Hereditary (2018)
Every family tree hides a secret.
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
In Hereditary, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “coven horror”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing grief, family, possession, cult.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Also hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
The Dark and the Wicked (2020)consciousness in monsters · haunted farm
Shelby Oaks (2025)consciousness in monsters · demonic-ritual horror
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)consciousness in monsters · spirit‑realm horror
Onward (2020)consciousness in monsters · elfic suburbia
A Monster Calls (2016)consciousness in monsters · tree-guardian
Annabelle: Creation (2017)consciousness in monsters · cursed doll houseSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Talk to Me (2023)consciousness in the dead · family, grief
The Unborn (2009)consciousness in the dead · family, grief
Annabelle (2014)consciousness in objects · family, grief
Monster House (2006)consciousness in objects · family, grief
The Water Horse (2007)consciousness in animals · family, grief
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)consciousness in animals · family, grief
