The Vampire Bat
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The Vampire Bat is a 1933 American horror film featuring mysterious deaths in a small town that are blamed on vampire bats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vampire Bat canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7438398 — 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 Vampire Bat Context triple: [Lionel Atwill, performedIn, The Vampire Bat]
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A.
Muscardin
Muscardin is a rare, light-colored red grape variety from France’s Rhône Valley, known for contributing floral aromas, high acidity, and finesse to Southern Rhône blends.
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B.
Bat
Bat is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet World War II-era Tupolev Tu-2 twin-engine bomber aircraft.
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Bat
Bat is a common nickname historically associated with the famed Old West lawman, gambler, and sportswriter Bat Masterson.
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D.
Batsbi
Batsbi are an indigenous Nakh-speaking ethnic group from the Tusheti region of northeastern Georgia, known for their distinct language and highland cultural traditions.
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E.
The Bat
The Bat is a popular inverted boomerang-style roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland known for its intense forward and backward loops.
- 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 Vampire Bat Target entity description: The Vampire Bat is a 1933 American horror film featuring mysterious deaths in a small town that are blamed on vampire bats.
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A.
Muscardin
Muscardin is a rare, light-colored red grape variety from France’s Rhône Valley, known for contributing floral aromas, high acidity, and finesse to Southern Rhône blends.
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B.
Bat
Bat is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet World War II-era Tupolev Tu-2 twin-engine bomber aircraft.
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C.
Bat
Bat is a common nickname historically associated with the famed Old West lawman, gambler, and sportswriter Bat Masterson.
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D.
Batsbi
Batsbi are an indigenous Nakh-speaking ethnic group from the Tusheti region of northeastern Georgia, known for their distinct language and highland cultural traditions.
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E.
The Bat
The Bat is a popular inverted boomerang-style roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland known for its intense forward and backward loops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Aunt Gussie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Otto von Niemann NERFINISHED ⓘ Herman Gleib NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Brettschneider NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bertin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sidney Hickox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| director | Frank R. Strayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Majestic Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Otto Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Universal Studios, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
mad scientist
ⓘ
mob hysteria ⓘ vampirism ⓘ |
| includesCreature | vampire bat ⓘ |
| musicBy | Arthur Kay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | false supernatural explanation revealed as scientific experiment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 1930s independent horror production
ⓘ
pairing of Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Mysterious deaths in a small town are blamed on vampire bats until a human culprit is uncovered. ⓘ |
| producer | Phil Goldstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Majestic Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicDomainStatus | public domain in the United States ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1933-01-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 63 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Edward T. Lowe Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | small German town ⓘ |
| sound | mono ⓘ |
| stars |
Fay Wray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George E. Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Atwill NERFINISHED ⓘ Maude Eburne NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary to 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Vampire Bat Description of subject: The Vampire Bat is a 1933 American horror film featuring mysterious deaths in a small town that are blamed on vampire bats.
Referenced by (3)
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