Ghoul (2018) Hey what's up guys.
Today I'll show you a horror series: "Ghoul"! Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care!
The film's first part, "Out of the Smokeless Fire," begins with an old man locked in a prison.
He spits a blade and slashes his palm, before pouring his blood into a glass.
He murmurs an unknown prayer as he dips his fingers, and draws a ghoul sign on with his
blood. The scene then informs the viewers about how India has become an oppressed country.
A group of soldiers is at the suspected terrorist safehouse searching the premises;
then they hear a noise. The team is alert as a disheveled man in a shawl appears, signaling
them to come while claiming everyone is dead. The captain orders the man to raise his hands as they
are suspicious, but he walks toward them. As he comes closer, the man removes his shawl,
showing a ghoul sign carved into his stomach. They are taken aback; but the captain asks for
a guy named Ali. The man points at the back, where the team finds an unconscious man in
a chair while several bloody corpses are on the floor. It's actually Ali the team is looking for,
and the captain approaches him closer to check if he's still alive. But Ali suddenly grabs him,
and whispers something into his ears. The scene flashbacks to one month ago,
when a Professor drives his daughter, Nida, back to the academy. Professor informs her about how
the militant government forced them to leave their homes and confiscated religious books,
articles, and children's books. Nida checks her father's bag, and confirms that
it contains seditious literature prohibited by the regime. However, Nida defends the government,
by saying that they only take people who need reconditioning. Their debate is interrupted, when
a group of guards stops them. Scared, Professor confesses that his lecture notes are also in
the bag, which is not in the syllabus. Then, an officer orders Professor to leave
the car for inspection, but he refuses. So the officer pulls him out of the vehicle,
and warns him to confess if he hides anything prohibited by the government. Nida suddenly
exits the car, and presents her NPS ID, the identification of people training to
become an expert in enhanced interrogation. Nida informs them that her father is taking her
back to the academy, so the guards free them. Later that night, while asleep,
Professor is arrested by the police, and taken to the ministry of national protection. he demands
an explanation from the inspector for his arrest, and asks them to call his daughter, claiming that
everything has been a misunderstanding. Unbeknownst to Professor, Nida is on the other
side of the glass with the Colonel. the Colonel assures her that her father will
be released unharmed, so she signs paperwork, meaning that it's Nida who turns her father in
to the government. After that, she enters the interrogation room, and tells her father to
follow the force, so he can be released early. but he firmly refuses. Professor reaches for
Nida's face, but she stops him before he can, and watches as the guards take him away.
Fast-forward to the present day, Nida wears a band over her eyes for her training;
then an officer informs her that a few essential pieces of information
for national security have been discovered while investigating her Professor father,
so she needs to step out of her training. After Nida arrives at the advanced interrogation
center, the Colonel tells his subordinates that Nida will be part of the interrogation team. The
Major suggests they should stop playing games, and get more information about Nida as much
as possible. However, the Colonel points out that Nida's academic background is clear.
The Major welcomes Nida, before showing her around with an officer. They inform her that the center
is highly secret, where political dissidents and violent terrorists are held for information, and
then reconditioned to become a good citizen. All the windows are blacked out, with only one door
for entrance and exit. They take Nida underground, where all the prisoners are kept in cells.
Nida notices a few prisoners, so the Major replies that it's a government rule that they can't keep
anyone in custody beyond three weeks. Suddenly, two officers escort a beaten-up prisoner,
a mute boy, to lock in a room. After that, they show Nida the main interrogation room,
where they force the prisoners to confess. Nida is taken to the Colonel, who explains
that she was posted early for the turn-in of her father. He adds that the terrorist's leader,
Ali, will arrive soon. The Colonel shows a cabinet full of interrogation tapes.
He adds that since Nida is assigned to interrogate Ali, she must not show any kind of mercy. Nida
leaves to start her duty, and the Major questions the Colonel about trusting Nida; but he's firm
with his decision. Later, the Colonel is on the phone with his wife, pleading to let him talk
to their daughter. However, his wife hangs up the phone, leaving him devastated.
Meanwhile, Nida discovers through the computers that Ali has been the mastermind of the most
dreadful bomb blasts in the history of India. Conversely, the two officers almost fight over
torturing the mute boy earlier to the extreme, as he might be innocent. However, everyone
in that center is guilty of something. Suddenly, the alarms go off as the announcement
of Ali arriving is heard. Ten officers are called to be on the welcome team,
and Nida will be with two officers for the first rotation. Out of nowhere, the Major asks
one officer if the Colonel has drunk again. All the officers stand in the rain as the truck
arrives, carrying Ali. As soon as Ali faces the militants, the dogs start to bark uncontrollably
but become tamed as he sets afoot. Ali's arrival at the center cues the film's second part,
"The Nightmares Will Begin." Once inside, the officers surround Ali,
while one asks his name and age for documentation purposes. The officer keeps
repeating his question, but Ali remains silent. Suddenly, he turns to face Nida for a second,
before facing the wall again. With the Colonel's signal, the officer repeatedly smashes Ali's face
on the metal table for refusing to speak. After that, they drag him downstairs to the
interrogation, where they repeatedly hang Ali with chains, before punching him in the gut.
the Major then orders Nida to torture Ali, which she does. Suddenly, Ali says a name to her, which
shocks Nida. The Major repeats her order, but Nida fails. Outside, the Colonel announces that
they are given 24 hours to make Ali talk. Later that day, Nida dreams about seeing a
man in a cell, with a bag over his head. Nida removes it, and is shocked to find her father,
but she's terrified to witness herself shooting him. Suddenly,
someone claps. as Nida turns around, she finds Ali, who appears before her, staring at her with
his big black eyes, causing Nida to wake up. Wide awake, Nida hears someone by her footbed,
and seconds later, her father emerges from the dark, and disappears after
Nida turns on her lamp. At dinner, the two officers debate again, as both dreams about
a woman they killed and her baby. Suddenly, the Major sits at Nida's table,
and asks if she had a nightmare like everyone else. Nida lies while the Major shares that
nightmares calm her. she asks Nida about what happened in the interrogation room,
Nida reluctantly shares that Ali called her a nickname that was only called by her father.
The Major assures her that Ali must have heard her name elsewhere, but suddenly questions if
there's any way he could have known. Nida firmly replies she has no idea. Later,
the rest of the team records and supervises the video and audio of the interrogation room,
as the first patrol removes Ali from a metal chest. They put him in a metal chair,
and the two officers torture him. However, it puzzles them that the man, who has been wanted
for years, is suddenly on their hands. Still, they will make him speak like others.
Suddenly, Ali tells them to hear a baby crying, which becomes louder. he questions the men if
it's their idea to threaten and torture "them", before raising their weapons at
"them," referring to the woman and her child they killed. Suddenly, Ali smirks at Nida,
before calling her Professor's little girl with dark eyes. The camera suddenly stops working,
while the two men begin fighting. Meanwhile, Ali's face suddenly appears on the monitor,
shocking the officers. One of the men almost stabs his colleague when Nida stops him.
However, some officers unlock the room, diverting Nida and causing the other man
to be stabbed in the chest. The officers take the stabber out of the room, while the Colonel
joins Nida. With his remaining strength, the officer tells them they are all guilty.
Nida goes to the supervision room; the Colonel shares that out of the interrogation techniques
over the years, the most effective one is family. He then threatens to bring Ali's
family, and torture them to make him talk. However, Ali remains emotionless, and begins to
whisper something. They cannot understand the language; so Nida brings the Cleric prisoner,
who shares that it's impossible for Ali to speak ancient Aramaic, a dead language. The
Cleric has been with Ali since childhood, and it terrifies him when Ali says that he needs to make
the sinners realize their guilt, before eating their flesh. Ali catches the Colonel's attention,
upon mentioning two names that belong to his wife and daughter. Ali imitates the Colonel's wife,
saying that he let his work come between their family and how he changed drastically,
so that she and their daughter are scared of him. Ali then imitates the Colonel,
saying his wife has no right to question him because of his sacrifices for the government.
Enraged, the Colonel clamps the electrical wires on Ali, before turning on the generator,
claiming he is a war hero. The Colonel doesn't stop even when foam comes out of Ali's mouth,
until the power is cut off. Despite that, Nida hears an officer getting a crash trolley,
as the Colonel checks that Ali no longer has a pulse. However, Nida also hears her father
crying as he calls her. So she goes into the interrogation room, and demands Ali tell her
what he knows about her father. However, Nida realizes it's nonsense as Ali is now dead.
She turns around to leave, but notices Ali missing. Fear kicks in as she finds him
standing in the corner, but her terrified screams echo as Ali turns around, looking like a demon.
After stumbling, Nida uses the torch fire gun to see in the dark, as she hears a man groaning in
pain. Suddenly, she hears her father blaming her for putting him in that hellhole. Nida increases
the heat volume, as she sees Ali standing before her, showing his demonic face.
Simultaneously, the Colonel enters with the team, and finds Ali back on the ground. Still terrified,
Nida tells them that Ali is not human. However, the Colonel ignores her bullshit,
as he's still shocked by Ali's return to life. They put him back on the chair,
while the Major escorts Nida to her room to rest. Realizing things have gone too far, the Colonel
orders to call an Expert to the center. Shortly after, the Colonel visits Nida,
and informs her that they call the Expert's help, whenever they get a problematic prisoner. the
Expert finally arrives. The Colonel asks Nida about what happened in the interrogation room.
She replies that Ali has informed her that her father was also brought there. Nida knows how
problematic and stubborn her father can be, but Ali can't know all that information.
Nevertheless, the Colonel insists that Ali is a human that will soon break and reveal the
truth. Meanwhile, the Expert tries to intimidate Ali with his deep voice, but Ali smirks instead
as his eyes turn black, cueing the film's last part, "Reveal Their Guilt, Eat Their Flesh."
the Expert enters the interrogation room, with violence evident in his eyes. The officers
lock the room and leave, as the Expert prefers to work alone. While Ali's groans of pain are heard,
Nida confronts the Cleric about Ali, who informs her that Ali must be a Ghoul, an evil spirit.
The Cleric draws the ghoul sign, and adds that whoever makes it with blood and surrenders their
soul, will summon the Ghoul. The Ghoul can take advantage of people's guilt to destroy them,
using the body of the last human, whose flesh he ate. Meanwhile, the Colonel receives an
urgent call, informing him that Ali's body has been found in one of his safe houses, with his
body partially eaten, confirming that Ali at the interrogation center is a Ghoul. At the same time,
the Expert unchains a brutally beaten-up Ali to let him talk; but he remains silent.
Nida asks who summons the Ghoul, when they suddenly hear an animalistic snarl from the
interrogation room. The Cleric murmurs a prayer in fear, while Nida hides in
a pillar as the Expert exits the room. the Expert surprisingly unlocks all the cells,
while Nida goes to the interrogation room, where she finds the Expert's body hanging upside down,
with his head on the floor, showing that he's killed by the Ghoul.
The Ghoul in the Expert's form looks through the mute's boy cell, before staring at Nida
and smirking at her. Terrified, Nida pushes the emergency alarm, and locks the Ghoul downstairs
before running upstairs. She bangs on the door as she hears the Expert's footsteps. Fortunately,
the Colonel and the team arrive to save Nida, just before the Ghoul can kill her.
In a panic, Nida informs the Colonel that the Ghoul, who takes the expert's body now,
has released all the prisoners and is after her. However, the officers find an empty stairwell,
so they check downstairs, and find the cells open. Nevertheless, the mute boy is still in
his room, while the Colonel finds the Expert's beheaded body in the interrogation room.
Nida inspects every cell, looking for the Ghoul symbol drawn with blood; but there's none. Nida
informs the Colonel about what the Cleric has told her, when they suddenly hear a scream. It
turns out that the rest of the team has found the Expert's butchered body. Because of this,
the Major snaps and accuses Nida of being Ali's accomplice to avenge her father.
Fed up, the Colonel holds the Major at gunpoint; but the Major convinces everyone that the Colonel
cannot be trusted anymore, because he's an alcoholic. She dismisses the Colonel, and is
now taking charge of the center. Following that, Nida is thrown into the chamber with the mute boy.
It reveals that the prisoners are also in the room trying to attack Nida; but she holds the mute boy
hostage. The Cleric clarifies that the mute boy is not part of their group; he used to serve tea
to the rebel group, and was unfortunately caught by the government in the middle of the fight.
However, Nida still believes that the mute boy was the one that summoned the Ghoul. Nevertheless,
the Cleric informs her that the mute boy had lost his voice after two officers murdered
his wife and child when he refused to talk. Nida frees the grieving mute boy, and observes the
room, only to realize that it's the same room, where she killed her father in her dreams. Nida
finally realizes her mistake, as all the prisoners will be killed in that room after three weeks'
interrogation, including her father. Suddenly, they hear the officers' footsteps, so the
prisoners block the door with kinds of stuff. Meanwhile, two officers find a new butchered body
with a prisoner's uniform in one of the rooms, and inform the Major about it. Everyone in the
execution room hears this, and begins to wonder who the Ghoul is within them. As doubt rules,
Nida finds an exhaust pipe and a chimney that leads upstairs to the cremator. She directs the
mute boy where to go, while the two officers find the Cleric's eyepatch, indicating that
he is the unidentified butchered body, and now the Ghoul is in the Cleric's form.
Simultaneously, the Ghoul reveals itself, and attacks the prisoners. Everyone outside
the execution chamber is frozen in their spots, as they hear the animalistic snarls and screams
of pain of the prisoners. The mute boy helps Nida to get out of the chimney, but the Ghoul
bites her and drags her heavy body down. Not long after, Nida resurfaces with a wound.
Meanwhile, the team enters the execution room, where they find Nida wrapping a bandage around
her wound. Nida tells them that the mute boy went upstairs through the cremator,
so the Major sends officers upstairs to find him, and tortures Nida for being a traitor.
Conversely, Nida takes the mute boy to the Colonel's office, hiding behind the couch
as they hear an officer enter. He sits on the couch to rest, when he feels something
weird behind him. He turns around, only to find the Ghoul, who has taken Nida's identity.
Back to the real Nida, she bites off the Major's ear, and turns the table as the Major has been
bent on proving she's a traitor. When Cornered, the Major confesses that when Ali was captured
once, he repeatedly asked the captain about Nida's whereabouts. Nida realizes she was sent here by
them on purpose, so the Colonel admits that the Ghoul is summoned here because of her father,
so he needs her help to deal with the situation. He then repeatedly shoots the Major to death,
and takes his powers back. Then the flashback reveals that the old man from the first scene
is actually Nida's father, who drew a ghoul sign on the wall with his blood to summon the Ghoul,
and said that the Ghoul would make them realize their guilt before eating their flesh.
The Colonel confesses that he ignored her father's ritual at that time, but becomes doubtful when
Ali mentions Nida's name. He even tells her that the Major had killed her father for fighting the
false patriotism spreading throughout the country. Since the reinforcement will arrive soon to clear
the chaos happening in the center, they start to evacuate. While leaving, they find the mute boy
cornered by the remaining officers. The Colonel discreetly puts a grenade in his pocket. Nida
knows the Ghoul will not come after the mute boy, because he's innocent of any guilt.
With Nida in power, she instructs the mute boy to find her father's tape, and play it near the end,
which he does. Everyone hears that Professor has summoned the Ghoul, because he wants Nida
to bear witness for their knowingly committing sin. Also, the Colonel was the one that ordered
to kill Professor in the execution chamber, rather than the Major. In anger, Nida loudly
tells the Ghoul that she has learned her lesson, and wants to help him finish his task. She then
shoots the lights, making it pitch dark. Just then, the Ghoul reveals itself by attacking
the officers; so Nida breaks the window, and leaves the room with the mute boy. The
Ghoul approaches the Colonel, who uses his grenade, in hopes of killing the demon. Nida
informs the reinforcement that everyone is dead, but the Colonel appears still alive,
possibly because he's escaped from the Ghoul, and he claims he is a war hero;
but Nida shoots the brains out of the Colonel, despite the reinforcement's warnings.
Nida ends up in the ministry of national protection with the inspector,
who refuses to believe that the Colonel and his team are illegally torturing innocent
people. The film ends with Nida locked in a cell, spitting out a blade, and slashing her
palm to summon the Ghoul again, determined to overthrow the regime like her father.
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