You're home. Forever.

A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.
Vivarium keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing exploitation, control, family, mortality, identity.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)E8 · exploitation, family
Companion (2025)E8 · control, exploitation
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)E8 · control, exploitation
Morbius (2022)E8/E10 · control, identity
Surrogates (2009)E8/E10 · control, exploitation
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)E8/E10 · exploitation, familyThe same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Nerve (2016)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Logan's Run (1976)alters at E10 · same rung · rigorous
Spirited (2022)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Bigbug (2022)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Self Reliance (2024)alters at E10 · same rung · loose