The Ghoul (2016 film)

The Ghoul
The Ghoul
	Film poster
Directed by	Gareth Tunley
Written by	Gareth Tunley
Produced by	Jack Healy Guttmann; Tom Meeten; Gareth Tunley
Starring	Tom Meeten; Alice Lowe; Rufus Jones; Niamh Cusack; Geoffrey McGivern;
Cinematography	Benjamin Pritchard
Edited by	Robin Hill
Music by	Waen Shepherd
Production; company	Ghoul Film
Distributed by	Arrow Films; Cartilage Films
Release dates	14 October 2016 (London Film Festival); 4 August 2017;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$18,460

The Ghoul is a 2016 British psychological crime thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Gareth Tunley and starring Tom Meeten. The film was released on 14 October 2016 at the London Film Festival and received good reviews from critics.

Plot

A detective decides to go undercover to investigate a psychotherapist who, he thinks, is responsible for a murder.

Cast

Tom Meeten as Chris
Alice Lowe as Kathleen
Rufus Jones as Coulson
Niamh Cusack as Fisher
Geoffrey McGivern as Morland

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Ghoul has an approval rating of 77% based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10.^[1] Stephen Dalton from The Hollywood Reporter gave it a good review, writing: "A British micro-budget nerve-jangler that keeps viewers guessing to the final frame, The Ghoul is a noir-flavored mood piece with grand ambitions beyond its minimal means".^[2] Peter Bradshaw writing for The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, stating: "Initially interesting but heartsinkingly pointless, this brooding Brit indie takes us on a journey to nowhere".^[3] Catherine Bray from the Variety liked the film and said: "The Ghoul isn't the midnight horror romp its title may suggest and as such might disappoint a crowd with an appetite for shock and gore — it needs to be positioned subtly by distributors and festival programmers who may wish to lean more heavily on the apt Lynch comparisons from early reactions. Its twisty-turny psychological gymnastics should satisfy fans of oblique, Lost Highway-style material more than full-on horror-heads".^[4]

Accolades

The Ghoul was nominated for the 71st British Academy Film Awards in the category of Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. However, it lost to I Am Not a Witch.^[5] The film was also nominated for a "Discovery Award" at the 2016 British Independent Film Awards, but lost to The Greasy Strangler.^[6]

References

^ "The Ghoul". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
^ Dalton, Stephen (10 August 2017). "'The Ghoul': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ Bradshaw, Peter (3 August 2017). "The Ghoul review – brooding Brit indie withholds too much information". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ Bray, Catherine. "Film Review: 'The Ghoul'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ "Bafta Film Awards 2018: The winners in full". BBC News. 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ Evans, Alan (1 November 2016). "This article is more than 3 years old I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

External links

The Ghoul at IMDb

[1] "The Ghoul". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[2] Dalton, Stephen (10 August 2017). "'The Ghoul': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[3] Bradshaw, Peter (3 August 2017). "The Ghoul review – brooding Brit indie withholds too much information". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[4] Bray, Catherine. "Film Review: 'The Ghoul'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[5] "Bafta Film Awards 2018: The winners in full". BBC News. 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[6] Evans, Alan (1 November 2016). "This article is more than 3 years old I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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