Vampires (1998 film)
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Vampires (1998 film) is a 1998 horror film directed by John Carpenter that follows a team of vampire hunters battling an ancient master vampire in the American Southwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vampires (1998 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5019352 — 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: Vampires (1998 film) Context triple: [John Carpenter films, hasWork, Vampires (1998 film)]
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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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B.
Van Helsing (2004 film)
Van Helsing (2004 film) is a dark fantasy action-adventure movie that follows monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing as he battles iconic Universal horror creatures like Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and werewolves in a gothic 19th-century setting.
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C.
Vampirina
Vampirina is an animated Disney Junior television series that follows a young vampire girl adjusting to life in the human world after moving from Transylvania to Pennsylvania.
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D.
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula: Prince of Darkness is a 1966 British gothic horror film featuring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in one of Hammer Film Productions’ classic vampire sequels.
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E.
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Fearless Vampire Killers is a 1967 horror-comedy film directed by Roman Polanski that parodies classic vampire movies with a blend of gothic atmosphere and slapstick humor.
- 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: Vampires (1998 film) Target entity description: Vampires (1998 film) is a 1998 horror film directed by John Carpenter that follows a team of vampire hunters battling an ancient master vampire in the American Southwest.
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A.
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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B.
Van Helsing (2004 film)
Van Helsing (2004 film) is a dark fantasy action-adventure movie that follows monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing as he battles iconic Universal horror creatures like Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and werewolves in a gothic 19th-century setting.
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C.
Vampirina
Vampirina is an animated Disney Junior television series that follows a young vampire girl adjusting to life in the human world after moving from Transylvania to Pennsylvania.
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D.
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula: Prince of Darkness is a 1966 British gothic horror film featuring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in one of Hammer Film Productions’ classic vampire sequels.
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E.
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Fearless Vampire Killers is a 1967 horror-comedy film directed by Roman Polanski that parodies classic vampire movies with a blend of gothic atmosphere and slapstick humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American horror film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Vampire$ by John Steakley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
NERFINISHED
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Daniel Baldwin NERFINISHED ⓘ James Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Boone Junior NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximilian Schell NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheryl Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Ian Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Rosales Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Guinee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Jack Crow is the leader of a Vatican-sponsored vampire-hunting team
NERFINISHED
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Valek is an ancient master vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gary B. Kibbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Sony Pictures Releasing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Edward A. Warschilka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCreature | vampires ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | the Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Vampires: Los Muertos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western horror film
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horror film ⓘ |
| hasVampireTheme | yes ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Father Adam Guiteau
NERFINISHED
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Jack Crow NERFINISHED ⓘ Valek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Daniel Licht
NERFINISHED
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John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of John Carpenter's late-1990s films
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combining Western and horror genres ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A team of vampire hunters battles an ancient master vampire in the American Southwest ⓘ |
| producer |
Barr B. Potter
NERFINISHED
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Sandy King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
JVC Entertainment Networks
NERFINISHED
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Storm King Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1998-10-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Don Jakoby
NERFINISHED
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John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
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New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | John Carpenter's Vampires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vampires (1998 film) Description of subject: Vampires (1998 film) is a 1998 horror film directed by John Carpenter that follows a team of vampire hunters battling an ancient master vampire in the American Southwest.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.