The Ghouls

2003 "If it bleeds it leads."
The Ghouls
3.8| 1h21m| en| More Info
Released: 06 November 2003 Released
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Eric Hayes is a stringer. One notch below the lowest rung of the journalistic ladder. A video vulture preying on police chases, ambulance runs, and random street violence, selling his footage to the highest bidder and living on a steady diet of cigarettes and bloodlust. For years, Eric has lived off of other people's pain and misery. But he's about to discover something beneath the streets of Los Angeles even hungrier for blood than he is. He's about to discover THE GHOULS.

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Whitetygrr Yea so apparently the DVD case has misled viewers into expecting yet another living dead infected bloodbath filled with gore as we have seen many times on land sea and air and has left the viewers unsatisfied with what they saw. I saw this on crackle....for free...I don't remember exactly what the description was but I didn't let that effect my opinion. The movie is obviously very low budget however that seems to add something to finished product which is not another simple zombie attack but an insight on the lower class types and their lifestyles in the city......with some flesh eating ghouls thrown in. I was entertained.
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?
PacManSTL !SPOILER ALERT!This movie is about a lowlife who scrapes a living by filming crimes and tragedies to sell to television stations. One night he witnesses what he thinks to be a rape, only to find out that the would be rapers are eating the woman alive. After narrowly escaping, he goes in search of these deformed men. A homeless man tells him that they are 'ghouls,' and he tracks them down in the sewers. He shoots a bunch of them, and gains a different perspective on life. Then it finally ends. If this movie had a study of this character, it may have been interesting. It wasn't. The DVD case purported zombies emerging from below the streets and eating people. These creatures, while they had some sort of problem, were not zombies. 1. They were not the undead. 2. They could be killed in other ways other than having their brains damaged (being shot in the chest.) 3. They were not infectious. These creatures may have been mentally ill, or possessed. Who knows? They weren't zombies. The DVD case outright lied. I expected a run of the mill bad zombie movie when renting this. What i got is a run of the mill bad movie WITHOUT zombies. I was disappointed.
gmore55 This review is for all the normal human beings in the world. Don't waste your time on this movie. It looks like it was made and produced by high school students. The production values are very poor. Trust me, I'm not some wannabe at Berkley that thinks every thing that is produced has some artistic value. This movie is atrocious. Like I said,don't waste your time. I know zombie movies. This ain't one! The quality, production, cameras........everything is sub-par. Cheap movie trying to make money with a slick box cover! Apparently, I have to write 10 lines for my review to be accepted. There is not enough input about this movie to make up 10 lines, but I am trying. It seems political correctness permeates every aspect of our lives. My suggestion is that you go and rent "Dawn of the Dead", the remake with Ving Rhames. This is the best zombie movie since the original, "Dawn of the Dead".