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Lord of the Flies (1963)

★ 6.7 · 574 ratings on TMDB

Evil is inherent in the human mind, whatever innocence may cloak it...

Lord of the Flies poster★ 6.7

Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.

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Lord of the Flies keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, authority, violence, civilization, fear.

zero-distanceGBpowerauthorityviolencecivilizationfear
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: rigorous
E10lawno formal law or adult authority; children self‑govern without external legal framework (social · local)