Prey for the Devil (2022)
It wants in.
In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this spiritual battlefield, an unlikely warrior rises: a young nun, Sister Ann. Thrust onto the spiritual frontline with fellow student Father Dante, Sister Ann finds herself in a battle for the soul of a young girl and soon realizes the Devil has her right where he wants her.
In Prey for the Devil, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “demonic possession school”. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing faith, possession, authority, religion, exorcism.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Deliver Us from Evil (2014)E8/E10 · authority, faith
The Exorcism (2024)E8/E9 · exorcism, faith
Clash of the Titans (2010)E8/E9/E10 · authority, religion
Season of the Witch (2011)E8/E9/E10 · authority, faith
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)E8/E9/E10 · authority, faith
DragonHeart: A New Beginning (2000)E8/E9/E10 · authority, faithAlso 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.
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
The Golden Compass (2007)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Ghosts of Mars (2001)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Down a Dark Hall (2018)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Incantation (2022)alters at E8 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
The Devil Inside (2012)consciousness in monsters · possession horror
The Exorcism of God (2022)consciousness in monsters · demonic possession
The Deliverance (2024)consciousness in monsters · haunted home
The Conjuring 2 (2016)consciousness in monsters · haunted‑possession house
The Nun (2018)consciousness in monsters · haunted monastery
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)consciousness in monsters · haunted domestic sphereSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
PK (2014)consciousness in aliens · authority, faith
The Containment (2025)consciousness in the dead · exorcism, faith
Nefarious (2023)consciousness in the dead · possession, religion
The Devil Conspiracy (2023)consciousness carried elsewhere · faith, religion
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)consciousness in animals · authority, faith
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)consciousness in objects · possession, religion
