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The Belko Experiment (2016)

★ 6.2 · 1,660 ratings on TMDB

Who dies first?

The Belko Experiment poster★ 6.2

A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.

DirectorGreg McLean
CastAdria Arjona, Brent Sexton, John C. McGinley, John Gallagher Jr., Josh Brener, Melonie Díaz
GenresHorror, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Belko Experiment keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E10lawa mandatory kill rule enforced by an external voice: employees must kill a set number within a time limit or be killed by implanted explosives (social · local)
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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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