The Ghoul

P. D. gray

at 3:49 pm

This is a rather entertaining, early British Karloff film from the 1930s co-starring the likes of Ralph Richardson and Bride Of Frankensteins Ernest Thieseger. Its available on a number of DVDs but the ONLY one worth buying is this MGM american release. The quality of the print used is stunning, looks like it was printed only yesterday and if you have seen other dvds of this film you will know how often an old, scratchy print is used, this one though has to be seen to be believed…so glad I opted to upgrade my copy to use on a multi-region player.

My only gripe is the packaging, the cover is so bizarre, a no mention of Karloff on the front at all, just his name in the credits in the small print on the back and a barely recognisable photo of him…in fact if you didnt know better you could pick this up in a store (American Store!) and not realise it was an old film at all or even star Karloff, very strange considering Karloffs name is still a huge draw to us fans in the know!
Rating: 5 / 5