Protraph Lack of good storyline.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

lastliberal So, it's a low budget film. That doesn't mean that it can't be put together well and have good acting. Did I mention that it also has zombies? Eric Hayes (Timothy Muskatell) is a stringer that videotapes crime in progress and sells the tapes. After losing out on a chase, he spies a couple of possible rapists. Now, Eric is not a nice man. In fact, he is a sleazeball. He drinks and smokes and does drugs and looks for the sleaziest footage so he can film it and sell it. He doesn't care that someone is getting raped or stabbed or burned; he wants the footage.And, don't forget there are zombies eating brains.After discovering the ghouls on his way home one night, he gets his buddy Clift (Trent Haaga) to help film them. Clift doesn't fare too wheel, so he tries to get his girlfriend Sue (Tina Birchfield) to help.Flashbacks remind him of the lousy life he leads after Sue tells him she saw his tape of "The Kids." Seeing the disabled kid get the better of him was icing on the cake. he was just a big loser. Seeing the disable kid later was disturbing.At the end, I wasn't sure that we had zombies after all because they died just like any man, and they didn't turn Eric despite a bite.The film is more a commentary on society and it's desire for ever more sleazy footage. Who are the real ghouls? The one who live under the streets, or the ones who do the filming, or those of us who watch?

Precious_Abnormality Heh, to start this all off.. This movie was packaged along with Hannibal Rising. My friend and I thought to ourselves, "Oh, a free movie! Hey, this looks pretty cool." Unfortuantly, we were wrong. The whole 30 minutes that we wasted (Honestly, me nor her could sit and watch the whole thing,) was horrible. Not just the subject matter but the filming. I know that it had a strong underlying subject, but I (as well as almost everyone else who saw the cover and read the back summary) was fooled.Just as a warning.. Don't buy Hannibal Rising (Unrated) that comes with The Ghouls. It's just a waste.

davcrist-1 Zero! From just plan bad filming (it's called light) to filming yourself? Acting (did dadaist start making movies?) - This was the worst thing I've seen or heard. Take the worst thing you can imagine - you know, 3rd graders with Dad's camera make a spook movie! This little beauty make it look like the entire extended Coen family mated with the Coppalas to sire it. You'll find it in those places where movies are sold by covers. I found it at Blockbuster during my "see everything for 15 bucks" month. It is REMARKABLY bad thought. You should not pay for the priviage (out of priciple) - but there's so much to learn from enduring it! Gots 2 wonder where they find people to package crap like this? Also check out Chad's (Ferrin) other listings - they all seem to have glowing reports at IMDb - what's up there? Well I would have let it go but I saw Uwe got a 2 for "House Of The Dead" and next to this 4 rating that just seemed way too harsh.

Kieron Hazel I first caught The Ghouls on the UK horror channel. Knowing nothing about the film prior to this screening, I found myself in the happy position of discovering for myself a truly brilliant and original horror film that had me engrossed from the opening sequence of a stringer's true crime footage to the powerful, downbeat ending. Chad Ferrin constantly confounds viewer expectations, teasing out of the bleakness of his character's lives a surprising amount of sympathy for the monsters, human and otherwise, who populate his tale. In a noteworthy cast particular praise must go to Timothy Muskatell, who reminds me more and more of an exploitation movie De Niro every time I see him at work. I was impressed enough by The Ghouls to seek out more of Chad Ferrin's work. Unspeakable also comes highly recommended. The Ghouls is one of the very best horror films of the new millennium, with more to say about the human condition than anything currently emerging from the Hollywood mill. An important film by an important film-maker. Chad Ferrin is one to watch.