Cry of the Banshee
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Cry of the Banshee is a 1970 British horror film starring Vincent Price, blending witchcraft, revenge, and supernatural terror in a grim Elizabethan setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cry of the Banshee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9518962 — 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: Cry of the Banshee Context triple: [Harry Alan Towers, notableWork, Cry of the Banshee]
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A.
The Cry
The Cry is a British television drama series adapted from Helen FitzGerald's novel, focusing on the psychological unravelling of a couple after their baby goes missing.
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B.
Burn the Witch
"Burn the Witch" is a 2016 Radiohead song known for its tense, orchestral arrangement and politically charged lyrics critiquing authoritarianism and social paranoia.
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C.
Voices of the Night
Voices of the Night is an 1839 poetry collection by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that helped establish his reputation as a major American poet.
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D.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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E.
The Silent Cry
The Silent Cry is a dark, introspective novel by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explores family trauma, guilt, and the search for meaning in postwar rural Japan.
- 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: Cry of the Banshee Target entity description: Cry of the Banshee is a 1970 British horror film starring Vincent Price, blending witchcraft, revenge, and supernatural terror in a grim Elizabethan setting.
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A.
The Cry
The Cry is a British television drama series adapted from Helen FitzGerald's novel, focusing on the psychological unravelling of a couple after their baby goes missing.
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B.
Burn the Witch
"Burn the Witch" is a 2016 Radiohead song known for its tense, orchestral arrangement and politically charged lyrics critiquing authoritarianism and social paranoia.
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C.
Voices of the Night
Voices of the Night is an 1839 poetry collection by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that helped establish his reputation as a major American poet.
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D.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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E.
The Silent Cry
The Silent Cry is a dark, introspective novel by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explores family trauma, guilt, and the search for meaning in postwar rural Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British horror film
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film ⓘ |
| certificate | R rating (United States) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Coquillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Gordon Hessler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Elliott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s British horror cinema ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
demonic familiar
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rural village persecution ⓘ witch coven ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
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period horror film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
director's cut
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theatrical cut ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter | Vincent Price as Lord Edward Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Lord Edward Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
revenge
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supernatural terror ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| musicBy | Wilfred Josephs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
grim and violent tone
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period setting in late 16th-century England ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
cursed revenge against a cruel lord
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summoning of a demonic familiar ⓘ witch-hunter nobleman persecuting villagers ⓘ |
| posterTagline | “Who summoned this horror? Who will be alive to tell?” ⓘ |
| producer | AIP (American International Pictures) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
American International Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Tigon British Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 87 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Christopher Wicking (uncredited revisions)
NERFINISHED
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Tim Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | Elizabethan era ⓘ |
| starring |
Essy Persson
NERFINISHED
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Hilary Dwyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Mower NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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