Byzantium (2013)
Irresistible. Immoral. Immortal.
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local boarding house, the Byzantium.
In Byzantium, consciousness is carried by the dead — a plane of “vampire underworld”. The story fights on E8/E9/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, immortality, power, tradition, identity.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)E8/E9 · identity, power
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)E8/E9 · identity, power
The Karate Kid (1984)E8/E9 · identity, power
Underworld: Evolution (2006)E8/E9 · identity, immortality
Vampire Academy (2014)E8/E9 · immortality, power
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)E8/E9 · identity, powerSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
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.
Allegiant (2016)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Blade (1998)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Wolfwalkers (2020)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Appleseed (2004)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 (2020)alters at E6 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Blade II (2002)consciousness in the dead · undead underworld
Spirited Away (2001)consciousness in the dead · spirit bathhouse
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)consciousness in the dead · mythic Chinatown
Young Frankenstein (1974)consciousness in the dead · reanimated monster comedy
Sleepy Hollow (1999)consciousness in the dead · gothic colonial village
ParaNorman (2012)consciousness in the dead · haunted New England townSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Legend of Hei (2019)consciousness in monsters · identity, power
Wolves (2014)consciousness in monsters · identity, power
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)consciousness in animals · identity, power
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)consciousness in animals · identity, power
Captain Marvel (2019)consciousness in aliens · identity, power
Aladdin (1992)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, power
