Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Homes become traps or nightmares
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A renovation, a predatory tenant, grief, or hostile spirits turns the place meant to offer safety into the main source of trouble.
medium
Dreams spill into daily life
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Sleep refuses to stay private. Dreams alter relationships, expose hidden fears, or create consequences that follow the characters after they wake.
hard
People become lethal screen entertainment
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Cameras turn private lives or mortal danger into programming. Producers keep chasing attention after every sane person should have pulled the plug.
tricky
Constructed languages are spoken on screen
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The productions built vocabulary and sound systems for cultures that did not exist. The dialogue had to feel lived in even when no audience member could speak it.