Beneath the Planet of the Apes story
In this sequel to the original, another spacecraft crashes on the planet ruled by apes, carrying astronaut Brent who searches for Taylor and discovers an underground city inhabited by mutated humans with psychic powers.
12 total · 9 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ape-like being | major | There was a planet full of apes. |
| displacement by a rising new species | major | Apes had supplanted Humans as the dominant species on Earth. |
| hatred between nations | major | The mutants thought the apes were nothing but evil and vice versa. |
| humanoid mutant | major | Mutants lived underground and worshiped a giant nuclear bomb. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | It was revealed that the people of the 20th century had annihilated themselves in a nuclear conflagration. Taylor blew up the whole world but detonating a doomsday nuclear bomb at the films conclusion. |
| organized religion | major | The mutants worshiped an atomic bomb. Religion was also integral to the apes way of life. |
| subterranean civilization | major | The mutants had an underground civilization and worshiped an atomic bomb. |
| telepathic being | major | The mutants used telepathy to communicate and also project illusions, like walls of flames, into other's minds. |
| war | major | The gorillas invaded the Forbidden Zone where the mutants lived and made war with them. |
| multi-species civilization | minor | Chimps, gorillas, and orangutans all evolved to be intelligent ans shared power. |