House on Haunted Hill
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House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 horror film directed by William Castle, best known for its macabre plot about guests spending a night in a supposedly haunted mansion for a cash reward.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House on Haunted Hill (1999 film) | 7 |
| House on Haunted Hill canonical | 2 |
| House on Haunted Hill (1959 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5500315 — 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: House on Haunted Hill Context triple: [Vincent Price, notableWork, House on Haunted Hill]
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A.
The Haunting
The Haunting is a 1963 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise, widely regarded as one of the most influential and psychologically driven haunted house movies ever made.
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B.
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band known for blending thrash and melodic death metal elements into an aggressive, modern sound.
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C.
The Haunted House
"The Haunted House" is one of the interconnected tales in Washington Irving’s 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists*, blending light Gothic elements with his characteristic humor and social observation.
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D.
The Uninvited
The Uninvited is a 1944 supernatural horror film produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr., renowned for its atmospheric ghost story and pioneering serious treatment of the haunted house genre in Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Murder House
Murder House is the haunted Los Angeles mansion that serves as the central setting of the first season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story.
- 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: House on Haunted Hill Target entity description: House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 horror film directed by William Castle, best known for its macabre plot about guests spending a night in a supposedly haunted mansion for a cash reward.
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A.
The Haunting
The Haunting is a 1963 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise, widely regarded as one of the most influential and psychologically driven haunted house movies ever made.
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B.
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band known for blending thrash and melodic death metal elements into an aggressive, modern sound.
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C.
The Haunted House
"The Haunted House" is one of the interconnected tales in Washington Irving’s 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists*, blending light Gothic elements with his characteristic humor and social observation.
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D.
The Uninvited
The Uninvited is a 1944 supernatural horror film produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr., renowned for its atmospheric ghost story and pioneering serious treatment of the haunted house genre in Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Murder House
Murder House is the haunted Los Angeles mansion that serves as the central setting of the first season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | haunted house tradition in Gothic fiction ⓘ |
| certificate | Approved (MPAA, original release) ⓘ |
| character |
Annabelle Loren
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. David Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Loren NERFINISHED ⓘ Nora Manning NERFINISHED ⓘ Watson Pritchard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | William Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Roy V. Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s American horror cinema ⓘ |
| featuredBuilding | Ennis House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
greed
ⓘ
marital betrayal ⓘ murder plot ⓘ |
| influenced | 1999 remake House on Haunted Hill ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Vincent Price as Frederick Loren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketingGimmick | Emergo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Von Dexter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | gimmick Emergo involving a skeleton that appeared in theaters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An eccentric millionaire offers guests $10,000 each to spend the night in a supposedly haunted mansion. ⓘ |
| producer | William Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | William Castle Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1959-02-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | House on Haunted Hill (1999 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 75 ⓘ |
| setting | haunted mansion ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Marshal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carol Ohmart NERFINISHED ⓘ Carolyn Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ Elisha Cook Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Long NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | House on Haunted Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Robb White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: House on Haunted Hill Description of subject: House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 horror film directed by William Castle, best known for its macabre plot about guests spending a night in a supposedly haunted mansion for a cash reward.
Referenced by (10)
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)
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House on Haunted Hill (1959 film)
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)
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House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)