Hints

Plot-hole #235 · November 9, 2026

Difficulty: Brutal · 37% of 349 players solved it.

Hint 1 — One-word hint

"Shimmer"

Hint 2 — The Setup

A mysterious shimmer covers a stretch of coastline.

Hint 3 — The Character

A biologist joins a team of women sent into the anomalous zone.

Hint 4 — The Conflict

Inside, the environment is mutating and recombining all living things.

Hint 5 — The Twist

Each team member is changed or destroyed by the zone.

Final hint (names names)

Natalie Portman enters a mutating alien zone in this Alex Garland sci-fi horror film.

The answer

Annihilation (2018)