Isle of the Dead
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Isle of the Dead may refer to:
- The Isle of the Dead, adjacent to Port Arthur, TasmaniaPort Arthur, TasmaniaPort Arthur is a small town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. Port Arthur is one of Australia's most significant heritage areas and the open air museum is officially Tasmania's top tourist attraction. It is located approximately 60 km south east of...
- Isle of the Dead (film)Isle of the Dead (film)Isle of the Dead is one of producer Val Lewton's horror films made for RKO Radio Pictures. The movie had a script inspired by the painting Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin, which appears behind the title credits, though the film was originally titled "Camilla" during production...
, a horror film - Isle of the Dead (mythology)Isle of the Dead (mythology)The Isle of the Dead is associated with pre-Christian Celtic mythology and occurs as a theme in a number of European countries. In Britain, it is thought to be either a translation of the Welsh word "Annwn" for the underworld or an extant geographical feature of Britain....
, a theme associated with pre-Christian Celtic mythology - Isle of the Dead (novel)Isle of the Dead (novel)Isle of the Dead is a science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny published in 1969. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1969, and won the French Prix Apollo in 1972. The title refers to the several paintings by Swiss-German painter Arnold Böcklin...
, a science fiction novel by Roger ZelaznyRoger ZelaznyRoger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for his The Chronicles of Amber series... - Isle of the Dead (Deltora book)Isle of the Dead (Deltora book)Isle of the Dead is the third book in the third series of the Deltora books called Dragons of Deltora, also known as Deltora Quest 3 and originally in Australia Deltora III. Its written by the English-speaking Australian writer and author Emily Rodda...
, a children's fantasy novel - Isle of the Dead (painting)Isle of the Dead (painting)Isle of the Dead is the best known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin . Prints of the work were very popular in central Europe in the early 20th century — Vladimir Nabokov observed that they were to be "found in every Berlin home." Freud, Lenin, and Clemenceau all had prints of it...
, a symbolist painting - Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff)Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff)Isle of the Dead, Op. 29, is a symphonic poem composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff was inspired by Arnold Böcklin's painting, Isle of the Dead, which he saw in Paris in 1907. He concluded the composition while staying in Dresden in 1908...
, a symphonic poem - Isle of the Dead (video game)Isle of the Dead (video game)Isle of the Dead is a computer game developed by Merit Software in 1993 for IBM and compatibles.-Gameplay:Isle of the Dead is a 3-D action/adventure game where the player is the lone survivor of a plane wreck on a mysterious tropical island, teeming with flesh-eating zombies under the control of an...
, a 1993 video game