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Excellent use of creepy/macabre motifs paired with an even more skillful use of a lean and sinister string-zested soundtrack that does an effective job at haunting the imagination and sneaking under the skin. Where the story and character development sorely lack or suffer from cliched writing, the production makes up for in smart editing and scare tactics. Wounds may lack in jump scares, but it does an excellent job at using the irksome creepy-crawliness of bugs and backsliding, crippling addiction to craft a charmingly dark and ominous tone throughout the movie that helps compel the viewer forward despite a rather abysmal script dense with one dimensional characters, obscure referencing and borderline-schizophrenic editing/post-production.

Wounds isn't much of a film to write home about and it ultimately fizzles out, feeling like nothing but a lump of purely wasted acting talent and discarded plot potential. Like many indie horror films before it, Wounds suffers from a truly engaging concept but fails to effectively execute and deliver a quality plot arch that satisfies. It's nothing more than wasted momentum enshrouded in an poorly woven tapestry of interesting ideas and badly written dialogue.

Ghoul definitely has more than its fare share of cliches (lights out at right moment, person standing in corner facing away from camera, show person -> then pan camera to opposite side, then pan back -> show monster, etc.)

The story line had a refreshing pace and gripping narrative (story has an eastern mythology basis), but 'Ghoul' has an absolutely killer and thriller atmosphere. The setting is a fictional dystopian India future in what looks like an old cold war brig/military prison. The show has a central theme dealing with pain (physical and mental), and it does a good job conveying this with rather grim and gory motifs. Torture is also a recurring theme that helps layer the pain theme and reinforce a sense of brutality permeating the shows runtime.

'Ghoul' is a definite must-watch for most horror fans, I'm confident it will land with a majority of viewers. If you're constantly looking for newer or more obscure macabre, this is a three-episode-miniseries that deserves 2.5 of your hours.

8/10