Splice (2010)
She's not human...not entirely.
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.
In Splice, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “lab-born hybrid”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing bioethics, exploitation, identity.
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.
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.
Alien Resurrection (1997)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Code 46 (2003)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Species: The Awakening (2007)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Annihilation (2018)alters at E4 · same rung · loose
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)alters at E4 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Minions (2015)consciousness in monsters · minion quest
The Smurfs 2 (2013)consciousness in monsters · blue village
Swamp Thing (1982)consciousness in monsters · swamp monster
Society (1989)consciousness in monsters · shunting elite
Trolls Band Together (2023)consciousness in monsters · troll music world
The Son of Bigfoot (2017)consciousness in monsters · cryptid forestSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)consciousness in machines · exploitation, identity
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)consciousness in animals · exploitation, identity
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)consciousness in animals · exploitation, identity
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)consciousness carried elsewhere · exploitation, identity
Christopher Robin (2018)consciousness in objects · exploitation, identity
The Happytime Murders (2018)consciousness in objects · exploitation, identity
