Hammer Dracula series
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The Hammer Dracula series is a collection of British gothic horror films produced by Hammer Film Productions, most famously starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hammer Dracula series canonical | 2 |
| Dracula film series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609740 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hammer Dracula series Context triple: [Horror of Dracula, partOfSeries, Hammer Dracula series]
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A.
Dracula (1979 film)
Dracula (1979 film) is a gothic horror movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, best known for Frank Langella’s charismatic and romantic portrayal of Count Dracula.
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B.
Vampire
"Vampire" is a famous 1895 painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, depicting a woman with flowing red hair bending over a man's neck in a dark, intimate embrace.
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C.
Hammer
Hammer is a hand tool with a heavy head used primarily for driving nails, breaking objects, and shaping materials.
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D.
Mr. Vampire
Mr. Vampire is a classic 1985 Hong Kong horror-comedy film that popularized the hopping vampire (jiangshi) genre and became a landmark of Chinese supernatural cinema.
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E.
The Vampire
"The Vampire" is a film featuring actress Lydia Reed, known for her work in mid-20th-century American cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hammer Dracula series Target entity description: The Hammer Dracula series is a collection of British gothic horror films produced by Hammer Film Productions, most famously starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula.
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A.
Dracula (1979 film)
Dracula (1979 film) is a gothic horror movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, best known for Frank Langella’s charismatic and romantic portrayal of Count Dracula.
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B.
Vampire
"Vampire" is a famous 1895 painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, depicting a woman with flowing red hair bending over a man's neck in a dark, intimate embrace.
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C.
Hammer
Hammer is a hand tool with a heavy head used primarily for driving nails, breaking objects, and shaping materials.
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D.
Mr. Vampire
Mr. Vampire is a classic 1985 Hong Kong horror-comedy film that popularized the hopping vampire (jiangshi) genre and became a landmark of Chinese supernatural cinema.
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E.
The Vampire
"The Vampire" is a film featuring actress Lydia Reed, known for her work in mid-20th-century American cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Dracula (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Bram Stoker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyStyle | color cinematography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributor |
Universal-International
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| endTime | 1974 ⓘ |
| filmFormat | Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompany | Hammer Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstInstallmentDirector | Terence Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstInstallmentTitle | Dracula (1958 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
gothic horror film
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vampire film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dracula (1958 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dracula A.D. 1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dracula Has Risen from the Grave NERFINISHED ⓘ Dracula: Prince of Darkness NERFINISHED ⓘ Scars of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ Taste the Blood of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ The Brides of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires NERFINISHED ⓘ The Satanic Rites of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later vampire films and television series ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Count Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableActor |
Christopher Lee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Count Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCrewMember |
Jimmy Sangster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Terence Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing Christopher Lee’s screen image as Dracula
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graphic use of blood and color compared to earlier Dracula films ⓘ revitalizing gothic horror cinema in the late 1950s ⓘ |
| notableRole | Peter Cushing as Professor Van Helsing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
conflict between Christian symbols and vampirism
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eroticized depiction of vampires ⓘ |
| predecessor | Universal Studios Dracula films ⓘ |
| producer | Hammer Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Transylvania
NERFINISHED
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Victorian England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1958 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
supernatural horror
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vampirism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hammer Dracula series Description of subject: The Hammer Dracula series is a collection of British gothic horror films produced by Hammer Film Productions, most famously starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dracula film series