The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
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"The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135607 — 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: The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill Context triple: [Creepshow, hasPart, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill]
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
The Story of Temple Drake
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C.
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
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D.
Laid Black
Laid Black is a contemporary jazz-funk album by bassist and producer Marcus Miller that blends groove-oriented compositions with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and world music.
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E.
The Killer Inside Me
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- 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: The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill Target entity description: "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
The Story of Temple Drake
The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 pre-Code American drama film loosely based on William Faulkner’s controversial novel "Sanctuary," known for its dark themes and depiction of sexual violence and moral decay.
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C.
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers is a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Jan de Baen depicting the brutal lynching and mutilated bodies of the republican statesmen Johan and Cornelis de Witt.
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D.
Laid Black
Laid Black is a contemporary jazz-funk album by bassist and producer Marcus Miller that blends groove-oriented compositions with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and world music.
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E.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 neo-noir crime thriller film, based on Jim Thompson’s novel, in which Casey Affleck plays a seemingly mild-mannered small-town deputy sheriff hiding a violent psychopathic nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
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film segment ⓘ horror film segment ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | Creepshow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Weeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
body horror
ⓘ
cosmic contamination ⓘ rural isolation ⓘ |
| character | Jordy Verrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Michael Gornick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | George A. Romero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| featuresElement |
extraterrestrial contamination
ⓘ
meteorite ⓘ plant-like transformation ⓘ |
| franchise | Creepshow franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| hasDeathOfProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | linear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Stephen King acting in a lead role
ⓘ
blend of horror and slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parentalRatingOfFilm | R (Creepshow) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Creepshow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A backwoods farmer finds a meteorite that causes a rapid, plant-like growth to spread over his body and property. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Laurel Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jordy Verrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| segmentOrderInFilm | second segment ⓘ |
| setting | rural Maine ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialPublication | Cavalier magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialPublicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialTitle | Weeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialType | short story ⓘ |
| stars | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| usesMakeupEffectsBy | Tom Savini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill Description of subject: "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
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