Its narrator is Mr. Crime, the ghoulish figure who introduced the stories in the once-notorious comic book "Crime Does Not Pay."

T he ghoulish figure raised his sword and cracked open his mouth.

And Austrians have their Krampus, a ghoulish, goat-like figure that springs into action on Dec. 5.

They were priests, ghoulish figures clad in black robes and wearing masks of beaten gold.

The Ghost Busters frequently made use of ghostly or ghoulish figures from popular culture and famous literature.

Through a peephole, in one grave, several ghoulish figures, the only adults, can be seen, illuminated by a strobe light, showered in blood.

Before I could so much as step between Helen and the ghoulish figure, she pulled a pistol from her jacket pocket and shot him.

"Breaking the Habit" looks like a video game programmed by German expressionists, with flat, ghoulish figures floating through a densely layered landscape.

The ghoulish figure raised his sword and cracked open his mouth.

It rose with a ripping sound, smelling strongly of moist dirt, and lashed out with an earthen fist, trying to crush the ghoulish figure.