The Night Stalker
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The Night Stalker is a 1972 made-for-television horror film about a Las Vegas reporter investigating a series of murders linked to a modern-day vampire.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Night Stalker canonical | 14 |
| The Night Stalker (1972 film) | 2 |
| The Night Stalker (1972 television film) | 1 |
| The Night Stalker (1987 film) | 1 |
| The Night Stalker (unpublished novel) | 1 |
| The Night Stalker – score | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13498679 — 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 Night Stalker Context triple: [Kent Smith, notableWork, The Night Stalker]
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A.
Night Stalker
Night Stalker is a short-lived 2005 American supernatural crime drama television series, loosely inspired by the 1970s show Kolchak: The Night Stalker, in which Gabrielle Union co-starred.
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B.
The Night the Prowler
The Night the Prowler is a 1978 Australian dark comedy film directed by Jim Sharman and written by Patrick White, adapted from White’s short story of the same name.
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C.
Night Slasher
Night Slasher is the brutal serial killer and cult leader who serves as the primary villain opposing Sylvester Stallone’s character in the 1986 action film "Cobra."
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D.
Indian Killer
Indian Killer is a dark, literary crime novel by Sherman Alexie that explores themes of identity, racism, and violence through the story of a serial killer targeting white men in Seattle.
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E.
The 10th Victim
The 10th Victim is a 1965 Italian science fiction satire film set in a future where televised human hunting games have become popular entertainment.
- 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 Night Stalker Target entity description: The Night Stalker is a 1972 made-for-television horror film about a Las Vegas reporter investigating a series of murders linked to a modern-day vampire.
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A.
Night Stalker
Night Stalker is a short-lived 2005 American supernatural crime drama television series, loosely inspired by the 1970s show Kolchak: The Night Stalker, in which Gabrielle Union co-starred.
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B.
The Night the Prowler
The Night the Prowler is a 1978 Australian dark comedy film directed by Jim Sharman and written by Patrick White, adapted from White’s short story of the same name.
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C.
Night Slasher
Night Slasher is the brutal serial killer and cult leader who serves as the primary villain opposing Sylvester Stallone’s character in the 1986 action film "Cobra."
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D.
Indian Killer
Indian Killer is a dark, literary crime novel by Sherman Alexie that explores themes of identity, racism, and violence through the story of a serial killer targeting white men in Seattle.
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E.
The 10th Victim
The 10th Victim is a 1965 Italian science fiction satire film set in a future where televised human hunting games have become popular entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror film
ⓘ
television film ⓘ vampire film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Kolchak Papers
ⓘ
an unpublished novel by Jeff Rice ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Barry Atwater as Janos Skorzeny
ⓘ
Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak ⓘ Simon Oakland as Tony Vincenzo ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Vincenzo
|
| cinematographyBy | Robert B. Hauser ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | John Llewellyn Moxey ⓘ |
| distributedBy | American Broadcasting Company ⓘ |
| editor | Les Green ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Night Strangler ⓘ |
| format | made-for-television film ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
supernatural horror ⓘ vampire ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist | Janos Skorzeny ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
investigative journalism
ⓘ
supernatural crime ⓘ |
| inspired | the television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker ⓘ |
| leadCharacterTrait | dogged and skeptical reporter ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Carl Kolchak ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bob Cobert ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person narration by Carl Kolchak ⓘ |
| notableElement | blend of police procedural and supernatural horror ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the highest-rated TV movies of its time ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | January 11, 1972 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Las Vegas reporter investigates a series of murders linked to a modern-day vampire. ⓘ |
| producer | Dan Curtis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | ABC Circle Films ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | newspaper reporter ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 74 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| setting | Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Barry Atwater
ⓘ
Carol Lynley ⓘ Darren McGavin ⓘ Simon Oakland ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary early 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Night Stalker Description of subject: The Night Stalker is a 1972 made-for-television horror film about a Las Vegas reporter investigating a series of murders linked to a modern-day vampire.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (television series)
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subject linked to:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (television series)
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linked to: The Night Stalker
linked to: The Night Stalker
linked to: The Night Stalker
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