Movie Substrate · Film
Monster Hunt (2015)
★ 6.5 · 370 ratings on TMDB
Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
DirectorRaman Hui Shing-Ngai
The emergence reading
In Monster Hunt, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “monster-human frontier”. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, colonialism, power, family, conflict.
↷ monsters and creaturesCNprejudicecolonialismpowerfamilyconflict
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)E6/E7/E8 · rare rung · conflict, family
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Avengers: Endgame (2019)E8/E11/E14 · rare rung · family, power
Eternals (2021)E8/E14 · rare rung · colonialism, power
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudice
The Monster Squad (1987)E8/E14 · rare rung · family, powerAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)consciousness in monsters · mythic war
Day Shift (2022)consciousness in monsters · vampire‑hunter underworld
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)consciousness in monsters · minimoy realm
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)consciousness in monsters · dragon‑kin world
Frozen II (2019)consciousness in monsters · enchanted forest
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)consciousness in monsters · monster societySame 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 II: Simba's Pride (1998)consciousness in animals · family, power
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)consciousness in animals · conflict, power
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)consciousness in aliens · colonialism, family
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008)consciousness in aliens · conflict, family
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · power, prejudice
Sleepy Hollow (1999)consciousness in the dead · power, prejudiceSame people
Shared director or cast.
