The Ghoul – 1933 | 77 mins | Horror | B&W

Plot Synopsis

The Ghoul marked Boris Karloff’s triumphant return to his native Britain, and turned out to be a major disappointment. The film is a slow atmospheric chiller about Prof. Morlant (Karloff), an eccentric Egyptologist who becomes obsessed with the mystical powers of the ancient Egyptian gods and the possibility of immortality. On his deathbed, he orders his conniving assistant Laing (Ernst Thesiger), to bind a sacred jewel called ‘The Eternal Light’ to his hand. He warns that if the jewel is stolen, he will return from the grave looking for revenge. Morlant dies and is buried — minus the jewel, which has seemingly disappeared.