The Mad Ghoul

The Mad Ghoul

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Scientific Experiment | Laboratory

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  • Genre(s): Science Fiction, Horror
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): James P. Hogan
  • Cast(s): George Zucco, David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Turhan Bey, Robert Armstrong See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 5min
  • Music: Bernard B. Brown,Hans J. Salter
  • Similar To: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Nope
  • Story:
    Dr. Alfred Morris, a university chemistry professor, rediscovers an ancient Mayan formula for a gas which turns men into pliant, obedient, zombie-like ghouls. After medical student Ted Allison becomes a guinea pig for Morris, the professor imagines that Allison's fiancée, a beautiful concert singer Isabel Lewis, wants to break off the engagement because she prefers the professor as a more "mature" lover but in reality loves Eric, her accompanist. In order to bring Ted back from his trance-like states, Morris commands him to perform a cardiectomy on recently deceased or living bodies in order to use serum from their hearts as a temporary antidote. When the serial murders seem to coincide with Isabel's touring schedule, ace reporter "Scoop" McClure gets on the mad scientist's trail.
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STORY

Story
Dr. Alfred Morris, a university chemistry professor, rediscovers an ancient Mayan formula for a gas which turns men into pliant, obedient, zombie-like ghouls. After medical student Ted Allison becomes a guinea pig for Morris, the professor imagines that Allison's fiancée, a beautiful concert singer Isabel Lewis, wants to break off the engagement because she prefers the professor as a more "mature" lover but in reality loves Eric, her accompanist. In order to bring Ted back from his trance-like states, Morris commands him to perform a cardiectomy on recently deceased or living bodies in order to use serum from their hearts as a temporary antidote. When the serial murders seem to coincide with Isabel's touring schedule, ace reporter "Scoop" McClure gets on the mad scientist's trail.

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Evelyn Ankers hoped to do her own singing for the film, but because of the tight production schedule producer Ben Pivar used stock recordings of Lillian Cornell for the scenes in which Ankers' character sings (and the songs are obviously older recordings since their sound quality is inferior to the rest of the soundtrack).

"The Mad Ghoul" was the last film of director James P. Hogan, who finished the film in May. He died eight days before it was released on November 12,1943.

Isabel's song, "Our Love Will Live," uses the melody from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1.

Part of the original Shock Theater package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with Son of Shock, which added 20 more features.

This was the only Universal horror film that touched upon the subject of Zombies.

Popular Dialogues

"[Ken McClure pursues the ghoul into his bier] Egan (mortician): For goodness sake, whatever you do, don't mar the coffin!"

"Ted Allison: I can't help feeling a sense of evil in all this. Dr. Alfred Morris: Moral concepts? I'm a scientist. To me there is no good or evil, only true or false. Work with one; discard the other."