Lucy Holmwood
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Lucy Holmwood is a central victim-turned-vampire character in the 1958 British horror film "Horror of Dracula," whose transformation drives much of the film’s gothic terror and emotional stakes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucy Holmwood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609722 — 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: Lucy Holmwood Context triple: [Horror of Dracula, character, Lucy Holmwood]
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A.
Lucy Lloyd
Lucy Lloyd was a 19th-century South African linguist and ethnographer renowned for her pioneering documentation of the |Xam and other indigenous San languages and oral traditions.
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B.
Lucy Fisher
Lucy Fisher is an American film producer and former studio executive known for overseeing major Hollywood productions across several decades.
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C.
Lucy Burrows
Lucy Burrows is the tragic young heroine of D. W. Griffith’s silent film "Broken Blossoms," known for her innocence and suffering under an abusive father.
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D.
Lucy Allerton
Lucy Allerton was a member of the early colonial Allerton family, known primarily as a sibling of Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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E.
Lucy Edwards
Lucy Edwards was a daughter of prominent American religious figure Sarah Pierpont Edwards and thus a member of the influential Edwards family of the 18th century.
- 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: Lucy Holmwood Target entity description: Lucy Holmwood is a central victim-turned-vampire character in the 1958 British horror film "Horror of Dracula," whose transformation drives much of the film’s gothic terror and emotional stakes.
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A.
Lucy Lloyd
Lucy Lloyd was a 19th-century South African linguist and ethnographer renowned for her pioneering documentation of the |Xam and other indigenous San languages and oral traditions.
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B.
Lucy Fisher
Lucy Fisher is an American film producer and former studio executive known for overseeing major Hollywood productions across several decades.
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C.
Lucy Burrows
Lucy Burrows is the tragic young heroine of D. W. Griffith’s silent film "Broken Blossoms," known for her innocence and suffering under an abusive father.
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D.
Lucy Allerton
Lucy Allerton was a member of the early colonial Allerton family, known primarily as a sibling of Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
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E.
Lucy Edwards
Lucy Edwards was a daughter of prominent American religious figure Sarah Pierpont Edwards and thus a member of the influential Edwards family of the 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptationAspect | renamed and reconfigured version of Lucy Westenra ⓘ |
| alignmentAfterTransformation | malevolent ⓘ |
| alignmentBeforeTransformation | innocent ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Dracula (1958 film)
NERFINISHED
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Horror of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Count Dracula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Van Helsing NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Harker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lucy Westenra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Dracula (1897 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfTransformation | bitten by Count Dracula ⓘ |
| characterStatus |
human (initially)
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vampire (after transformation) ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Jimmy Sangster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathInStory | killed by staking ⓘ |
| emotionalImpactOn |
Arthur Holmwood
NERFINISHED
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Mina Holmwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Holmwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Hammer Dracula series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
gothic horror
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horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | Lucy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
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vampire ⓘ victim ⓘ |
| notableScene |
staking and destruction
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vampiric attack on children ⓘ |
| plotFunction |
drives emotional stakes
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embodies gothic terror ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Carol Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Hammer Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Arthur Holmwood
NERFINISHED
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Mina Holmwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | Victorian-era Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stakeDrivenBy | Dr. Van Helsing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInvolvingCharacter |
corruption of innocence
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fear of female monstrosity ⓘ sexualized vampirism ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristics |
pale complexion as vampire
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prominent fangs as vampire ⓘ white burial gown in vampire scenes ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1958 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucy Holmwood Description of subject: Lucy Holmwood is a central victim-turned-vampire character in the 1958 British horror film "Horror of Dracula," whose transformation drives much of the film’s gothic terror and emotional stakes.
Referenced by (1)
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