"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.
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.