Movie Substrate · Film
Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.2 · 1,741 ratings on TMDB
The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth.
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
DirectorGeorge A. Romero
The emergence reading
Land of the Dead keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E11/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceCA
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: rigorous
E6mortalitydeath no longer ends life; corpses reanimate as aggressive zombies (biology · universal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Spectre (2015)E11/E12 · rare rung
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)E11/E12 · rare rung
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)E11/E12 · rare rung
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)E11/E12 · rare rung
Quantum of Solace (2008)E11/E12 · rare rung
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)E11/E12 · rare rungSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
The Purge (2013)E8/E10 · Horror, Science Fiction
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)E8 · Horror, Science Fiction
World War Z (2013)E4/E14 · Horror, Science Fiction
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)E8 · Horror, Science Fiction
Signs (2002)E8 · Horror, Science Fiction
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)E8/E9 · Horror, Science FictionAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Beetlejuice (1988)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Train to Busan (2016)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Luca (2021)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
