The House with a Clock in Its Walls
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a 2018 fantasy horror film, based on John Bellairs’ novel, about a young boy who discovers his uncle is a warlock and helps uncover a deadly magical clock hidden within their mysterious house.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The House with a Clock in Its Walls canonical | 5 |
| The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6296632 — 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 with a Clock in Its Walls Context triple: [Beau Flynn, notableWork, The House with a Clock in Its Walls]
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A.
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
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B.
Coraline
Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.
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C.
The Secret Pilgrim
The Secret Pilgrim is a 1990 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the world of British intelligence through a series of reminiscences framed by the presence of master spy George Smiley.
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D.
The Witch
The Witch is a 2015 atmospheric horror film set in 17th-century New England that follows a Puritan family menaced by sinister forces in the wilderness.
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E.
The Witch
The Witch is a mysterious, prophetic figure in the film "Big Fish" who reveals to the protagonist how he will die, profoundly shaping his fearless approach to life.
- 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 with a Clock in Its Walls Target entity description: The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a 2018 fantasy horror film, based on John Bellairs’ novel, about a young boy who discovers his uncle is a warlock and helps uncover a deadly magical clock hidden within their mysterious house.
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A.
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 fantasy-comedy film about three resurrected witches wreaking havoc in modern-day Salem, which has since become a cult Halloween classic.
-
B.
Coraline
Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.
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C.
The Secret Pilgrim
The Secret Pilgrim is a 1990 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the world of British intelligence through a series of reminiscences framed by the presence of master spy George Smiley.
-
D.
The Witch
The Witch is a 2015 atmospheric horror film set in 17th-century New England that follows a Puritan family menaced by sinister forces in the wilderness.
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E.
The Witch
The Witch is a mysterious, prophetic figure in the film "Big Fish" who reveals to the protagonist how he will die, profoundly shaping his fearless approach to life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy horror film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | John Bellairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The House with a Clock in Its Walls (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Cate Blanchett
NERFINISHED
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Colleen Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyle MacLachlan NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen Vaccaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Renée Elise Goldsberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Rogier Stoffers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Eli Roth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Andrew Eisen
NERFINISHED
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Fred Raskin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
family film
ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Florence Zimmerman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonathan Barnavelt NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Barnavelt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Nathan Barr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
discovery that Uncle Jonathan is a warlock
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search for a magical doomsday clock hidden in the house ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | young orphan Lewis Barnavelt moving to live with his uncle ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
coping with grief
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friendship and belonging ⓘ magic and witchcraft ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | adaptations of John Bellairs’ works ⓘ |
| producer |
Brad Fischer
NERFINISHED
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Eric Kripke NERFINISHED ⓘ James Vanderbilt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Amblin Entertainment
NERFINISHED
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Mythology Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Reliance Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2018-09-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eric Kripke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New Zebedee, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The House with a Clock in Its Walls Description of subject: The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a 2018 fantasy horror film, based on John Bellairs’ novel, about a young boy who discovers his uncle is a warlock and helps uncover a deadly magical clock hidden within their mysterious house.
Referenced by (6)
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this entity surface form:
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)