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The Ghoul (1933)

Ep. 85
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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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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.

 

Bibliography

 

Allen, J. P., & Der Manuelian, P. (Eds.). (2005). The ancient Egyptian pyramid texts (No. 23). Brill.

 

copyc4t. (2012). DunDunDunnn.wav. Retrieved from https://freesound.org/people/copyc4t/sounds/146434/

 

Gashe, V. (2009). Burial practices in Predynastic and Old Kingdom Egypt: A site specific survey (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Manchester).

 

Hart, G. (2005). The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Routledge.

 

Ikram, S. (2003). Death and burial in Ancient Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.

IMDB. (2023). The Ghoul. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Taylor, J. H. (2010). Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead: journey through the afterlife;[published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 4 November 2010 to 6 March 2011]. The British Museum Press.

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