Strange Invaders
E424743
Strange Invaders is a 1983 science fiction film that pays homage to 1950s alien-invasion movies, following a man who uncovers a small town secretly taken over by extraterrestrials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Strange Invaders canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4256291 — 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: Strange Invaders Context triple: [Paul Le Mat, notableWork, Strange Invaders]
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A.
Invaders
The Invaders are a World War II-era superhero team in Marvel Comics, featuring characters like Captain America, the Human Torch, and Namor fighting Axis forces.
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B.
Invasion of the Land
"Invasion of the Land" is an episode of the nature documentary series *Life in the Undergrowth* that explores how invertebrates first colonized and adapted to life on land.
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C.
The Invaders
"The Invaders" is a renowned, nearly dialogue-free episode of the original The Twilight Zone series, in which a solitary woman in a remote farmhouse is terrorized by tiny, mysterious invaders.
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D.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Invasion
Invasion is a science fiction television series centered on mysterious phenomena following a devastating hurricane in a small Florida town.
- 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: Strange Invaders Target entity description: Strange Invaders is a 1983 science fiction film that pays homage to 1950s alien-invasion movies, following a man who uncovers a small town secretly taken over by extraterrestrials.
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A.
Invaders
The Invaders are a World War II-era superhero team in Marvel Comics, featuring characters like Captain America, the Human Torch, and Namor fighting Axis forces.
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B.
Invasion of the Land
"Invasion of the Land" is an episode of the nature documentary series *Life in the Undergrowth* that explores how invertebrates first colonized and adapted to life on land.
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C.
The Invaders
"The Invaders" is a renowned, nearly dialogue-free episode of the original The Twilight Zone series, in which a solitary woman in a remote farmhouse is terrorized by tiny, mysterious invaders.
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D.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Invasion
Invasion is a science fiction television series centered on mysterious phenomena following a devastating hurricane in a small Florida town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| artDirectionStyle | 1950s retro aesthetic ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Louis Horvath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | John Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Laughlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
20th Century-Fox (some territories)
NERFINISHED
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Orion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Medora Ahern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Ontario
NERFINISHED
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Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Strange Behavior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
homage to 1950s alien-invasion films ⓘ horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasRunningTime | 93 minutes ⓘ |
| hasTheme | paranoia about hidden aliens in small-town America ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | alien invasion ⓘ |
| notableFor | paying homage to 1950s science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Strange Trilogy (planned but uncompleted series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man discovers that a small American town has been secretly taken over by extraterrestrials. ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Coblenz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | EMI Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | September 16, 1983 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bill Condon
NERFINISHED
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Michael Laughlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| stars |
Diana Scarwid
NERFINISHED
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Fiona Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Tobey NERFINISHED ⓘ Louise Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Lerner NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Le Mat NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Shawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
1950s (in flashbacks)
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1980s ⓘ |
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: Strange Invaders Description of subject: Strange Invaders is a 1983 science fiction film that pays homage to 1950s alien-invasion movies, following a man who uncovers a small town secretly taken over by extraterrestrials.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.