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Paradise Hills (2019)

★ 5.9 · 586 ratings on TMDB

Rebels Reign.

Paradise Hills poster★ 5.9

A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

DirectorAlice Waddington
CastArnaud Valois, Awkwafina, Danielle Macdonald, Eiza González, Emma Roberts, Hunter Tremayne
GenresFantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
The emergence reading

In Paradise Hills, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “elite rehab island”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing class, control, rebellion, identity.

↷ monsters and creaturesUSclasscontrolrebellionidentity
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E6identityperfect human replicants can be manufactured and used to replace original individuals (technology · local)
Also inFilms about classFilms about controlConsciousness hiding in monstersFilms about identity
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Insurgent (2015)E8/E10 · control, identityThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)E8/E10 · class, controlDisturbing Behavior (1998)E8/E10 · control, identityHair (1979)E8/E10 · class, identityShrek (2001)E8 · class, identityNanny McPhee (2005)E8 · class, control

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)E4/E9/E11 · rare rung · control, identityBraveheart (1995)E9/E12 · rare rung · identity, rebellionThe Animatrix (2003)E9/E12 · rare rung · identity, rebellion

Also 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.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)alters at E6 · same rung · looseGhost in the Shell (2017)alters at E6 · same rung · looseThe Island (2005)alters at E6 · same rung · looseAllegiant (2016)alters at E6 · same rung · looseThe Lost Boys (1987)alters at E6 · same rung · looseÆon Flux (2005)alters at E6 · same rung · loose

Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

Monsters University (2013)consciousness in monsters · monster universityAladdin (2019)consciousness in monsters · magical desert kingdomMorbius (2022)consciousness in monsters · vampire noirNimona (2023)consciousness in monsters · shapeshifter kingdomThe Boxtrolls (2014)consciousness in monsters · box‑troll undercityNe Zha (2019)consciousness in monsters · mythic spirit realm

Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

The Matrix (1999)consciousness in machines · control, identityOblivion (2013)consciousness in machines · control, identityShrek 2 (2004)consciousness in animals · class, identityAladdin (1992)consciousness carried elsewhere · class, identityThe Lego Movie (2014)consciousness in objects · control, rebellionYoung Frankenstein (1974)consciousness in the dead · class, identity

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)Eiza GonzálezGodzilla vs. Kong (2021)Eiza GonzálezOcean's Eight (2018)AwkwafinaBaby Driver (2017)Eiza GonzálezBird Box (2018)Danielle MacdonaldWe're the Millers (2013)Emma Roberts