The Ghouls

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For the 1933 Boris Karloff film The Ghoul, see The Ghoul.

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The Ghouls
Directed by	Chad Ferrin
Produced by	Chad Ferrin Nicholas Loizides John Santos
Written by	Chad Ferrin
Starring	Timothy Muskatell James Gunn Trent Haaga Stephen Blackehart
Music by	Nick Smith
Cinematography	Nicholas Loizides
Editing by	Jahad Ferif
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	81 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Ghouls (a.k.a. Cannibal Dead: The Ghouls) is an American independent horror film that was written and directed by Chad Ferrin.

The film, described as "a no-budget horror opus"^[1] and a "vicious cross between Paparazzi and Kolchak: The Night Stalker"^[2], was independently produced and shot guerrilla style in Los Angeles^[1] on Mini DV for $15,000.^[3]

1 Plot
2 Production
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Eric Hayes (Muskatell) makes his living as a news stringer finding gruesome atrocities and filming them to sell to the media. One night, he stumbles upon some ghouls devouring a young woman in an alley. After discovering that he didn't have any film in his camera, Hayes convinces his friend Clift (Haaga) to help him track down the ghouls again.

[edit] Production

Accoring to Trent Haaga, Ferrin originally set out to create "C.H.U.D. in L.A."^[4] After selling his Ford Mustang in order to finance the film^[5], Ferrin gathered some friends and shot the film around Los Angeles.^[1]