The Ghoul

Released Aug 4, 2017

1h 21m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

77%

22 Reviews

Tomatometer

26%

100+ Ratings

Audience Score

A detective goes under cover as a psychotherapist's patient to investigate a double murder.

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Stephen Dalton

Hollywood Reporter

Tunley confirms his mastery of macabre moods here. Now he needs a bigger budget and a broader canvas.

Aug 11, 2017

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

First time writer/director Gareth Tunley marshals the meagre resources of this micro-budget psychological thriller and creates a pleasingly perplexing enigma of a movie.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 7, 2017

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Like the oft-referenced Mbius strip, lots of empty surface, precious little feeling.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 4, 2017

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Alexa Dalby

Dog and Wolf

It's is a cleverly convoluted tale that coils tightly around itself.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 18, 2018

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Matthew Bond

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

The Ghoul is at its best when we think it's a psychological crime thriller but loses energy once we discover it's more about mental illness.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 5, 2017

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Writer/director Gareth Tunley's moebius strip of a movie is a puzzle piece like "Memento" crossed with the satanic tone of executive producer Ben Wheatley's "Kill List" and Simon Rumley's "The Living and the Dead's" unsettling portrait of mental illness.

Rated: B+

Sep 5, 2017

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donna m

I can't believe I wasted my time watching this movie, thinking that at some point it will get better and also makes sense. In the too5 of worst movies I have seen.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This was mysterious and strange. It's how I like my movies.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

"l'd like to run one last sim. This time, in the shape of a Möbius strip, inverted, please." If you're watching this and feel like you missed something, don't worry, that's just The Ghoul.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

When you read the plot synopsis it makes sense. Not so when you actually watch the film. I found it not only confusing, but depressing and ultimately pointless. As an exercise in wasting your evening I suppose it works. To sum this production up in one word: pointless.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

The most exciting part of this film is the blurb on the box. It's a boring, vapid, depiction of mental illness which somehow manages to neuter an original premise. Pretentious, grey and unfulfilling. Avoid.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

A cool mind-bending mystery. It's as much a cop thriller as it is a study of mental illness. Which it truly wants to be is where the lines get blurred and makes it as interesting as it is. Some good performances in it too.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

A detective goes under cover as a psychotherapist's patient to investigate a double murder.

Director: Gareth Tunley
Producer: Dhiraj Mahey
Screenwriter: Gareth Tunley
Distributor: Cartilage Films
Production Co: Ghoul Film
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 5, 2017
Runtime: 1h 21m