If I'm not mistaken a ghoul is a human being that got some kind of curse upon him because of an unholy act such as robbing graves thus becoming a monster. Mr. Sardonicus was a movie that dealt with this legend well. The Ghoul in this one is more like a zombie even though he is not undead and when we get to see his face in the final scene he really doesn't look monstrous at all. The fact that the ones he killed were scared of him was not because of his looks but the fancy and sharp dagger he was wielding. The first killing looked almost like a tribute to the shower killing scene from Psycho. How did he become a ghoul, it's hardly explained. The other characters both victims and the one keeping this ghoul alive also have very little background. There isn't anyone who deserves sympathy so I wasn't really unhappy most of them ended up dead. Especially that gardener or whatever his job was, was extremely unlikable. The fact that Peter Cushing was mourning the recent passing away of his real life wife in this movie was indeed a nice touch but I don't think this movie was the right one to do this.
Review of The Ghoul
