The Hellbound Heart
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The Hellbound Heart is a 1986 horror novella by Clive Barker that introduced the Cenobites and served as the basis for the Hellraiser film franchise.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hellbound Heart canonical | 5 |
| Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316389 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hellbound Heart Context triple: [Clive Barker, notableWork, The Hellbound Heart]
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A.
A Small Corner of Hell
A Small Corner of Hell is a non-fiction book by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya that documents human rights abuses and the brutal realities of the Second Chechen War.
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B.
The Fall of the Damned
The Fall of the Damned is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting a chaotic mass of sinners being hurled into hell.
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C.
Twisted Angel
"Twisted Angel" is a 2002 pop and country-influenced studio album by American singer LeAnn Rimes that marked a more mature and contemporary shift in her musical style.
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D.
House of Slaves
The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
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E.
A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
- 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 Hellbound Heart Target entity description: The Hellbound Heart is a 1986 horror novella by Clive Barker that introduced the Cenobites and served as the basis for the Hellraiser film franchise.
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A.
A Small Corner of Hell
A Small Corner of Hell is a non-fiction book by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya that documents human rights abuses and the brutal realities of the Second Chechen War.
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B.
The Fall of the Damned
The Fall of the Damned is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting a chaotic mass of sinners being hurled into hell.
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C.
Twisted Angel
"Twisted Angel" is a 2002 pop and country-influenced studio album by American singer LeAnn Rimes that marked a more mature and contemporary shift in her musical style.
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D.
House of Slaves
The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
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E.
A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction work
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novella ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Clive Barker ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart
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linked to:
The Hellbound Heart
|
| author | Clive Barker ⓘ |
| basisFor |
Hellraiser
ⓘ
Hellraiser film franchise ⓘ
linked to:
Hellraiser
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresObject | Lemarchand Configuration ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Night Visions 3 ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Hellraiser (1987 film)
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linked to:
Hellraiser
|
| hasTheme |
desire
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obsession ⓘ pain and pleasure ⓘ sadomasochism ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| introducedCharacter |
Cenobites
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Pinhead ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Frank Cotton
ⓘ
Julia Cotton ⓘ Kirsty ⓘ Rory Cotton ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inspiring the Hellraiser franchise
ⓘ
introducing the Cenobites ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 128 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Hellraiser franchise ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dark Harvest ⓘ |
| settingLocation | England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Hellbound Heart Description of subject: The Hellbound Heart is a 1986 horror novella by Clive Barker that introduced the Cenobites and served as the basis for the Hellraiser film franchise.
Referenced by (6)
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