THE GHOUL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tom Meeten (Weekender), Alice Lowe (Prevenge), Rufus Jones (Bill), Niamh Cusack (Hereafter), Geoffrey McGivern (Magicians), James Eyres (Fedz), Paul Kaye (Match Point), Waen Shepherd (Aaaaaaaah!), Dan Renton Skinner (High-Rise), Rachel Stubbings (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Gareth Tunley (film debut), director, writer, producer, editor; Jack Healy Guttmann (film debut) and Tom Meeten (film debut), producers; Waen Shepherd (Murder in Successville), composer; Benjamin Pritchard (Ther Chamber), cinematographer; Robin Hill (Kill List), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Chris (Meeten) is a homicide detective called in to London to investigate a strange double murder, which saw the victims continuously moving towards the assailant despite multiple gunshot wounds to the face and chest. He decides to go undercover as a mental patient to investigate the suspect’s psychotherapist, who seems to have a peculiar taste for the occult…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

First-time feature director Gareth Tunley, with a little help from executive producer Ben Wheatley, tells us a terrifying and nerve-racking psychological thriller with a film noir taste to it.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST 2017

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