The Flesh and the Fiends
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The Flesh and the Fiends is a 1960 British horror film dramatizing the infamous Burke and Hare murders and the exploitation of corpses for medical research in 19th-century Edinburgh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Flesh and the Fiends canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12144122 — 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 Flesh and the Fiends Context triple: [Anne Heywood, notableWork, The Flesh and the Fiends]
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A.
Flesh and the Devil
Flesh and the Devil is a 1926 silent romantic drama film best known for starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert and for helping establish Garbo as a major Hollywood star.
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B.
Bound by Flesh
Bound by Flesh is a documentary film that explores the lives and careers of conjoined twin vaudeville performers Daisy and Violet Hilton.
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C.
The Grin of the Dark
The Grin of the Dark is a horror novel by British writer Ramsey Campbell that follows a disgraced film critic investigating a sinister silent-era comedian whose lost films seem to drive viewers mad.
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D.
Fiends Fell
Fiends Fell is an older name for Cross Fell, the highest and often mist-shrouded peak of the Pennines in northern England.
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E.
In the Flesh
In the Flesh is a British film featuring actress Rita Tushingham in a prominent role.
- 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 Flesh and the Fiends Target entity description: The Flesh and the Fiends is a 1960 British horror film dramatizing the infamous Burke and Hare murders and the exploitation of corpses for medical research in 19th-century Edinburgh.
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A.
Flesh and the Devil
Flesh and the Devil is a 1926 silent romantic drama film best known for starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert and for helping establish Garbo as a major Hollywood star.
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B.
Bound by Flesh
Bound by Flesh is a documentary film that explores the lives and careers of conjoined twin vaudeville performers Daisy and Violet Hilton.
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C.
The Grin of the Dark
The Grin of the Dark is a horror novel by British writer Ramsey Campbell that follows a disgraced film critic investigating a sinister silent-era comedian whose lost films seem to drive viewers mad.
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D.
Fiends Fell
Fiends Fell is an older name for Cross Fell, the highest and often mist-shrouded peak of the Pennines in northern England.
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E.
In the Flesh
In the Flesh is a British film featuring actress Rita Tushingham in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.