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The Vanishing (2019)

★ 5.8 · 781 ratings on TMDB

What's left when the light goes out?

The Vanishing poster★ 5.8

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

DirectorKristoffer Nyholm
CastConnor Swindells, Emma King, Gary Kane, Gary Lewis, Gerard Butler, Ken Drury
GenresMystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

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

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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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