A Thousand Deaths (London short story)

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"A Thousand Deaths"
AuthorJack London
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Short story
Publication date1899

"A Thousand Deaths" is an 1899 short story by Jack London, his first work to be published. It is about the experimentally induced death and resuscitation/resurrection of the protagonist, by a mad scientist who uses multiple scientific methods for these experiments. It was published in Black Cat magazine.[1] The story was adapted to film in 1939.

Film adaptation[]

In 1939, a Hollywood B movie titled Torture Ship was loosely based on "A Thousand Deaths".[2]

In 2014, Writer/director Adam Zanzie released a short film adaptation which premiered at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, where it won awards for Best Actor (John Bratkowski) and Best Sound Design.[3] It later screened at the Trash Film Festival in Vȁraždīn, Croatia in 2016.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Black Cat". 1916.
  2. ^ "Torture Ship". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, US (2014) - IMDb".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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