The Food of the Gods

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film science fiction horror film

The Food of the Gods is a 1976 science fiction horror film about giant, mutated animals terrorizing humans on a remote island, directed by Bert I. Gordon and loosely based on an H.G. Wells story.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
The Food of the Gods canonical	5
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth	3
Food for the Gods	1
Food of the Gods	1
Food of the Gods II	1
H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416815 — 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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Target entity: The Food of the Gods
Context triple: [Bert I. Gordon, workedOn, The Food of the Gods]

A. Food of the Gods
Food of the Gods is a book by Terence McKenna that explores the historical, cultural, and evolutionary impact of psychoactive plants and substances on human consciousness and civilization.
B. The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
C. Garden of Cosmic Speculation
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a private Scottish landscape garden that blends art, architecture, and science through sculpted landforms and installations inspired by cosmology, physics, and mathematics.
D. The Million-Year Picnic
"The Million-Year Picnic" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that serves as the poignant, reflective finale to his science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, depicting a family's escape from Earth to begin a new life on Mars.
E. The Elephants of Mars
The Elephants of Mars is an instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic lead playing and experimental soundscapes.
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 Food of the Gods
Target entity description: The Food of the Gods is a 1976 science fiction horror film about giant, mutated animals terrorizing humans on a remote island, directed by Bert I. Gordon and loosely based on an H.G. Wells story.

A. Food of the Gods
Food of the Gods is a book by Terence McKenna that explores the historical, cultural, and evolutionary impact of psychoactive plants and substances on human consciousness and civilization.
B. The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores parallel universes, alien intelligences, and the consequences of tampering with fundamental physical laws.
C. Garden of Cosmic Speculation
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a private Scottish landscape garden that blends art, architecture, and science through sculpted landforms and installations inspired by cosmology, physics, and mathematics.
D. The Million-Year Picnic
"The Million-Year Picnic" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that serves as the poignant, reflective finale to his science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, depicting a family's escape from Earth to begin a new life on Mars.
E. The Elephants of Mars
The Elephants of Mars is an instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic lead playing and experimental soundscapes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ science fiction horror film ⓘ
alternateTitle	H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods ⓘ linked to: The Food of the Gods
basedOn	The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth ⓘ linked to: The Food of the Gods
basedOnAuthor	H. G. Wells ⓘ linked to: Herbert George Wells
castMember	Belinda Balaski ⓘ Ida Lupino ⓘ Jon Cypher ⓘ Marjoe Gortner ⓘ Pamela Franklin ⓘ Ralph Meeker ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Reginald H. Morris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	Bert I. Gordon ⓘ
distributor	American International Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion	North America ⓘ
editedBy	Michael Luciano ⓘ
era	1970s American horror cinema ⓘ
featuresCreature	giant chickens ⓘ giant rats ⓘ giant wasps ⓘ
filmingLocation	British Columbia, Canada ⓘ linked to: British Columbia
genre	eco-horror film ⓘ horror film ⓘ monster film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
hasSequel	Food of the Gods II ⓘ linked to: The Food of the Gods
language	English ⓘ
leadActor	Marjoe Gortner ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation	professional football player ⓘ
MPAARating	PG ⓘ
musicBy	Elliot Kaplan ⓘ
notableFor	use of rear projection and animal footage to depict giant creatures ⓘ
plotSummary	Giant, mutated animals terrorize humans on a remote island after consuming a mysterious substance. ⓘ
posterTagline	One taste is all it takes! ⓘ
producer	Bert I. Gordon ⓘ
productionCompany	American International Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS	June 18, 1976 ⓘ
releaseYear	1976 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	88 ⓘ
screenwriter	Bert I. Gordon ⓘ
settingLocation	remote Canadian island ⓘ
sourceMaterialType	novel ⓘ
theme	dangers of tampering with nature ⓘ environmental catastrophe ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	contemporary to its release ⓘ

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