Movie Substrate · Film
Predator (1987)
★ 7.5 · 9,042 ratings on TMDB
Soon the hunt will begin.
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
DirectorJohn McTiernan
The emergence reading
In Predator, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “jungle hunt”. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing predation, survival, technology.
↷ aliensUSpredationsurvivaltechnology
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)E8 · predation, survival
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)E8 · survival, technology
Critters (1986)E8 · survival, technology
The Darkest Hour (2011)E8 · survival, technology
Land of the Lost (2009)E8 · survival, technology
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)E8 · survival, technologySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Species (1995)E4/E11/E14 · rare rung · predation, survival
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)E6/E7 · rare rung · predation, survival
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)E7/E10 · rare rung · survival, technology
Outlander (2008)E6/E9/E10 · rare rung · survival, technology
Pacific Rim (2013)E11/E14 · rare rung · survival, technology
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)E13/E14 · rare rung · survival, technologyAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
War of the Worlds (2005)consciousness in aliens · alien invasion
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)consciousness in aliens · frontier alien invasion
Predator 2 (1990)consciousness in aliens · urban hunting ground
Predators (2010)consciousness in aliens · alien hunting preserve
Prey (2022)consciousness in aliens · frontier hunting with alien predator
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)consciousness in aliens · alien invasion horrorSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Terminator Genisys (2015)consciousness in machines · survival, technology
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)consciousness carried elsewhere · survival, technology
The Terminator (1984)consciousness in machines · survival, technology
Godzilla (2014)consciousness in monsters · survival, technology
Scary Movie 4 (2006)consciousness in objects · survival, technology
30 Days of Night (2007)consciousness in monsters · predation, survival
