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Recent Examples of ghoulish
While the original Nosferatu is actually an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the ghoulish Count Orlok is quite different from Count Dracula’s charming, handsome nobleman.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The mod itself doesn’t actually change the gameplay of Marvel Rivals in any meaningful way, instead serving as little more than way to immediate make everyone in the game lobby cringe with its ghoulish design that looks more like a melting Michael Myers mask than anything else.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
Louis Jourdan, Count Dracula (1977) This BBC TV movie is a faithful adaptation of the book, and Jourdan plays a Dracula who teems with ghoulish sophistication as a refined intellectual with an aptitude for language and etymology.
—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Whether the ghoulish gambit of the movie’s Christmas release pays off remains to be seen.
—Mike Calia, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The mod itself doesn’t actually change the gameplay of Marvel Rivals in any meaningful way, instead serving as little more than way to immediate make everyone in the game lobby cringe with its ghoulish design that looks more like a melting Michael Myers mask than anything else.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
Louis Jourdan, Count Dracula (1977) This BBC TV movie is a faithful adaptation of the book, and Jourdan plays a Dracula who teems with ghoulish sophistication as a refined intellectual with an aptitude for language and etymology.
—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Whether the ghoulish gambit of the movie’s Christmas release pays off remains to be seen.
—Mike Calia, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulish
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Threading together hyperspeed drums and a ghostly ambience, Balenci creates a sort of supernatural drill.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
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While Banderas is entertaining playing multiple roles as Hunter and his many ghostly ancestors, Olivia Colman gives the movie’s standout performance as the Reverend Mother of the bear retirement home from which Aunt Lucy vanished.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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To have any hope of outrunning the spectral presence, the player must commit a serpentine route to memory.—
Lewis Gordon,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Who’s to say there isn’t a spectral widow wandering the tracks by moonlight, searching for her husband’s head?—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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But Rozier had a nightmarish second half, missing all eight of his shots and committing three ghastly turnovers.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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This one was distilled to its essence in the first period, when the Blackhawks got a power play and proceeded to give the puck away three times in less than 10 seconds, including ghastly turnovers by Seth Jones and Bedard.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, those of us on Earth will witness the same event as a total lunar eclipse, turning the moon a deep, eerie red.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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For 65 minutes, the moon will take on eerie shades of orange and red — a result of sunlight filtering through Earth’s atmosphere. 5.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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With that being said, my personal favorite is the mystery room, featuring a spooky haunted house miniature display, as well as a crime solving display above the shelves.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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As a downpour drenches the men mid-song, the gentle shower turns into a torrent, with the water slowly rising to their knees, then their chests, as a pair of spooky sirens dive into the now chin-high flood.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2025
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But Dammers knew that the most haunting music often sits right on the edge of corny muzak.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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The scene when Dagmar forces Karoline to crush an infant between the two women’s bodies is haunting.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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Then there’s a positively creepy Austin Butler as chilling bad guy Feyd-Rautha.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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In a creepy ad for the device online, Friend watches TV with its user and texts her its thoughts on the show.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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The bizarre incident occurred early Tuesday when authorities say a man hopped a metal fence of a home in the 900 block of Wakefield Avenue and set fire to a black sedan in the front yard.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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The bizarre case of Luigi Mangione should also be considered a needless stain on Baltimore.—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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