Movie Substrate · Film

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018)

★ 7.9 · 725 ratings on TMDB

Everything changed after they appeared.

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion poster★ 7.9

Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.

DirectorPark Hoon-jung
CastCho Min-soo, Choi Jung-woo, Choi Woo-shik, Go Min-si, Jeong Da-eun, Kim Byeong-ok
GenresAction, Mystery, Science Fiction
The emergence reading

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E4/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceKR
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E4telekinesishuman DNA can encode telekinetic powers and a fatal serum‑dependent disease (technology · personal)
Also inFilms that alter a rule of reality
Explore Movie Substrate → Where to watch ↗ TMDB ↗ Rotten Tomatoes ↗ Ask about this film → Reading look wrong? → Copy link

Same rung, same subject

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

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)E4/E8/E10 · rare rung[REC]³ Genesis (2012)E4/E8/E10 · rare rungBlindness (2008)E4/E8/E10 · rare rungCowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)E4/E8/E10 · rare rungRedcon-1 (2018)E4/E8/E10 · rare rungLorenzo's Oil (1992)E4/E8/E10 · rare rung

Same subject, different rung

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

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)E11/E12/E13 · Action, Science FictionMad Max: Fury Road (2015)E9/E11 · Action, Science FictionIndependence Day (1996)E12/E13 · Action, Science FictionPacific Rim (2013)E11/E14 · Action, Science FictionRogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)E11/E12 · Action, Science FictionKingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)E11/E12 · Action, Science Fiction

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.

Logan (2017)alters at E4 · same rung · rigorousJurassic World (2015)alters at E4 · same rung · looseJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)alters at E4 · same rung · looseJurassic Park (1993)alters at E4 · same rung · looseX2 (2003)alters at E4 · same rung · loosePrometheus (2012)alters at E4 · same rung · loose

Same people

Shared director or cast.

The Witch Part 2 - The Other One (2022)dir. Park Hoon-jungThe Childe (2023)dir. Park Hoon-jungNight in Paradise (2020)dir. Park Hoon-jungParasite (2019)Choi Woo-shikOldboy (2003)Kim Byeong-okTrain to Busan (2016)Choi Woo-shik