An ancient jewel, a follower of Anubis, and the first ever British horror film of the sound era. In this episode, he examine the Ghoul (1933). This film stares one of the true masters of Horror, Boris Karloff.
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Other links
Bath Archeo-Heritage Film Festival - https://bahfilmfestival.co.uk/
The Ghoul (Full Movie) - https://archive.org/details/the.ghoul.1933.1080p
Buster Keaton Stunts - Best of Buster Keaton's greatest stunts 🤸
Words and Phrases
Anubis - Known in ancient Egyptian as jnpw, was a deity commonly depicted as a dog. He held a significant association with the afterlife and is one of the earliest known ancient Egyptian gods. In addition to serving as a protector of the necropolis, Anubis played a crucial role in the weighing of the heart ceremony. In this ceremony, the deceased's heart was weighed on a scale against the feather of Ma'at, representing truth and cosmic order.
Horus of Behdet - A celestial form of Horus depicted as a winged sun disk. This iconography was prevalent in ancient Egypt and appeared on gate lintels as well as the upper half of wall reliefs in temples.
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IMDB. (2023). The Ghoul. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home
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