A Thousand Deaths (London short story)

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"A Thousand Deaths"
Short story by Jack London
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Short story
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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.

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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 Varaždin, Croatia, in 2016. [4]

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  2. "Torture Ship". American Film Institute . Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. "St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, US (2014) – IMDb". IMDb .
  4. "Accepted movies 2016 – Trash Film Festival 11". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-18.