Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Terror is the same on any planet.
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.
In Ghosts of Mars, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “martian haunted colony”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing possession, colonialism, authority.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
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.
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Prey for the Devil (2022)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Down a Dark Hall (2018)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Avatar (2009)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Minority Report (2002)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Ghostbusters (1984)alters at E8 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Doctor Strange (2016)consciousness in aliens · dimensional mystic realm
Star Trek (2009)consciousness in aliens · interstellar federation
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)consciousness in aliens · heroic mythic conflict
Lilo & Stitch (2002)consciousness in aliens · ohana alien adoption
Prey (2022)consciousness in aliens · frontier hunting with alien predator
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)consciousness in aliens · underwater kingdomSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Exorcism of God (2022)consciousness in monsters · authority, possession
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005)consciousness in monsters · colonialism, possession
The Lego Movie (2014)consciousness in objects · authority
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)consciousness in the dead · authority
The Lion King (2019)consciousness in animals · authority
The Little Mermaid (1989)consciousness in animals · authority
