The Invisible Man Returns
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The Invisible Man Returns is a 1940 Universal Pictures science fiction horror film and sequel to the original The Invisible Man, following a wrongfully accused man who becomes invisible to prove his innocence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Invisible Man Returns canonical | 3 |
| The Invisible Man | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10089816 — 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: The Invisible Man Returns Context triple: [Curt Siodmak, notableWork, The Invisible Man Returns]
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A.
The Invisible Man (2020 film)
The Invisible Man (2020 film) is a modern horror-thriller adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic story, focusing on a woman terrorized by her abusive, supposedly dead ex who may have found a way to become invisible.
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B.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man is a classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a scientist who discovers how to become invisible but descends into madness and violence as a result.
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C.
Griffin the invisible man
Griffin the invisible man is a comedic, unseen character in the Hotel Transylvania animated film series, known for his transparent body, floating accessories, and awkward charm.
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D.
Invisible Creature
Invisible Creature is a graphic design and illustration studio known for its distinctive album artwork and visual branding for prominent music artists and brands.
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E.
Invisible Terror
"Invisible Terror" is an episode of the 1939 science-fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist wielding bizarre inventions.
- 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 Invisible Man Returns Target entity description: The Invisible Man Returns is a 1940 Universal Pictures science fiction horror film and sequel to the original The Invisible Man, following a wrongfully accused man who becomes invisible to prove his innocence.
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A.
The Invisible Man (2020 film)
The Invisible Man (2020 film) is a modern horror-thriller adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic story, focusing on a woman terrorized by her abusive, supposedly dead ex who may have found a way to become invisible.
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B.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man is a classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a scientist who discovers how to become invisible but descends into madness and violence as a result.
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C.
Griffin the invisible man
Griffin the invisible man is a comedic, unseen character in the Hotel Transylvania animated film series, known for his transparent body, floating accessories, and awkward charm.
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D.
Invisible Creature
Invisible Creature is a graphic design and illustration studio known for its distinctive album artwork and visual branding for prominent music artists and brands.
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E.
Invisible Terror
"Invisible Terror" is an episode of the 1939 science-fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist wielding bizarre inventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Jack Otterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Milton R. Krasner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Vera West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Joe May NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Invisible Man (1933 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
invisibility
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scientific experimentation ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | The Invisible Man (1933 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Frank Griffin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geoffrey Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Manson NERFINISHED ⓘ Inspector Sampson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frank Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Special Effects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early visual effects depicting invisibility ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| oscarYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Invisible Man film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man wrongfully accused of murder becomes invisible to prove his innocence. ⓘ |
| producer | Joe Pasternak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | Approved ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-01-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 81 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Curt Siodmak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lester Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| specialEffectsBy | John P. Fulton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Cecil Kellaway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cedric Hardwicke NERFINISHED ⓘ John Sutton NERFINISHED ⓘ Nan Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: The Invisible Man Returns Description of subject: The Invisible Man Returns is a 1940 Universal Pictures science fiction horror film and sequel to the original The Invisible Man, following a wrongfully accused man who becomes invisible to prove his innocence.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Invisible Man
subject surface form:
Claude Rains
this entity surface form:
The Invisible Man