Autopsy Room Four

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Autopsy Room Four is a television episode adapted from a Stephen King short story, centering on a man mistakenly believed to be dead and facing autopsy while fully conscious.

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instanceOf television episode
adaptationOf Autopsy Room Four (short story) NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceMaterial Stephen King NERFINISHED
basedOn Autopsy Room Four NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Stephen King NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkType short story
centralPlotElement imminent autopsy on a living person
man mistakenly believed to be dead
containsElement black humor
suspense
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fictionalStatus work of fiction
genre dark comedy
horror
language English
mainCharacter Howard Cottrell NERFINISHED
medium television
narrativeDevice apparent corpse as narrator
narrativePerspective first person
protagonistStatus paralyzed but conscious
setting hospital autopsy room
sourceMaterialAuthorNationality American
sourceMaterialCollection Everything's Eventual NERFINISHED
sourceMaterialPublicationType short story collection
subjectMatter medical procedures
misdiagnosis of death
theme consciousness and paralysis
fear of premature autopsy
medical error
tone claustrophobic
ironic

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