The Mad Ghoul (1943)
- Directed by
- James P. Hogan
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, vampire film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mad scientist uses his assistant as a test subject for an ancient Mayan life-preserving process. The assistant turns into a zombie who slowly regains his memories while the scientist pursues the assistant's girlfriend.
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What happens
The Mad Ghoul is a 1943 American horror film directed by James Hogan and starring Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, and David Bruce, and featuring George Zucco, Robert Armstrong, and Milburn Stone. The film is about the scientist Dr. Alfred Morris and his assistant Ted Allison. Morris, who is obsessed with an ancient Mayan life-preserving process to the point of madness, has fallen in love with Allison's girlfriend, the concert singer Isabel Lewis. Morris decides to use Allison for his eternal-life experiments, transforming him into a zombie who slowly recalls his past life, but is unaware of his undead status. The Mad Ghoul was developed at Universal Pictures in February 1943 under the title The Mystery of the Mad Ghoul. Filming was completed in May for a release on November 12 the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Legion of the Night (1995)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.