House of Wax (1953 film)
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House of Wax (1953 film) is a landmark 1950s horror movie starring Vincent Price, best known for its early use of 3D technology and atmospheric Technicolor visuals.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| House of Wax (1953 film) canonical | 2 |
| House of Wax (1953) | 1 |
| House of Wax (2005 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5139493 — 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: House of Wax (1953 film) Context triple: [J. Peverell Marley, notableWork, House of Wax (1953 film)]
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 pre-Code horror film noted for its early use of two-color Technicolor and its story about a deranged sculptor who encases victims in wax.
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B.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and noted for its atmospheric visuals and Vincent Price’s performance.
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film) is a silent avant-garde horror film, directed by Jean Epstein and based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, noted for its experimental visual style and atmospheric depiction of psychological terror.
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D.
Rue Morgue
Rue Morgue is a fictional Parisian street best known as the eerie setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
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E.
Vampira
Vampira was the gothic, horror-host television persona created and portrayed by actress Maila Nurmi in the 1950s, widely regarded as a pioneering figure in horror and camp culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: House of Wax (1953 film) Target entity description: House of Wax (1953 film) is a landmark 1950s horror movie starring Vincent Price, best known for its early use of 3D technology and atmospheric Technicolor visuals.
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A.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 pre-Code horror film noted for its early use of two-color Technicolor and its story about a deranged sculptor who encases victims in wax.
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B.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and noted for its atmospheric visuals and Vincent Price’s performance.
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C.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film) is a silent avant-garde horror film, directed by Jean Epstein and based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, noted for its experimental visual style and atmospheric depiction of psychological terror.
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D.
Rue Morgue
Rue Morgue is a fictional Parisian street best known as the eerie setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
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E.
Vampira
Vampira was the gothic, horror-host television persona created and portrayed by actress Maila Nurmi in the 1950s, widely regarded as a pioneering figure in horror and camp culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardRecognition | considered a classic of 3D horror cinema ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Mystery of the Wax Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
short story "The Wax Works" by Charles S. Belden ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peverell Marley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | André De Toth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat |
2D
ⓘ
3D ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | Rudi Fehr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s American horror cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Professor Henry Jarrod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | stereoscopic photography ⓘ |
| followedBy | House of Wax (2005 film) in title only ⓘ |
| format | WarnerColor 3D ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and madness
ⓘ
murder ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| homeMedia |
released on 3D Blu-ray
ⓘ
released on Blu-ray ⓘ released on DVD ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Buttolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first color 3D feature films from a major studio
ⓘ
early use of stereoscopic 3D in a major studio feature ⓘ use of atmospheric Technicolor visuals ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysBy | Vincent Price as Professor Henry Jarrod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Bryan Foy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | April 10, 1953 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| remakeOf | Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtime | 88 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Crane Wilbur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | turn-of-the-century New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Carolyn Jones
NERFINISHED
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Charles Bronson NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Lovejoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Phyllis Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studio | Warner Bros. Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | House of Wax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: House of Wax (1953 film) Description of subject: House of Wax (1953 film) is a landmark 1950s horror movie starring Vincent Price, best known for its early use of 3D technology and atmospheric Technicolor visuals.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
House of Wax (2005 film)
this entity surface form:
House of Wax (1953)