Swamp Thing (1982)
Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!
Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing, a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue government agent Alice Cable and defeat his evil arch nemesis...even if it costs him his life.
In Swamp Thing, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “swamp monster”. The story fights on E8/E6 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, nature, exploitation, love.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Madagascar (2005)E6/E8 · rare rung · identity
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)E6/E8 · rare rung · exploitation
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)E6/E8 · rare rung · identity
Wounds (2019)E6/E8 · rare rung · identity
The Bear (1988)E6/E8 · rare rung · nature
George of the Jungle 2 (2003)E6/E8 · rare rung · identitySame 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.
Multiplicity (1996)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Maximum Overdrive (1986)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Shivers (1975)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (2019)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
Antiviral (2012)alters at E5 · same rung · loose
The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)alters at E5 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)consciousness in monsters · titan arena
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)consciousness in monsters · monster showdown
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)consciousness in monsters · kaiju arena
The Son of Bigfoot (2017)consciousness in monsters · cryptid forest
Evil Dead II (1987)consciousness in monsters · cabin demonic horror
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)consciousness in monsters · vampire nightclubSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Ponyo (2008)consciousness in animals · identity, love
Bolt (2008)consciousness in animals · exploitation, identity
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)consciousness carried elsewhere · exploitation, identity
Mannequin (1987)consciousness in objects · exploitation, identity
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)consciousness in aliens · identity
Species III (2005)consciousness in aliens · exploitation
