Berberian Sound Studio
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Berberian Sound Studio is a psychological horror film centered on a timid British sound engineer who becomes increasingly unhinged while working on an Italian giallo movie in the 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Berberian Sound Studio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2739372 — 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: Berberian Sound Studio Context triple: [Toby Jones, notableWork, Berberian Sound Studio]
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A.
Crimes of the Future
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B.
Green Room
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C.
Green Room
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D.
Bad Times at the El Royale
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E.
The Babadook
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- 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: Berberian Sound Studio Target entity description: Berberian Sound Studio is a psychological horror film centered on a timid British sound engineer who becomes increasingly unhinged while working on an Italian giallo movie in the 1970s.
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A.
Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future is a 2022 science fiction body-horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen in a dystopian future where human evolution and performance art surgery collide.
-
B.
Green Room
The Green Room is an elegant, historically significant parlor on the State Floor of the White House used for receptions and small gatherings.
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C.
Green Room
Green Room is a 2015 American horror-thriller film about a punk band trapped in a remote neo-Nazi club, noted for its intense violence and suspenseful, claustrophobic atmosphere.
-
D.
Bad Times at the El Royale
Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 neo-noir thriller film set in a rundown hotel on the California–Nevada border, following a group of strangers whose dark secrets violently collide over the course of one night.
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E.
The Babadook
The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film about a grieving mother and her troubled son who are terrorized by a sinister entity emerging from a mysterious children's pop-up book.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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independent film ⓘ psychological horror film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Best Achievement in Production at the British Independent Film Awards ⓘ |
| character |
Gilderoy Lockhart
ⓘ
surface form:
Gilderoy
|
| cinematographyBy | Nic Knowland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Peter Strickland ⓘ |
| distributor |
Curzon Artificial Eye
ⓘ
surface form:
Artificial Eye
IFC Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | Chris Barwell ⓘ |
| genre |
giallo-inspired film
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psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasFilmStyle | homage to Italian giallo cinema ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
metafictional elements
ⓘ
sound-focused storytelling ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
identity disintegration ⓘ violence in media ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
film production
ⓘ
psychological breakdown ⓘ sound design ⓘ |
| musicBy | Broadcast ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards
ⓘ
Best Director at the British Independent Film Awards ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A shy British sound engineer travels to Italy to work on a violent giallo horror film and gradually loses his grip on reality. ⓘ |
| producer |
Hans W. Geißendörfer
ⓘ
Keith Griffiths ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Illuminations Films
ⓘ
Warp X ⓘ ZDF/Arte ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Peter Strickland ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Italian film studio
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1970s ⓘ |
| starring |
Antonio Mancino
ⓘ
Cosimo Fusco ⓘ Fatma Mohamed ⓘ Hilda Péter ⓘ Toby Jones ⓘ Tonia Sotiropoulou ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Edinburgh International Film Festival ⓘ |
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Subject: Berberian Sound Studio Description of subject: Berberian Sound Studio is a psychological horror film centered on a timid British sound engineer who becomes increasingly unhinged while working on an Italian giallo movie in the 1970s.
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