White Zombie
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White Zombie is a 1932 American horror film, often cited as the first feature-length zombie movie, starring Bela Lugosi as a sinister voodoo master.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Zombie canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5166169 — 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: White Zombie Context triple: [Bela Lugosi, performedIn, White Zombie]
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A.
Voodoo
"Voodoo" is a popular song by the American rock band Godsmack, known for its dark, tribal-influenced sound and prominent use in late-1990s rock media.
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B.
Voodoo
Voodoo is D'Angelo's critically acclaimed neo-soul album, celebrated for its rich, organic sound and influential role in shaping the genre around the turn of the millennium.
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C.
Voodoo
Voodoo is a 1989 jazz and funk album by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band that showcases their innovative New Orleans brass band sound.
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D.
The Devil Rides Out
The Devil Rides Out is a 1968 British horror film, based on Dennis Wheatley’s novel, that follows an occult battle against a satanic cult in rural England.
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E.
Village of the Damned
Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film about a mysterious village where women simultaneously give birth to eerie, super-intelligent children with psychic powers.
- 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: White Zombie Target entity description: White Zombie is a 1932 American horror film, often cited as the first feature-length zombie movie, starring Bela Lugosi as a sinister voodoo master.
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A.
Voodoo
"Voodoo" is a popular song by the American rock band Godsmack, known for its dark, tribal-influenced sound and prominent use in late-1990s rock media.
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B.
Voodoo
Voodoo is a 1989 jazz and funk album by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band that showcases their innovative New Orleans brass band sound.
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C.
Voodoo
Voodoo is D'Angelo's critically acclaimed neo-soul album, celebrated for its rich, organic sound and influential role in shaping the genre around the turn of the millennium.
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D.
The Devil Rides Out
The Devil Rides Out is a 1968 British horror film, based on Dennis Wheatley’s novel, that follows an occult battle against a satanic cult in rural England.
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E.
Village of the Damned
Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film about a mysterious village where women simultaneously give birth to eerie, super-intelligent children with psychic powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| antagonist | Murder Legendre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Magic Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | William Seabrook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | Arthur Martinelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Victor Halperin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ernest Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Murder Legendre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
zombie film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
mind control
ⓘ
supernatural horror ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| influenced | later zombie films ⓘ |
| isConsidered | first feature-length zombie film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Abe Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bela Lugosi’s performance as a voodoo master
ⓘ
early depiction of cinematic zombies ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
voodoo
ⓘ
zombies as mindless slaves ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Halperin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Halperin Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1932-08-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 67 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| starring |
Bela Lugosi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Harron NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Cawthorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Madge Bellamy NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Frazer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starsActorAsRole | Bela Lugosi as Murder Legendre ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary to early 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: White Zombie Description of subject: White Zombie is a 1932 American horror film, often cited as the first feature-length zombie movie, starring Bela Lugosi as a sinister voodoo master.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.