The Curse of the Werewolf
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The Curse of the Werewolf is a 1961 British horror film that adapts classic lycanthropy lore into a Gothic tale of a tormented man cursed to transform under the full moon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Curse of the Werewolf canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4709918 — 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: The Curse of the Werewolf Context triple: [Hammer Film Productions, notableWork, The Curse of the Werewolf]
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A.
Werewolves of London
"Werewolves of London" is a 1978 rock song by Warren Zevon, known for its catchy piano riff, humorous lyrics, and enduring status as a classic rock staple.
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B.
The Howling
The Howling is a 1981 horror film renowned for its groundbreaking werewolf transformation effects and influential contribution to modern werewolf cinema.
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C.
The Howling Man
"The Howling Man" is a memorable episode of the classic anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its eerie moral tale about a traveler who unwittingly releases the Devil from captivity.
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D.
The Howling Hex
The Howling Hex is an American rock band led by guitarist and songwriter Neil Michael Hagerty, known for its experimental, lo-fi, and psychedelic approach to indie rock.
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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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Curse of the Werewolf Target entity description: The Curse of the Werewolf is a 1961 British horror film that adapts classic lycanthropy lore into a Gothic tale of a tormented man cursed to transform under the full moon.
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A.
Werewolves of London
"Werewolves of London" is a 1978 rock song by Warren Zevon, known for its catchy piano riff, humorous lyrics, and enduring status as a classic rock staple.
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B.
The Howling
The Howling is a 1981 horror film renowned for its groundbreaking werewolf transformation effects and influential contribution to modern werewolf cinema.
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C.
The Howling Man
"The Howling Man" is a memorable episode of the classic anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its eerie moral tale about a traveler who unwittingly releases the Devil from captivity.
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D.
The Howling Hex
The Howling Hex is an American rock band led by guitarist and songwriter Neil Michael Hagerty, known for its experimental, lo-fi, and psychedelic approach to indie rock.
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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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feature film ⓘ film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Bernard Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Werewolf of Paris
NERFINISHED
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novel by Guy Endore ⓘ |
| castMember |
Anthony Dawson
NERFINISHED
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Catherine Feller NERFINISHED ⓘ Clifford Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ David Conville NERFINISHED ⓘ Ewen Solon NERFINISHED ⓘ George Woodbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Hira Talfrey NERFINISHED ⓘ John Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Walters NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Ripper NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Claridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Sallis NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wordsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne Romain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Rosemary Burrows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Terence Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Rank Organisation
NERFINISHED
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Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | James Needs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | transformation under the full moon ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Bray Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic horror
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horror ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Leon Corledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Benjamin Frankel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Hammer Films' only werewolf movie ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotFocus | a man cursed with lycanthropy ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Carreras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hammer Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Oliver Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961-05-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Anthony Hinds
NERFINISHED
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John Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| setting | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | werewolf film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: The Curse of the Werewolf Description of subject: The Curse of the Werewolf is a 1961 British horror film that adapts classic lycanthropy lore into a Gothic tale of a tormented man cursed to transform under the full moon.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.