Writerdirector gareth tunleys moebius strip of a movie is a puzzle piece like memento crossed with the satanic tone of executive producer ben wheatleys kill list and simon rumleys the. I first saw the film a year ago before its successful festival run the ghoul played the london film festival and mayhem in nottingham among others. Oct 30, 2017 director gareth tunley talks about his first feature film, detective thriller the ghoul, starring tom meeten and alice lowe. The ghoul is at its best when we think its a psychological crime thriller but loses energy once we discover its more about mental illness. Who is an actor with over 25 credited roles, he has been in films such as. However, i felt the toe curling performances were the result of a overly pretentious script that could have been cut and pasted from wikipedia. The ghoul by gareth tunley gareth tunley, tom meeten, alice. He won a childrens bafta last year for his work on creeped out gareth began his career as an actor with comedy roles in peep show and pulling then went on to notable roles in ben wheatleys early films, down terrace and kill list. Graham later felt a longer format would do more justice to the story. Accomplished tv director gareth tunley makes his feature debut. Gareths debut feature the ghoul was nominated for a bafta in 2018, a bifa in 2017 and premiered at the lff.
Christopher nolans film following was a great little debut sowing seeds of what was to come later in his career and in that respect gareth tunleys is similar in intent. In british horror cinema, the ghoul is a perennial title a boris karloff film from 1933 and a peter cushing film from 1975 and writerdirector gareth tunley knowingly appropriates it for. Full disclosure, ive known the ghouls writerdirector gareth tunley since the midnineties, even shared a flat together in walthamstow. As our regular readers will be aware, weve been getting properly excited about the ghoul for some time. Thats the premise of british actorturneddirector gareth tunley s debut the ghoul, a haunting psychological drama that initially comes on like a downtoearth cop mystery that may or may not have a logical explanation, but soon takes a left turn into stranger territory. The ghoul 2016 gareth tunley synopsis, characteristics. The ghoul 2016 directed by gareth tunley genres crime, mystery subgenres crime drama, supernatural horror, supernatural thriller release date aug 4, 2017 usa limited run time 85 min. As it approaches its official release, our artistic director of film jason wood speaks to its director to learn more about its inspirations and themes. Or maybe its none of these things, having just seen the film im not entirely sure. Gareth tunley and alice lowe on the ghoul and moving away from comedy. Gareth tunleys directorial debut, the ghoul, is slow burning dark psychological thriller examining depression and mental illness. Digital channel director gareth tunley on the ghoul director gareth tunley on the ghoul. The first of three films from the partnership is ghoul written and directed by patrick graham. Backed by ben wheatley, gareth tunley has taken inspiration from other great directors lynch, nolan, hitchcock, perhaps and i dont want to be too critical of an aspiring film maker with a limited budget.
The ghoul 2016 a homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. A british microbudget nervejangler that keeps viewers guessing to the final frame, the ghoul is a noirflavored mood piece with grand ambitions beyond its minimal means. Gareth tunleys debut feature is a clever, twisty thriller that makes the most of its micro budget to take us on a journey into conspiracy and mental disintegration. I nitially interesting but heartsinkingly pointless, this brooding brit indie takes us on a journey to nowhere. Recorded on 20 june 2017 exclusively for this release setup audio english. Gareth tunley is a versatile british actor, appearing in films such as sightseers, kill list and down terrace for ben wheatley, and shows such as fresh meat and peep show on television. Meeten plays chris, a detective investigating a bizarre double murder and, as part of the investigation, goes undercover as a patient with the suspects psychotherapist to glean information. The ghoul, 2016 directed by gareth tunley starring tom meeten, alice lowe, rufus jones, niamh cusack, geoffrey mcgivern. The ghoul 2017 a detective goes under cover as a psychotherapists patient to investigate a double murder. It was supposed to be a film and was later turned into a three episode miniseries after netflix came on board in february 2018. Radhika apte and manav kaul are starring in the film.
The ghoul film is an effective exercise in controlled suspense and gradually intensifying weirdness. The series is written and directed by patrick graham and jointly produced by jason blum, anurag kashyap, ryan turek, vikramaditya motwane, michael hogan, kilian kerwin, john penotti and suraj gohill under their respective banners blumhouse. Gareth tunley and tom meeten on the ghoul filmfear interview. Ben wheatley collaborator gareth tunley makes his writerdirector debut with this eerie psychothriller about a. Gareth took some time to sit down with starburst to discuss working with ben wheatley, his own career and. Now, he turns his hand to writing and directing with the release of his debut feature the ghoul. The ghoul is the debut feature of actorturneddirector gareth tunley, whos starred in the likes of down terrace and kill list both by ben wheatley, and there are impressive and notable sparks. Jul 08, 2016 as our regular readers will be aware, weve been getting properly excited about the ghoul for some time. Gareth also cowrote and directed award winning short the baron with tom meeten, and most recently directed the last tsars for netflix, true horror for channel 4 and cold call for c5. Paul kaye in the ghoul 2016 tom meeten in the ghoul 2016 alice lowe in the ghoul. While gareth tunley proves adept at investing drab rooms and rainy streets with a steady hum of lowlevel menace, his squeezed budget inevitably saps some of the storys potential energy. The ghoul is the directorial feature debut of actor gareth tunley, who had roles in down terrace and kill list, both of which were directed by ben wheatley, who acts as executive producer here tunley also had an uncredited cameo in wheatleys blackly comic sightseers, whose costar alice lowe plays kathleen in the ghoul. The ghoul, written and directed by gareth tunley and starring tom meeten, is a remarkable thing.
They share a background in comedy, but cite everything from punk to surrealism and the occult as influences on tunleys directorial debut, which was produced by ben wheatley. Investigating a double murder, detective chris tom meeten takes advice from profiler kathleen alice lowe about feigning mental illness. The ghoul british writerhelmer gareth tunley makes an auspicious debut with this blend of lynchian psychodrama with lowbudget cop mystery. You can see bens experience within the film, fully within the third act. Gareth tunley and tom meeten on the ghoul filmfear. Now our excitement levels have reached a new level. Tom meeten stars as chris, a haggard police detective whos off the. Aug 02, 2017 the ghoul, 2016 directed by gareth tunley starring tom meeten, alice lowe, rufus jones, niamh cusack, geoffrey mcgivern synopsis. Ben wheatley collaborator gareth tunley makes his writerdirector debut with this eerie psychothriller about a haunted detective. Gareth tunley, director of the psychological drama the ghoul, and alice lowe, one of its stars, are a duo with eclectic tastes.
It marks the feature debut of actorturneddirector gareth tunley, known for his roles in ben. The ghoul director gareth tunley interview youtube. Writerdirector gareth tunley marks himself as one to watch with this ambitious debut, a psychological thriller set in london. Jul 25, 2017 virus of feargareth tunleys the ghoul first appeared on our screens during last years chilling filmfear season. The mobius strip is the central image of the ghoul, mirrored in the structure of the plot, which describes the closed path of its protagonist. The ghoul is a 2016 british thriller film written, directed and coproduced by gareth tunley and starring tom meeten. Aug 01, 2017 in british horror cinema, the ghoul is a perennial title a boris karloff film from 1933 and a peter cushing film from 1975 and writerdirector gareth tunley knowingly appropriates it for.
The ghoul, a tense, intricate mindbender of a film, marks the feature debut of writerdirector gareth tunley, the latest in the growing list of ben wheatley sightseers, a field in england, highrise protegees to step up to the mark and make their own dark, highly original movies. So approaching his feature debut dispassionately is not really happening. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur. Sep 02, 2017 a knockout even if it may leave you more puzzled going out than you were going in the ghoul, a movie written and directed by gareth tunley so consistently genrejumping that its probably sui generis, proves a kind of enigmatic mysterythriller with overundertones of everything from the occult to a master class in psychology. We knew we wanted to make a film about depression but, im told, theres limited demand in the multiplexes for a film about a man sitting in a room staring at his shoes crying. An occult plot is discovered in gareth tunleys terrific shoestring debut as writer and director. British writerhelmer gareth tunley makes an auspicious debut with this blend of lynchian psychodrama with.
Gareth tunleys ingenious genre exercise takes a circuitous route through a. With tom meeten, alice lowe, rufus jones, niamh cusack. Apr 02, 2017 the ghoul, is the first feature film from gareth tunley. Writerdirector gareth tunleys moebius strip of a movie is a puzzle piece like memento crossed with the satanic tone of executive producer ben wheatleys kill list and simon rumleys the living and the deads unsettling portrait of mental illness. The ghoul sees pass employment with gareth, people like ben wheatley as the executive producer. It was appealing to make a thriller about mental illness. Andy beasleys rating of the film the ghoul andy beasley backed by ben wheatley, gareth tunley has taken inspiration from other great directors lynch, nolan, hitchcock, perhaps and i dont want to be too critical of an aspiring film maker with a limited budget.
British writerhelmer gareth tunley makes an auspicious debut with this blend of lynchian psychodrama with lowbudget cop mystery. Find release information for the ghoul 2016 gareth tunley on allmovie. Gareth tunleys compelling puzzler, the ghoul, arrives on bluraydvd a knockout even if it may leave you more puzzled going out than you were going in the ghoul, a movie written and directed by gareth tunley so consistently genrejumping that its probably sui generis, proves a kind of enigmatic mysterythriller with over. Go and see the ghoul directed by gareth tunley self.
In other words, writerdirector gareth tunley an actor in ben wheatleys down terrace and kill list offers us not one but two diegetic routes through his feature debut the ghoul, one paved in genre, the other in a more banal realism. Director gareth tunley talks about his first feature film, detective thriller the ghoul, starring tom meeten and alice lowe. A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. The ghoul is an effective exercise in controlled suspense and gradually intensifying weirdness, but it never quite delivers on its mindbending promise. Written and directed by gareth, the cast of the psychological thriller includes. A detective goes under cover as a psychotherapists patient to investigate a double murder. Ghoul is an indian horror web television miniseries based on the arab folklore monster ghoul, and the second netflix original from india, after sacred games. We chat to the director and lead actress of innovative british thriller the ghoul. The ghoul, is the first feature film from gareth tunley. The ghoul by gareth tunley gareth tunley, tom meeten. While from early on it is clear and meant to be clear which is the master narrative and which the slave, the decision to present and interweave both.
A detective investigating an unusual double murder, goes. Tunley emerges as one of british cinemas most interesting new voices variety gareth tunley is an ambitious, obviously talented filmmaker empire. An occult plot is discovered in gareth tunley s terrific shoestring debut as writer and director. Theres a sequence right in the middle of gareth tunleys debut feature, the ghoul, which sees a dreadlocked paul kaye reel off a geezerish. Gareth tunley is an actor and director, known for the ghoul 2016, creeped out 2017 and kill list 2011. Aug 26, 2017 the ghoul, written and directed by gareth tunley and starring tom meeten, is a remarkable thing.
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