GHOUL Season 1
3 episodes · about 2 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Good
8 reviews
55
18+
Summary
When a new prisoner at a military detention center exhibits eerie behavior, a young interrogator’s search for the truth becomes a battle for survival.
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Season 12018 · 3 episodesGood · 8 reviews18+
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Cast & crew
Created byPatrick Graham
Season 1 directed byPatrick Graham
Cast
Summary
When a new prisoner at a military detention center exhibits eerie behavior, a young interrogator’s search for the truth becomes a battle for survival.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.Family Room
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Parents should know
A dystopian political horror thriller set in a military detention centre; torture and interrogation scenes are described as gory, with disturbing, scary moments and themes of religious persecution. Nothing noted on language, sex or substances.
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The record, item by item
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“code for torture, brainwashing and killing” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“subjected to inhuman torture and eventual death” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“Islamophobia, the idea of a good Muslim” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“atmospheric, partly disturbing but fully gripping” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“Some genuine scares, and a frightening insight into the future” view the record →
What the critics said
8 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Sampada Sharma · 24 Aug 2018
Sharma finds Ghoul unafraid and effective in using horror to dramatize religious discrimination and authoritarianism, singling out Bhattacharjee's… Read it there →
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Saraswati Datar · 25 Aug 2018
Datar praises Apte's restrained performance and the show's chilling political allegory, wishing for more episodes to deepen backstory and… Read it there →
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Swetha Ramakrishnan · 24 Aug 2018
Ramakrishnan calls Ghoul atmospheric and gripping, praising Apte and the craft, but flags a 'major flaw' in underdeveloped world-building and… Read it there →
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Rohan Naahar · 24 Aug 2018
Ghoul review: Netflix’s Sacred Games follow-up is even braver, scary in unexpected ways | Hindustan Times Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5Filmi’s reading 6270
Dipti Kharude · 22 Aug 2018
Kharude criticizes Ghoul's expository writing, demystified monster lore, and patchy character development, but credits it for reviving the horror… Read it there →
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Arora finds Ghoul more disturbing than genuinely scary, faulting it for cliched genre writing and an underexplored socio-political premise,… Read it there →
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Nandini Ramnath · 24 Aug 2018
Ramnath finds Ghoul's political premise timely but underrealized: sluggish pacing, thin characters, over-explicit dialogue and minimal horror… Read it there →
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Suhani Singh · 24 Aug 2018
Singh says Ghoul 'fails the scream-generator test,' never fully exploiting its guilt-and-secrets premise and leaving supporting cast underused,… Read it there →
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