The Food of the Gods
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The Food of the Gods is a 1976 science fiction horror film about giant, mutated animals terrorizing humans on a remote island, directed by Bert I. Gordon and loosely based on an H.G. Wells story.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Food of the Gods canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416815 — 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: The Food of the Gods Context triple: [Bert I. Gordon, workedOn, The Food of the Gods]
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Food of the Gods
Food of the Gods is a book by Terence McKenna that explores the historical, cultural, and evolutionary impact of psychoactive plants and substances on human consciousness and civilization.
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B.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
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C.
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a private Scottish landscape garden that blends art, architecture, and science through sculpted landforms and installations inspired by cosmology, physics, and mathematics.
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D.
The Million-Year Picnic
"The Million-Year Picnic" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that serves as the poignant, reflective finale to his science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, depicting a family's escape from Earth to begin a new life on Mars.
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E.
The Elephants of Mars
The Elephants of Mars is an instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic lead playing and experimental soundscapes.
- 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: The Food of the Gods Target entity description: The Food of the Gods is a 1976 science fiction horror film about giant, mutated animals terrorizing humans on a remote island, directed by Bert I. Gordon and loosely based on an H.G. Wells story.
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A.
Food of the Gods
Food of the Gods is a book by Terence McKenna that explores the historical, cultural, and evolutionary impact of psychoactive plants and substances on human consciousness and civilization.
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B.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
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C.
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a private Scottish landscape garden that blends art, architecture, and science through sculpted landforms and installations inspired by cosmology, physics, and mathematics.
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D.
The Million-Year Picnic
"The Million-Year Picnic" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that serves as the poignant, reflective finale to his science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, depicting a family's escape from Earth to begin a new life on Mars.
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E.
The Elephants of Mars
The Elephants of Mars is an instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic lead playing and experimental soundscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Belinda Balaski
NERFINISHED
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Ida Lupino NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Cypher NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjoe Gortner NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Meeker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Reginald H. Morris 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 ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Luciano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s American horror cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCreature |
giant chickens
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giant rats ⓘ giant wasps ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
eco-horror film
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horror film ⓘ monster film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Food of the Gods II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Marjoe Gortner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | professional football player ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elliot Kaplan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of rear projection and animal footage to depict giant creatures ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Giant, mutated animals terrorize humans on a remote island after consuming a mysterious substance. ⓘ |
| posterTagline | One taste is all it takes! ⓘ |
| producer | Bert I. Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | June 18, 1976 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bert I. Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | remote Canadian island ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialType | novel ⓘ |
| theme |
dangers of tampering with nature
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environmental catastrophe ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to its release ⓘ |
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