Son of the Mask (2005)
The next generation of mischief.
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
In Son of the Mask, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “mythic god suburbia”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, family, authority.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Incredibles (2004)E8/E9 · authority, family
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)E8/E9 · authority, family
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)E8/E9 · authority, family
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)E8/E9 · authority, family
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)E8/E9 · authority, power
Your Highness (2011)E8/E9 · authority, familySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · authority, power
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)E11/E12/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Warcraft (2016)E12/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Return to Oz (1985)E10/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)E11/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Southland Tales (2007)E10/E11/E12 · rare rung · authority, powerAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Little Nicky (2000)consciousness in monsters · hellish family drama
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)consciousness in monsters · mythic superhero realm
Nanny McPhee (2005)consciousness in monsters · magical Victorian household
Clash of the Titans (2010)consciousness in monsters · mythic Greek pantheon
Labyrinth (1986)consciousness in monsters · fantasy labyrinth
Eli (2019)consciousness in monsters · demonic medical horrorSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Lion King (1994)consciousness in animals · authority, family
The Lion King (2019)consciousness in animals · authority, family
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)consciousness in objects · authority, family
Leroy & Stitch (2006)consciousness in aliens · authority, family
Doctor Strange (2016)consciousness in aliens · authority, power
Shazam! (2019)consciousness in abstractions · family, power
