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... Ghoul , while perhaps not the most in demand , has been the most elusive and mysteri- ous of all the " lost " horror films . Elusive because , until 1969 , it had never shown up once since its original release , and even in England it ...
... Ghoul , while perhaps not the most in demand , has been the most elusive and mysteri- ous of all the " lost " horror films . Elusive because , until 1969 , it had never shown up once since its original release , and even in England it ...
Page 120
... Ghoul . " In terms of plot , the film ( based on a novel and play ) is dangerously close to farce at times . Were is not for the Karloff presence , it might well teeter more in the direction of Thark ( a famous British stage and film ...
... Ghoul . " In terms of plot , the film ( based on a novel and play ) is dangerously close to farce at times . Were is not for the Karloff presence , it might well teeter more in the direction of Thark ( a famous British stage and film ...
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... Ghoul , a singularly pointless , nonatmospheric and pedestrian bore , redeemed only by the vitality of George Zucco's Mad Scientist . One British critic com- mented that " to be a ghoul must be disconcerting enough , but to be a mad ...
... Ghoul , a singularly pointless , nonatmospheric and pedestrian bore , redeemed only by the vitality of George Zucco's Mad Scientist . One British critic com- mented that " to be a ghoul must be disconcerting enough , but to be a mad ...
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