The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)
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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) is a science fiction horror movie adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel, depicting a mad scientist's grotesque experiments to turn animals into humans on a remote island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4293988 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) Context triple: [The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film), precededBy, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)]
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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) is a science fiction horror movie starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer that portrays a mad scientist’s grotesque experiments to create human-animal hybrids on a remote island.
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau is a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells that explores themes of vivisection, morality, and the boundaries between humans and animals on a remote island ruled by a mad scientist.
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C.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Creature from the Black Lagoon is an iconic amphibious Gill-man monster from mid-20th-century horror cinema, best known for stalking scientists in a remote Amazonian lagoon in the 1954 Universal film of the same name.
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D.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a 1994 gothic horror film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Robert De Niro as the Creature.
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E.
The Omega Man (1971 film)
The Omega Man (1971 film) is a 1971 post-apocalyptic science fiction movie starring Charlton Heston as one of the last survivors of a global catastrophe, loosely based on Richard Matheson’s novel "I Am Legend."
- 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 Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) Target entity description: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) is a science fiction horror movie adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel, depicting a mad scientist's grotesque experiments to turn animals into humans on a remote island.
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A.
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) is a science fiction horror movie starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer that portrays a mad scientist’s grotesque experiments to create human-animal hybrids on a remote island.
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B.
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau is a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells that explores themes of vivisection, morality, and the boundaries between humans and animals on a remote island ruled by a mad scientist.
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C.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Creature from the Black Lagoon is an iconic amphibious Gill-man monster from mid-20th-century horror cinema, best known for stalking scientists in a remote Amazonian lagoon in the 1954 Universal film of the same name.
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D.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a 1994 gothic horror film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Robert De Niro as the Creature.
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E.
The Omega Man (1971 film)
The Omega Man (1971 film) is a 1971 post-apocalyptic science fiction movie starring Charlton Heston as one of the last survivors of a global catastrophe, loosely based on Richard Matheson’s novel "I Am Legend."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
H. G. Wells novel
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The Island of Doctor Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Andrew Braddock
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ Sayer of the Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Gerry Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Laurence Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Don Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Alan Strachan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Caribbean region ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCreatureType | human–animal hybrids ⓘ |
| hasSourceAuthor | H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Andrew Braddock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | mad scientist experiments on animals ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | film adaptations of The Island of Doctor Moreau ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Barbara Carrera
NERFINISHED
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Burt Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael York NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Davenport NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Basehart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Skip Sherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 99 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Al Ramrus
NERFINISHED
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James Ashmore Creelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | remote tropical island ⓘ |
| theme |
ethics of scientific experimentation
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human–animal boundary ⓘ playing God ⓘ vivisection ⓘ |
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Subject: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) Description of subject: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film) is a science fiction horror movie adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel, depicting a mad scientist's grotesque experiments to turn animals into humans on a remote island.
Referenced by (8)
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