The House of Fear
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"The House of Fear" is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, involving a series of murders in a remote Scottish mansion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The House of Fear canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6168432 — 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 House of Fear Context triple: [Nigel Bruce, appearedIn, The House of Fear]
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A.
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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B.
The Terrors
The Terrors is the nickname of Dundee United F.C., a professional football club based in Dundee, Scotland, known for its passionate support and distinctive tangerine kit.
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C.
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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D.
The Architects of Fear
"The Architects of Fear" is a renowned episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, in which scientists stage a terrifying alien invasion to unite a divided humanity.
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E.
Great Fear
The Great Fear was a widespread rural panic and wave of peasant uprisings across France in the summer of 1789, driven by rumors of aristocratic plots and contributing to the radicalization of the early French Revolution.
- 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 House of Fear Target entity description: "The House of Fear" is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, involving a series of murders in a remote Scottish mansion.
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A.
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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B.
The Terrors
The Terrors is the nickname of Dundee United F.C., a professional football club based in Dundee, Scotland, known for its passionate support and distinctive tangerine kit.
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C.
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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D.
The Architects of Fear
"The Architects of Fear" is a renowned episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, in which scientists stage a terrifying alien invasion to unite a divided humanity.
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E.
Great Fear
The Great Fear was a widespread rural panic and wave of peasant uprisings across France in the summer of 1789, driven by rumors of aristocratic plots and contributing to the radicalization of the early French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Five Orange Pips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Virgil Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Roy William Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| DrWatsonPortrayedBy | Nigel Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Saul A. Goodkind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1940s cinema ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalDetective | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalDoctor | Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInspector | Inspector Lestrade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmSeriesEntryNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Woman in Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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detective film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| InspectorLestradePortrayedBy | Dennis Hoey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
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Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Paul Sawtell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Universal Sherlock Holmes film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotIncludes |
secretive club of men
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series of murders ⓘ |
| portrays |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Scarlet Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Roy William Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1945-03-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 69 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bertram Millhauser
NERFINISHED
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Roy Chanslor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Scotland
NERFINISHED
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remote Scottish mansion ⓘ |
| SherlockHolmesPortrayedBy | Basil Rathbone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Aubrey Mather
NERFINISHED
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Basil Rathbone NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Hoey NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The House of Fear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The House of Fear Description of subject: "The House of Fear" is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, involving a series of murders in a remote Scottish mansion.
Referenced by (2)
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