Worlds of magic, mystery and menace.

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.
In Troll, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “fairy‑troll apartment”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, magic, transformation, fear.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
The Watchers (2024)alters at E7 · same rung · loose
Monsters (2010)alters at E7 · same rung · loose
Cold Skin (2017)alters at E7 · same rung · loose
Mortal Engines (2018)alters at E7 · same rung · loose
The Birds (1963)alters at E7 · same rung · loose
KPop Demon Hunters (2025)alters at E7 · same rung · looseOther films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)consciousness in monsters · dragon‑tinged Viking world
Luca (2021)consciousness in monsters · monster seaside town
It Chapter Two (2019)consciousness in monsters · nightmare town
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)consciousness in monsters · dragon-tribe realm
Drag Me to Hell (2009)consciousness in monsters · cursed bureaucracy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)consciousness in monsters · fairy‑human conflictThe same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)consciousness in animals · fear, magic
Warm Bodies (2013)consciousness in the dead · fear, prejudice
200% Wolf (2024)consciousness in animals · magic, prejudice
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)consciousness in the dead · magic, prejudice
Planet 51 (2009)consciousness in aliens · fear, prejudice
Village of the Damned (1960)consciousness in aliens · fear, prejudiceShared director or cast.