The Mad Ghoul

The Mad Ghoul

A Sensation in Horror!

1943 · 65 min · ★ 5.9 · Science Fiction, Horror

A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.

Directed by James P. Hogan · Written by Brenda Weisberg

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