film, starring Sid James, Kenneth Connor, and Shirley Eaton, loosely based on The Ghoul. It was released as No Place Like Homicide in the United States. Read about the making of The Ghoul 1933 here. Watch The Ghoul 1933 Full Movie


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Professor Morlant dies. As per his instructions, an Egyptian jewel known as The Eternal Light is bandaged to his hand and his body placed in a crypt that is locked from the inside. The local parson condemns this as highly un-Christian.


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The Ghoul was something of a working holiday for the busy Boris Karloff.Fresh from his new found fame and success at Universal, he returned home to England to spend some time with his delighted brothers and, while there, popped over to Shepherd's Bush to film The Ghoul for Gaumont British.. Very loosely based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Frank King, The Ghoul also borrowed heavily.


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The Ghoul Boris Karloff (Actor), Cedric Hardwicke (Actor), T. Hayes Hunter (Director) Rated: Unrated


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Coming after the hugely successful The Mummy, The Ghoul was enough to scare Universal into acceding to his demands, which included a raise and the opportunity to work at other studios. Karloff was back in Hollywood in time to begin filming of John Ford's 1934 film The Lost Patrol. Now complete, it is possible to look more objectively at the film.


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Elegant Boris Karloff classic 1933 horror, beautifully restored and now playing on The Unexplained Channel, Sky 201.

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