Peter Vincent (1985 Fright Night character)
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Peter Vincent is a fictional aging horror-movie host and self-styled vampire hunter from the 1985 film "Fright Night," who becomes an unlikely hero when confronted with a real vampire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Vincent (1985 Fright Night character) canonical | 1 |
| Peter Vincent in Fright Night | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6262695 — 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: Peter Vincent (1985 Fright Night character) Context triple: [Peter Vincent, basedOn, Peter Vincent (1985 Fright Night character)]
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A.
Freddy
Freddy is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Alfred.
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Freddy
Freddy is a central character in Steve Martin’s absurdist stage play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," typically portrayed as the bartender who observes and comments on the surreal meeting of Picasso and Einstein.
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C.
Freddy Krueger
Freddy Krueger is a fictional supernatural serial killer known for haunting and murdering teenagers in their dreams, recognizable by his burned face, bladed glove, and striped sweater.
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D.
Vincent
Vincent is a masculine given name of Latin origin, derived from "Vincentius," meaning "conquering" or "to conquer."
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E.
Freddy Eastwood
Freddy Eastwood is a Welsh former professional footballer and striker best known for his prolific goal-scoring spells in the English lower leagues, particularly with Southend United.
- 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: Peter Vincent (1985 Fright Night character) Target entity description: Peter Vincent is a fictional aging horror-movie host and self-styled vampire hunter from the 1985 film "Fright Night," who becomes an unlikely hero when confronted with a real vampire.
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A.
Nick Castle
Nick Castle is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for directing the 1984 fantasy film "The Last Starfighter" and for portraying Michael Myers in John Carpenter's original "Halloween."
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B.
Freddy
Freddy is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Alfred.
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C.
Freddy
Freddy is a central character in Steve Martin’s absurdist stage play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," typically portrayed as the bartender who observes and comments on the surreal meeting of Picasso and Einstein.
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D.
Freddy Krueger
Freddy Krueger is a fictional supernatural serial killer known for haunting and murdering teenagers in their dreams, recognizable by his burned face, bladed glove, and striped sweater.
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E.
Vincent
Vincent is a masculine given name of Latin origin, derived from "Vincentius," meaning "conquering" or "to conquer."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| ageDescriptor | middle-aged ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Amy Peterson
NERFINISHED
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Charley Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Fright Night
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fright Night (1985 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fright Night Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Peter Cushing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | from fearful actor to genuine vampire hunter ⓘ |
| characterType |
aging actor
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cowardly-turned-heroic character ⓘ |
| creator | Tom Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Jerry Dandrige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Fright Night franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDebutYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Fright Night (1985 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Fright Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Peter Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | classic horror movie hosts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | hosting the in-universe TV show "Fright Night" ⓘ |
| notableScene |
confrontation with Jerry Dandrige in his house
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testing Jerry Dandrige with holy water ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
eventually confronts a real vampire
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initially skeptical of real vampires ⓘ self-styled vampire expert ⓘ |
| occupation |
television horror host
ⓘ
vampire hunter ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Roddy McDowall
NERFINISHED
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Roddy McDowall in Fright Night Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
comic relief
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mentor figure to Charley Brewster ⓘ reluctant hero ⓘ |
| setting | suburban United States ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice |
cross
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stake ⓘ |
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: Peter Vincent (1985 Fright Night character) Description of subject: Peter Vincent is a fictional aging horror-movie host and self-styled vampire hunter from the 1985 film "Fright Night," who becomes an unlikely hero when confronted with a real vampire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peter Vincent in Fright Night