Detective Lennox in Fright Night
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Detective Lennox in *Fright Night* is a skeptical police detective who dismisses the protagonist’s claims about his neighbor being a vampire, adding grounded, procedural tension to the horror-comedy film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Detective Lennox in Fright Night canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10525093 — 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: Detective Lennox in Fright Night Context triple: [Art Evans, hasRole, Detective Lennox in Fright Night]
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A.
Detective Milton Arbogast in Psycho
Detective Milton Arbogast in *Psycho* is the private investigator who probes Marion Crane’s disappearance, leading him to the ominous Bates Motel and one of the film’s most memorable murder scenes.
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B.
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green is the hard-edged New York City police detective protagonist who uncovers the horrifying truth behind the futuristic food product Soylent Green in the 1973 dystopian science fiction film.
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C.
Detective Jack Hoskins in The Outsider
Detective Jack Hoskins in *The Outsider* is a troubled, morally compromised police detective whose involvement in a gruesome murder case becomes increasingly entangled with the story’s supernatural evil.
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D.
Detective Ray Cameron in Night of the Creeps
Detective Ray Cameron in *Night of the Creeps* is a grizzled, wisecracking small-town cop haunted by a past tragedy who becomes the film’s cult-favorite hero as he battles parasitic alien slugs.
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E.
Detective Barry Frost
Detective Barry Frost is a fictional Boston Police detective and loyal partner to Jane Rizzoli on the crime drama television series "Rizzoli & Isles."
- 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: Detective Lennox in Fright Night Target entity description: Detective Lennox in *Fright Night* is a skeptical police detective who dismisses the protagonist’s claims about his neighbor being a vampire, adding grounded, procedural tension to the horror-comedy film.
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A.
Detective Milton Arbogast in Psycho
Detective Milton Arbogast in *Psycho* is the private investigator who probes Marion Crane’s disappearance, leading him to the ominous Bates Motel and one of the film’s most memorable murder scenes.
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B.
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green
Detective Thorn in Soylent Green is the hard-edged New York City police detective protagonist who uncovers the horrifying truth behind the futuristic food product Soylent Green in the 1973 dystopian science fiction film.
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C.
Detective Jack Hoskins in The Outsider
Detective Jack Hoskins in *The Outsider* is a troubled, morally compromised police detective whose involvement in a gruesome murder case becomes increasingly entangled with the story’s supernatural evil.
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D.
Detective Ray Cameron in Night of the Creeps
Detective Ray Cameron in *Night of the Creeps* is a grizzled, wisecracking small-town cop haunted by a past tragedy who becomes the film’s cult-favorite hero as he battles parasitic alien slugs.
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E.
Detective Barry Frost
Detective Barry Frost is a fictional Boston Police detective and loyal partner to Jane Rizzoli on the crime drama television series "Rizzoli & Isles."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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police detective ⓘ |
| alignment | law enforcement ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Fright Night
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linked to:
Fright Night (1985 film)
|
| appearsInFilm |
Fright Night
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linked to:
Fright Night (1985 film)
|
| associatedWithTheme |
authority vs. belief
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skepticism of the supernatural ⓘ |
| attitudeTowardProtagonistClaims | skeptical ⓘ |
| attitudeTowardSupernatural | disbelieving ⓘ |
| conflictWith | protagonist’s belief in the vampire neighbor ⓘ |
| contributesToTone |
grounded realism
ⓘ
horror-comedy balance ⓘ |
| genreContext |
comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ vampire fiction ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to add grounded procedural tension
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to dismiss the protagonist’s claims about a vampire neighbor ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic relief element
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skeptical authority figure ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
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police officer ⓘ |
| perspective |
procedural
ⓘ
rational ⓘ |
| storyWorld | suburban setting of Fright Night ⓘ |
| workOfFictionGenre | horror comedy film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Detective Lennox in Fright Night Description of subject: Detective Lennox in *Fright Night* is a skeptical police detective who dismisses the protagonist’s claims about his neighbor being a vampire, adding grounded, procedural tension to the horror-comedy film.
Referenced by (1)
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