Frankenweenie (1984)
A comic twist on a classic tail!
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.
In Frankenweenie, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “resurrected pet suburb”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing grief, fear, community.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
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.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Frankenweenie (2012)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
The Dead Don't Die (2019)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Shaun of the Dead (2004)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Luca (2021)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Onward (2020)alters at E6 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)consciousness in animals · pet metropolis
Chicken Little (2005)consciousness in animals · animal town
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic forest
Under the Boardwalk (2023)consciousness in animals · crab boardwalk society
Sing (2016)consciousness in animals · animal metropolis
Finding Nemo (2003)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic oceanSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Babadook (2014)consciousness in monsters · fear, grief
The Woman in Black (2012)consciousness in the dead · fear, grief
Monster House (2006)consciousness in objects · fear, grief
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)consciousness in monsters · fear, grief
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)consciousness in the dead · fear, grief
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)consciousness carried elsewhere · community, grief
