Dead of Night
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Dead of Night is a 1945 British anthology horror film renowned for its influential blend of psychological terror and supernatural tales, including the famous ventriloquist dummy segment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead of Night canonical | 6 |
| Night of the Demon | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778651 — 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: Dead of Night Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, Dead of Night]
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A.
Creepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, paying homage to 1950s EC horror comics through a series of macabre, darkly humorous stories.
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B.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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C.
House on Haunted Hill
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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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
- 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: Dead of Night Target entity description: Dead of Night is a 1945 British anthology horror film renowned for its influential blend of psychological terror and supernatural tales, including the famous ventriloquist dummy segment.
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A.
Creepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, paying homage to 1950s EC horror comics through a series of macabre, darkly humorous stories.
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B.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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C.
House on Haunted Hill
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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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthology horror film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
stories by E. F. Benson
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stories by H. G. Wells ⓘ stories by John Baines ⓘ |
| castMember |
Basil Radford
NERFINISHED
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Frederick Valk NERFINISHED ⓘ Googie Withers NERFINISHED ⓘ Mervyn Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Redgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Naunton Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Culver NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally Ann Howes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Stanley Pavey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director |
Alberto Cavalcanti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Basil Dearden NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Charles Hasse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Ealing Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
anthology film
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horror film ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Christmas Party segment
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The Golfing Story segment ⓘ The Haunted Mirror segment ⓘ The Hearse Driver segment NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later anthology horror films
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psychological horror cinema ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | PG (later home media classifications) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | framing story with multiple embedded tales ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of psychological terror and supernatural elements
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circular nightmare narrative structure ⓘ influential ventriloquist dummy story ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Ventriloquist's Dummy segment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| runningTime | 103 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Angus MacPhail
NERFINISHED
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John Baines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1940s England ⓘ |
| title | Dead of Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon
this entity surface form:
Night of the Demon
this entity surface form:
Night of the Demon