War of the Colossal Beast
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War of the Colossal Beast is a 1958 American science fiction horror film about a gigantic, disfigured man terrorizing Los Angeles, serving as a sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| War of the Colossal Beast canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416808 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War of the Colossal Beast Context triple: [Bert I. Gordon, workedOn, War of the Colossal Beast]
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A.
Kaiju War
Kaiju War is a fictional global conflict in the Pacific Rim universe in which humanity battles colossal interdimensional monsters using giant piloted robots called Jaegers.
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B.
Gamera: Super Monster
Gamera: Super Monster is a 1980 Japanese kaiju film that serves as the final entry in the original Gamera series, featuring the giant flying turtle battling various monsters in a compilation-style narrative.
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C.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is a 2001 Japanese kaiju film in the Godzilla franchise that pits Godzilla against three legendary guardian monsters in a darker, supernatural-themed storyline.
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D.
Kaiju
Kaiju are colossal, monstrous creatures from Japanese science fiction and popular culture, often depicted as city-destroying beasts that battle humanity or other giant monsters.
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E.
Gamera
Gamera is a giant, fire-breathing turtle kaiju from Japanese tokusatsu films, known for defending humanity against monstrous threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War of the Colossal Beast Target entity description: War of the Colossal Beast is a 1958 American science fiction horror film about a gigantic, disfigured man terrorizing Los Angeles, serving as a sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man.
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A.
Kaiju War
Kaiju War is a fictional global conflict in the Pacific Rim universe in which humanity battles colossal interdimensional monsters using giant piloted robots called Jaegers.
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B.
Gamera: Super Monster
Gamera: Super Monster is a 1980 Japanese kaiju film that serves as the final entry in the original Gamera series, featuring the giant flying turtle battling various monsters in a compilation-style narrative.
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C.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is a 2001 Japanese kaiju film in the Godzilla franchise that pits Godzilla against three legendary guardian monsters in a darker, supernatural-themed storyline.
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D.
Kaiju
Kaiju are colossal, monstrous creatures from Japanese science fiction and popular culture, often depicted as city-destroying beasts that battle humanity or other giant monsters.
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E.
Gamera
Gamera is a giant, fire-breathing turtle kaiju from Japanese tokusatsu films, known for defending humanity against monstrous threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The War of the Colossal Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Amazing Colossal Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jack A. Marta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Bert I. Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Stanley Frazen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | giant man ⓘ |
| follows | The Amazing Colossal Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Glenn Manning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Albert Glasser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting a disfigured giant with a partially exposed skull ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American International Pictures giant monster cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A gigantic, disfigured man terrorizes Los Angeles. ⓘ |
| producer | Bert I. Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Alta Vista Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1958-10-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 69 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bert I. Gordon
NERFINISHED
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George Worthing Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequelTo | The Amazing Colossal Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| stars |
Dean Parkin
NERFINISHED
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Roger Pace NERFINISHED ⓘ Russ Bender NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: War of the Colossal Beast Description of subject: War of the Colossal Beast is a 1958 American science fiction horror film about a gigantic, disfigured man terrorizing Los Angeles, serving as a sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.