Wishmaster
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Wishmaster is a 1997 horror film about an evil djinn unleashed from a gemstone, known for its imaginative kills and status as a cult favorite among genre fans.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wishmaster canonical | 3 |
| Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies | 1 |
| Wishmaster film series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3793226 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wishmaster Context triple: [Robert Kurtzman, notableWork, Wishmaster]
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A.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the enigmatic and ultimately humbug ruler of the Emerald City in L. Frank Baum’s classic tale "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the famous nickname of Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and acrobatic plays in Major League Baseball.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
The Wizard of Is
"The Wizard of Is" is a satirical storyline from the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" that parodies "The Wizard of Oz" with the strip’s trademark dark humor and social commentary.
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E.
El Mago
El Mago is the nickname of Argentine former professional tennis player Guillermo Coria, renowned for his exceptional clay-court skills and speed.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wishmaster Target entity description: Wishmaster is a 1997 horror film about an evil djinn unleashed from a gemstone, known for its imaginative kills and status as a cult favorite among genre fans.
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A.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the enigmatic and ultimately humbug ruler of the Emerald City in L. Frank Baum’s classic tale "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
The Wizard
The Wizard is the famous nickname of Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and acrobatic plays in Major League Baseball.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
The Wizard of Is
"The Wizard of Is" is a satirical storyline from the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" that parodies "The Wizard of Oz" with the strip’s trademark dark humor and social commentary.
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E.
El Mago
El Mago is the nickname of Argentine former professional tennis player Guillermo Coria, renowned for his exceptional clay-court skills and speed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
horror film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn | djinn folklore ⓘ |
| castMember |
Andrew Divoff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ George 'Buck' Flower ⓘ Jenny O'Hara ⓘ Kane Hodder ⓘ Reggie Bannister ⓘ Ricco Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Englund ⓘ Tammy Lauren ⓘ Tony Todd ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jacques Haitkin ⓘ |
| composer | Harry Manfredini ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert Kurtzman ⓘ |
| distributor | Artisan Entertainment ⓘ |
| editor | David Handman ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Wes Craven ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jinn
ⓘ
surface form:
Djinn
|
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Wishmaster
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
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| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| homeMediaFormat |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| knownFor |
imaginative death scenes
ⓘ
practical special effects ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Andrew Divoff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tammy Lauren ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| notableElement | cameos by well-known horror actors ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Wishmaster
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Wishmaster film series
|
| plotSummary | An evil djinn is unleashed from a gemstone and grants wishes with deadly consequences. ⓘ |
| producer |
Pierre David
ⓘ
Wes Craven ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-09-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| specialEffectsCompany | KNB EFX Group ⓘ |
| subgenre |
monster film
ⓘ
supernatural horror ⓘ |
| writer | Peter Atkins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wishmaster Description of subject: Wishmaster is a 1997 horror film about an evil djinn unleashed from a gemstone, known for its imaginative kills and status as a cult favorite among genre fans.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wishmaster film series
this entity surface form:
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies