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Ghoul (other)
A ghoul is an evil spirit in Arabian folklore. Ghoul may also refer to: In comics * Ghoul (comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics * Ra's al Ghul, a fictional character in DC Comics ** Nyssa al Ghul, a fictional character in DC Comics and the second child of Ra's al Ghul ** Talia al Ghul, a fictional character in DC Comics and the third child of Ra's al Ghul * Ghouls (''Yu-Gi-Oh!''), a group of fictional characters in the manga series, also known as the "Rare Hunters" * Preta Ghoul, a fictional character in the manga series ''Black Cat'' * ''Tokyo Ghoul'', a manga series by Sui Ishida In literature * ''Ghoul'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Brian Keene * ''Ghoul'', a 1987 novel by Michael Slade In music * Ghoul (band), an American thrash metal band * Ghul, stage name of English guitarist Charles Hedger (born 1980) Onscreen In film * ''The Ghoul'' (1933 film), a British horror film * ''The Ghoul'' (1975 film), a British horror film * ''The Ghouls'', a 2003 American indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghoul
In folklore, a ghoul (from , ') is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid, often associated with graveyards and the consumption of human flesh. In the legends or tales in which they appear, a ghoul is far more ill-mannered and foul than goblins. The concept of the ghoul originated in pre-Islamic Arabian religion. Modern fiction often uses the term to label a specific kind of monster. By extension, the word "ghoul" is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre or whose occupation directly involves death, such as a gravedigger or graverobber. Etymology The English word ''ghoul'' is from the Arabic (), from () ."Ghoul, N." ''Oxford English Dictionary'', Oxford UP, December 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/2239227052. The term was first used in English literature in 1786 in William Beckford's Orientalist novel '' Vathek'', which describes the of Arabic folklore. This definition of the ghoul has persisted into modern times, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghoul (2015 Film)
''Ghoul'' is a 2015 Czech 3D horror film, directed by Petr Jákl, written by Jákl and Petr Bok, and starring Jennifer Armour, Jeremy Isabella, and Paul S. Tracey. An American film crew goes to Ukraine to investigate stories of widespread cannibalism, only to summon the spirit of Andrei Chikatilo, a notorious serial killer and cannibal. It is shot in found footage format. Plot Drawn by stories of widespread cannibalism during the ''Holodomor'' famines of the 1930s in Soviet Ukraine, an amateur filming crew from America interviews subjects in Kyiv. They find that the urban legends confirm what had happened, and are they led to a local psychic-cum-clairvoyant, who tells them that paranormal entities were behind the bloodshed. The crew does not take her warning seriously, in drunkenness they perform a séance involving a pentagram, in which they mockingly summon the disembodied ghost of Andrei Chikatilo, a notorious serial killer and cannibal who was active in the late 1970s an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallout (American TV Series)
''Fallout'' is an American Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the Fallout (franchise), role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the series stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Xelia Mendes-Jones, and Walton Goggins. Amazon purchased the rights to produce a live-action project in 2020, and the series was announced that July, with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy's Kilter Films joined by Bethesda Game Studios in the production. Nolan directed the first three episodes. Bethesda Game Studios producer Todd Howard, who directed various games in the series, signed on to executive produce alongside Nolan and Joy. Robertson-Dworet and Wagner were hired as the series' showrunners in January 2022, and Goggins and Purnell were cast in February and March, respectively. ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghoul (TV Character)
Cooper Howard, better known as the Ghoul, is a fictional character from the sci-fi Western television series ''Fallout'', itself based on the franchise of role-playing games of the same name. He is portrayed by American actor Walton Goggins. The character is a member of a race of post-human beings called "ghouls", humans whose appearances were greatly disfigured by radiation following an apocalyptic nuclear exchange. The Ghoul is a bounty hunter wandering the post-apocalyptic wasteland who comes into conflict with Lucy MacLean over the course of the show. Extensive flashbacks also depict his past as Cooper Howard, a Hollywood actor and spokesman for Vault-Tec in the year 2077. The Ghoul has received acclaim from both critics and audiences, with praise directed towards his characterization, visual design, and Goggins' performance. In 2024, Goggins was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in ''Fallout''. Concep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divergence Eve
is a thirteen episode Japanese anime television series created by Takumi Tsukumo and directed by Hiroshi Negishi, with production by Operation EVE and animation production from Radix Ace Entertainment. The series is a science fiction story set in the far future, incorporating aspects of space opera. The character-driven storyline focuses primarily on the psychology of the main character, her social interactions, her inhuman abilities, and the conspiracy surrounding them. The technology is often secondary to this, but it is not ignored; several aspects, including their means of faster-than-light travel, are explained and loosely based on modern physics. The series was a hit in Japan, which led to the creation of a sequel, ''Misaki Chronicles'', which also ran for 13 episodes. In North America, the television series was initially licensed by ADV Films and was released in three volumes on VHS and DVD. Sentai Filmworks re-released the series in a box set, including ''Misaki Chro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghoul Show
Ronald D. Sweed (January 23, 1949 – April 1, 2019) was an American entertainer and author, known for his late-night television horror host character "The Ghoul". Early life and career Sweed was born on January 23, 1949, in Euclid, Ohio. His mother is Irene Barnard. His father was Robert Sweed. He grew up in Cleveland. In an interview with his mother, ''Metro Times'' reporter Anita Schmaltz asked, "Did you ever expect to give birth to a Ghoul?" She responded, "Ron was very different right from the time he came out of the chute." Sweed was 3 or 4 when he went to downtown Cleveland with his grandfather to see Santa Claus and buy him a Christmas present. He picked out a puppet. When Sweed was 8 or 9, he was given marionettes. Sweed would put on shows for the neighborhood kids with the marionettes. His fourth grade teacher at one time could not keep his attention. Every Wednesday Sweed would put on a show for the class with his Jerry Mahoney dummy. In 1963, 13-year-old Sweed and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghouls (video Game)
''Ghouls'' is a platform game written by David Hoskins and published in the UK by Micro Power. It was released on the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1984. Gameplay Ghouls is a platform game, set in a creepy mansion on top of a hill. The player character has the appearance of a Pac-Man sprite on legs and in a similarity to that game can also eat yellow dots for extra points. The main goal of the game however, is to obtain the treasure which is guarded by the deadly inhabitants of the mansion. The player must make their way through rooms such as ''Spectre's Lair'', ''Horrid Hall'', ''The Spider's Parlour'' and ''Death Tower''. Various in-game objects must be negotiated such as poison-smeared spikes, moving platforms, contracting floorboards, powerful springs and bouncing spiders. Reception The game was well received by the gaming press. ''The Micro User'' called the game "simple but effective". They were particularly impressed with the presentation of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallout (franchise)
''Fallout'' is a media franchise of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, at Interplay Entertainment. The series is largely set during the first half of the 3rd millennium, following a devastating Nuclear warfare, nuclear war between China and the United States, with an cyberpunk derivatives#Atompunk, atompunk retrofuturistic setting and artwork influenced by the post-war United States in the 1950s, culture of the 1950s United States, with its combination of hope for the promises of technology and the lurking fear of nuclear annihilation. ''Fallout'' is regarded as a spiritual successor to ''Wasteland (video game), Wasteland'', a 1988 game developed by Interplay Productions. The series' first title, ''Fallout (video game), Fallout'', was developed by Black Isle Studios and released in 1997, and its sequel, ''Fallout 2,'' the following year. With the tactical role-playing game ''Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel'', development wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghoul (Fallout)
Ghouls are a fictional race of posthuman beings from the post-apocalyptic ''Fallout'' video game franchise. Within series lore, ghouls are originally humans, many of them survivors of a global nuclear holocaust, who have been severely mutated by the residual radiation, which greatly extends their lifespans but deforms their physical appearance into a zombie-like presentation. Many ghouls live alongside humans in settlements across the post-apocalyptic wasteland, while others mentally degenerate into a violently feral and antisocial state. Considered to be among the most recognizable and iconic elements of the ''Fallout'' intellectual property (IP), ghouls have appeared in every media of the franchise, and have been the subject of numerous fan mods of ''Fallout'' series games. Critics have lauded their use as either antagonistic figures or as supporting non-player characters throughout the series, with some even calling for ghouls to play a more central role in future sequels or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules, Tactical Studies Rules (TSR). It has been published by Wizards of the Coast, later a subsidiary of Hasbro, since 1997. The game was derived from miniature wargaming, miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game ''Chainmail (game), Chainmail'' serving as the initial rule system. ''D&D'' publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry, which also deeply influenced video games, especially the Role-playing video game, role-playing video game genre. ''D&D'' departs from traditional wargame, wargaming by allowing each player to create their own Player character, character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon adventures wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghoul (Dungeons & Dragons)
A ghoul is a mythical creature originating in pre-Islamic Arabia, often described as hideous human-like monster that dwelt in the desert or other secluded locations in order to lure travellers astray. It was not until Antoine Galland translated the ''Arabian Nights'' into French that the western idea of ghoul was introduced. Galland depicted the ghoul as a monstrous creature that dwelled in cemeteries, feasting upon corpses. This definition of the ghoul has persisted until modern times, with ghouls appearing in literature, television and film, as well video games. Notable examples * While considered "zombies" by modern standards, the undead monsters of the 1968 film ''Night of the Living Dead'' are actually ghouls. They are mentioned as ghouls during a news report the characters watch while trapped inside the house. The writer/director, George A. Romero, has also been quoted in an interview as saying "Actually I never called ours zombies. That description appeared in an article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghoul (2016 Film)
''The Ghoul'' is a 2016 British psychological crime thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Gareth Tunley and starring Tom Meeten. The film was released on 14 October 2016 at the London Film Festival and received good reviews from critics. Plot A detective decides to go undercover to investigate a psychotherapist who, he thinks, is responsible for a murder. Cast *Tom Meeten as Chris *Alice Lowe as Kathleen * Rufus Jones as Coulson *Niamh Cusack as Fisher *Geoffrey McGivern as Morland Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, ''The Ghoul'' has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . Stephen Dalton from ''The Hollywood Reporter'' gave it a good review, writing: "A British micro-budget nerve-jangler that keeps viewers guessing to the final frame, ''The Ghoul'' is a noir-flavored mood piece with grand ambitions beyond its minimal means". Peter Bradshaw writing for ''The Guardian'' gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, statin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
