The Son of Bigfoot (2017)
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Teenage outsider Adam sets out on an epic and daring quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad, only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot! He has been hiding deep in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from HairCo., a giant corporation eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA. As father and son start making up for lost time after the boy's initial disbelief, Adam soon discovers that he too is gifted with superpowers beyond his imagination. But little do they know, HairCo. is on their tail as Adam's traces have led them to B
In The Son of Bigfoot, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “cryptid forest”. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing exploitation, genetics, family, identity, nature.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Tarzan (2013)E8/E11 · exploitation, identity
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)E8 · family, identity
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)E8 · family, identity
The Grinch (2018)E8 · family, identity
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)E8 · family, identity
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)E8 · exploitation, familySame 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.
Also hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Swamp Thing (1982)consciousness in monsters · swamp monster
Trolls Band Together (2023)consciousness in monsters · troll music world
Minions (2015)consciousness in monsters · minion quest
Shrek the Third (2007)consciousness in monsters · fairy-tale kingdom
Coraline (2009)consciousness in monsters · other-world
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)consciousness in monsters · forest spirit realmSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)consciousness in animals · exploitation, family
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)consciousness in animals · exploitation, family
Christopher Robin (2018)consciousness in objects · exploitation, family
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)consciousness carried elsewhere · exploitation, family
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)consciousness in aliens · exploitation, family
Venom (2018)consciousness in aliens · exploitation, identitySame people
Shared director or cast.
