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A ghoul is a (folklore) cannibalistic monster associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh, often classified as but not necessarily undead. The oldest surviving literature that mention ghouls is likely One Thousand and One Nights. The term is first attested in English in 1786, in William Beckford's Orientalist novel Vathek, which describes the ghūl of Arabian folklore.
By extension, the word ghoul is also used derogatorily to refer to a person who delights in the macabre, or whose professions are linked directly to death, such as gravediggers.
Ghoul is from the Arabic ghul, from ghala 'to seize'. Marc Cramer and others believe the term to be etymologically related to Gallu, a Mesopotamian demon.
In ancient Arabian folklore, the ghūl (Arabic: literally demon) dwells in burial grounds and other uninhabited places. The ghul is a devilish type of jinn believed to be sired by Iblis.
The Arabian ghoul is a desert-dwelling, shape shifting demon that can assume the guise of an animal, especially a hyena. It lures unwary travellers into the desert wastes to slay and devour them. The creature also preys on young children, robs graves, drinks blood, steals coins and eats the dead, taking on the form of the one they previously ate.
Actors: Jon Manthei (producer), Jon Manthei (director), Joseph Thompson (director), Joseph Thompson (producer), Chris Behnke (editor), Veronica Jason (actress), Chris Behnke (composer), Billy Causey (actor), Alaina Marie Manthei (producer), Branden Gelineau (actor), Mike Williams (actor), Branden Gelineau (actor), Mike Sikora (actor), Gene Schoen (actor), Jeff Burton (actor),
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Zorinah Juan (producer), Catherine Mary Stewart (actress), Todd Williams (producer), Barry Corbin (actor), Zorinah Juan (producer), Dane Rhodes (actor), Andrew van den Houten (actor), Andrew van den Houten (producer), Thomas P. Vitale (producer), Michael Bevins (costume designer), Gene Kevin Hames Jr. (actor), Evan Krauss (miscellaneous crew), Judd Lormand (miscellaneous crew), Nolan Gould (actor), Catherine Curtin (actress),
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Plot: Stefan invites his daughter, Jennifer, to travel to Romania for the funeral of his mother. His mystic girlfriend Liz travels with them to the cursed village of Pelosoara, where they are welcomed by Stefan's brother Vladimir, and Jennifer finds the locals are very peculiar people. Jennifer learns that she is the only woman from the bloodline of her father. At the funeral a stranger approaches and asks Jennifer to meet him in the square in one hour. When Jennifer arrives at the meeting place, she sees a creature devouring the man she was there to meet and is saved by Thomas. The man tells her that he is the last druid on Earth, protecting the world against the evil ancients. They were defeated by the druids in the past and banished to the spiritual world. That night, there was to be a reclamation ceremony where the evil queen possesses a vessel to open a vortex between the spiritual and the real world to bring the ancients back to Earth. But Jennifer is to find out that things are more complicated and she is more important than she realizes.
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Plot: Reminiscent of "Pleasantville", in this Gothic comedy heroine Abigaile Archibald suddenly develops a speaking voice in a world that is otherwise silent. Delighted, she secretly indulges in the joys of talking and singing -- until the townspeople launch a witch hunt to find the source of the mysterious sound.
Keywords: independent-film, original-story, silent-filmActors: Michael Ciesla (actor), Bob Socci (actor), Bob Socci (actor), Tony Dadika (actor), Nadja Hoyer-Booth (actress), Mike Lubik (actor), Ed Bergtold (actor), Ed Bergtold (actor), Ronald Thomas (actor), Steph Garcia (actress), Steph Garcia (actress), Michael Pleckaitis (writer), Michael Pleckaitis (costume designer), Michael Pleckaitis (editor), Michael Pleckaitis (director),
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Plot: At a house party, Jesse makes his rounds from girl to girl, using his patented series of pick-up lines that have worked for him in the past. It is apparent to the ladies that his style and sincerity are questionable. When he migrates over to Linda, and begins to make a connection, a mysterious hand is seen slipping LSD into his drink. Jesse's mind and soul crosses over into a dark, horrible realm as the unnerving drug kicks into effect. His pleasant party turns into a night of horrors and hallucinations as he tries to survive in the dark, mysterious house, haunted by a tormenting ghoul, murder victims, vampire vixens, and the quaker ghost.
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Keywords: anthology, based-on-book, based-on-novel, ghost, independent-film, mask, monster, nightclub, shadmock, skeletonI woke, I awoke in the night from a terrible dream
A crystal skull caught in a frozen scream
It was calling me, mon, calling me to a distant land
There was hooded mutants and a mon with metal hand
I'll board a ship and I will cross the sea
I'm the houngan priest, the houngan priest called Samedi