Tyburn Films

The Ghoul – 1975

Tyburn Films
88 Mins

Storyline

A former Priest named Dr. Lawrence harbors a dark and horrible secret in his attic. The locked room serves as a prison cell for his crazed, cannibalistic adult son, who acquired his savage tastes in India during his father’s missionary work there.

Hammer Connections – 15


Role	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Tyburn Credits	Hammer Credits
CREW - 10
Continuity	Pamela Davies				5 Jan 1986		2	1
Directed by	Freddie Francis	57	22 Dec 1924		17 Mar 2007	82	3	6
Director of Photography	John Wilcox	70	7 May 1905		31 May 1979	74	2	6
Film Editing by	Henry Richardson	39	13 Jan 1936		31 Jul 2017	81	2	4
Makeup Creator	Roy Ashton	66	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	4	36
Music Supervisor	Philip Martell	67	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	4	103
Production Manager	Ron Jackson		1935		1993	58	2	34
Sound Editor	Roy Baker	47	Jul 07		Feb 11	84	5	29
Sound Recordist	Ken Barker	57	1 Jan 1918		13 Feb 2001	83	3	10
Writing Credits	Anthony Hinds	52	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	3	84
CAST - 5
Ayah	Gwen Watford	47	10 Sep 1927		6 Feb 1994	66	1	2
Daphne	Veronica Carlson	30	18 Sep 1944		27 Feb 2022	77	1	3
Doctor Lawrence	Peter Cushing	62	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	3	24
Geoffrey	Ian McCulloch	35	18 Nov 1939	18.11.1939		83	1	2
Police Sergeant	Dan Meaden	39	11/10/1935		28 Nov 2011	76	1	2

Footnotes

The photograph of Dr. Lawrence’s wife is actually that of Peter Cushing’s own wife. She died suddenly in 1971 and Cushing mourned for the twenty years he survived her, often commenting that his only real joy in life was contemplating being reunited with her after death. According to Veronica Carlson, director Freddie Francis made Peter Cushing do multiple takes during the scene where he talks about his love for his wife. This caused Cushing great distress, and reduced him, and some of the crew, to tears.

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Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection