Justice League Dark (2017)
When demons invade our world, the key to justice is in the shadows.
When innocent civilians begin committing unthinkable crimes across Metropolis, Gotham City and beyond, Batman must call upon mystical counterparts to eradicate this demonic threat to the planet; enter Justice League Dark. This team of Dark Arts specialists must unravel the mystery of Earth's supernatural plague and contend with the rising, powerful villainous forces behind the siege—before it's too late for all of mankind.
In Justice League Dark, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “magical underworld”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing magic, occult, justice, fear, power.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The King's Daughter (2022)E8/E9 · magic, power
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 (2012)E8/E9 · fear, magic
Cold Skin (2017)E8/E9 · fear, power
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)E8/E9 · fear, power
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2022)E8/E9 · magic, power
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)E8/E9 · fear, powerSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6/E12 · rare rung · fear, power
Return to Oz (1985)E10/E13 · rare rung · magic, power
Justice Society: World War II (2021)E11/E12 · rare rung · justice, power
The Return of Godzilla (1984)E11/E12 · rare rung · fear, power
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)E10/E12 · rare rung · justice, powerAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Pumpkinhead (1988)consciousness in monsters · revenge monster myth
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)consciousness in monsters · demon‑infested train
The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)consciousness in monsters · demonic babysitter horror
End of Days (1999)consciousness in monsters · demonic apocalypse
Vampire Academy (2014)consciousness in monsters · vampire academy
Labyrinth (1986)consciousness in monsters · fantasy labyrinthSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)consciousness in aliens · fear, justice
Doctor Strange (2016)consciousness in aliens · magic, power
Shazam! (2019)consciousness in abstractions · magic, power
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)consciousness in the dead · magic, power
Scooby-Doo (2002)consciousness in animals · fear, power
Disenchanted (2022)consciousness carried elsewhere · magic, powerSame people
Shared director or cast.
