Netflix import ‘Ghoul’ is powerful horror inspired by Arab folklore
In the Netflix import Ghoul, Nida (Radhika Apte), a loyal young interrogator working for the Indian government, is assigned to a covert facility where suspected terrorists and anti-government activists are held and questioned. The assignment has a number of personal elements for Nida. Her Muslim background forces her to confront bigotry, suspicion, and even accusations of terrorist sympathies from her fellow soldiers. Worse, she soon confirms that the facility is where her father was sent—but he’s nowhere to found. Soon, Nida’s difficulties become far more complicated as one prisoner begins to manifest seemingly supernatural abilities, powers that may be tied to Arabic folklore and Nida’s own festering sense of guilt.
Ghoul was written by Patrick Graham, a British writer/director wo...
