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Cloverfield (runtime 1:24:40) - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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2026-08-25 16:00:14
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Gareth

Now that you've watched this banger, it's time to put 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) on your watchlist :)

Hans Engelen

First off Odette Annable is freaking gorgeous. Man so much to say about this movie (copy pasta from various sources): Cloverfield (2008) generated massive hype through a pioneering viral marketing campaign that was unprecedented at the time: The Teaser Trailer The first trailer dropped in July 2007 attached to Transformers — no title, no studio logo, just a chaotic handheld party scene ending with the Statue of Liberty's head crashing into a New York street. Audiences had no idea what they were watching. The mystery drove people to the internet immediately. Viral ARG (Alternate Reality Game) The marketing team built an elaborate web of fictional websites and clues: 1-18-08.com — a fake news site with cryptic photos SlushoHappy.com — a fictional Japanese slushie company with strange lore Tagruato.jp — a fictional deep-sea drilling company with its own fake news feed These sites updated over months, rewarding obsessive fans with story breadcrumbs The ARG implied the monster's origin tied to deep-sea drilling disturbing something ancient — all hinted at, never confirmed. Information Blackout For months the film was known only as "Cloverfield" or "1-18-08". No plot synopsis, no cast reveal, no monster reveal. The studio (Paramount / Bad Robot) stonewalled press aggressively, which only amplified speculation. J.J. Abrams Association Abrams was riding high post-Lost and Mission: Impossible III. His brand of mystery-box storytelling made people trust that the secrecy meant something. Forum Culture Sites like Unfiction.com and early Reddit threads had communities dedicating thousands of hours to decoding the ARG. The collaborative puzzle-solving itself became entertainment. The result: opening weekend of ~$41M on a $25M budget, eventually grossing $170M worldwide — built almost entirely on manufactured mystery.

N.T. Stars

How can I give this a half-heart 😆

N.T. Stars

It's wild to me that you guys didn't know this was a found footage film. It's hard for me to separate myself from the marketing craziness from when it first came out. I knew this would be a divisive movie when I saw it in theaters and at the very end, the guy sitting in front of me stood up and went "BOOOOOO" 😆 I didn't agree, but it still made me laugh. I'd been wanting a found footage alien movie since The Blair Witch Project came out. I think it mostly delivers on what it sets out to do. For good horror, I think the less explained and less shown, the better.

Kenton Kruger

I agree with Lane but have zero interest in revisiting Paradox.

WastedPo

I hope you watch "10 Cloverfield Lane," as I really like it. However, PLEASE keep in mind that it is a wholly unrelated story to "Cloverfield." (JJ Abrams explained that they only share the word "Cloverfield" in their titles as a sort of branding thing, because they have a similar "spooky" vibe, kind of like "The Twilight Zone.") Too many people go into "10 Cloverfield Lane" assuming that it's directly tied to the first movie, and for some, it ruined their viewing experience. They either thought that Lane didn't make sense because it wasn't consistent with the first movie, or it resulted in them not feeling any surprise or mystery with "Lane" because they attributed everything to the events seen in Cloverfield. Or they were just plain distracted the entire time expecting the characters from "Cloverfield" to show up.

Sam (edited)

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2026-09-06 22:00 I was hoping Beth would be dead so that they all suddenly realized what a bunch of dumb asses they all were for following Robert's dick like it was a compass :D If you want to watch another "experience" type movie, I highly recommend Uncut Gems—that film is like a heart attack.
2026-08-25 17:56 I was hoping Beth would be dead so that they all suddenly realized what a bunch of dumb asses they were for following Robert's dick like it was a compass :D If you want to watch another "experience" type movie, I highly recommend Uncut Gems—that film is like a heart attack.

I was hoping Beth would be dead so that they all suddenly realized what a bunch of dumb asses they were for following Robert's dick like it was a compass :D If you want to watch another "experience" type movie, I highly recommend Uncut Gems—that film is like a heart attack.

Hans Engelen

In the final scene of the film, there's a brief Coney Island home video clip where something small can be seen falling into the ocean in the background. It's easy to miss entirely in theaters. The viral ARG confirmed it was a Tagruato satellite — the fictional deep-sea drilling/mining corporation from the ARG websites. The satellite crashing into the ocean is what disturbed and awakened the creature from the deep, kicking off the entire chain of events that leads to the monster attacking New York. It's a blink-and-miss-it reward for the people who had spent months following the ARG — they immediately recognized the Tagruato connection while general audiences had no idea what they were seeing. Classic Abrams mystery-box payoff hidden in plain sight.

David Lucas

One of my favorites! Another movie I’d have to recommend is Underwater (2020).

Jeffrey Fisher

As someone who voted for this, I had a blast re-watching it with you guys. It was a hell of an experience in the movie theater. I love this channel. You guys are watching so much good stuff right now that I look forward to almost every day and a new reaction. I really hope you watch 10 Cloverfield Lane. As others have pointed out, it's a different movie, not a sequel, but it's still incredibly good.

Jeffrey Fisher

Yes, please feel free to skip Cloverfield Paradox. It's not very good, but 10 Cloverfield Lane is a must watch, in my opinion.

Thomas Yanez

In the most recent Buffy thread (S01E09), I mentioned that the movie "The Cabin in the Woods" was produced and co-written by Buffy's creator and showrunner, Joss Whedon. Since you just watched THIS movie, I'll mention that the other part of the co-writing team (and also the director) for THAT movie was Drew Goddard, the credited writer for THIS movie.

OddThomas

Some great found footage movies: Lake Mungo, As Above So Below, Hell House LLC

Simone's Coconut Squire

This movie has a special place for me because I used to have recurring nightmares just like it, where some giant monster was rampaging through the city and I was running for my life, only catching glimpses. Also, just like the original Godzilla monster was an allegory for the devastation of the atomic bomb, this movie was an allegory for 9/11. The scene of them ducking into the store then seeing the dust cloud blot out the light is the most eerie in that regard because there’s real life footage from the actual 9/11 event that looks exactly like that.

Simone's Coconut Squire

There were some fun effects shots and fun scares in Paradox but yes, overall a deeply flawed movie.

Simone's Coconut Squire

There’s a few clues that it’s supposed to be the “same universe” more or less, but those were pretty insignificant and were probably really intended more as Easter eggs than real ties.

pawpaw72546

This had a 74 minute run time before the credits rolled. The last episode of Stranger Things was 128 minutes. Cloverfield definitely exhibits an economy in storytelling you just don't see that often. There's been nothing quite like it since, to my knowledge.

pawpaw72546

I was hoping someone could provide a summary of the viral and online marketing for this. For people who got hooked by the teaser trailer, the volume of detail and sleuthing in the campaign was incredible.

Lee N.

I hope y'all eventually react to the other films in the poll with this one. Peter Jackson's King Kong movie is outstanding, both the theatrical and extended versions. Personally, I want y'all to check out Godzilla (2014); it was the American version I wanted to see back when it was first attempted in 1998. I did enjoy Roland Emmerich's interpretation of the character at that time, but it still wasn't Godzilla to many of us fans of the original Toho series.

Guy Gordon

Yes, please do 10 Cloverfield Lane. But definitely feel free to skip Cloverfield Paradox. I definitely won't be revisiting that one.

Alex

You two keep watching movies that have sequels, but very often sequels are not as good. You don't tend to watch the sequels. The other thing you guys are doing is watching good movies that represent a genre or movies that are part of trends in movies. You can have a marathon of these movies. You like 'A Werewolf in London', especially because of the practical effects. There are a hand full of werewolf movies that use practical effects. There is 'The Howling.' In the past, you mentioned fantasy/roll playing themed movies, there are a few of those. 80's fantasy, a few of these like "Conan the Barbarian." As an example you can watch 'The Beastmaster', or another of my favorites, 'Hawk the Slayer." And now you're watching found footage/pov/single camera movies. Clovefield didn't invent that type of movies. One of my favorite is '407 Flight' or usually refers to as '407 Dark Flight'. But there are many of those. Please have a poll for marathon movies.

James M

In 2001 New Yorkers watched as two huge buildings were torn apart. It was frightening in the moment and disturbing afterwards. A city of 8 million people was left with varying levels of PTSD. This movie in 2008 showed scenes that reminded people of 2001 setting it in NYC with looks at iconic city spots and recreating that feeling of everything going along as usual but then suddenly things in chaos. That morning a coworker and I walked from our office in midtown Manhattan towards downtown to meet with someone else we knew who lived in the city. You could not leave the island because all transportation shut down and she and I both lived in New Jersey. We walked in the street along with other people. The streets were filled with people hanging out or walking. I don't even remember any cars moving. People just walked. We looked in at a hotel and it was clear they would have no space so we kept on. I stopped and bought some heavier socks because my feet were going to get blisters walking so far in my work shoes with light socks. When we got there he found a friend who would let me sleep on their couch since my coworker was going to get his couch. Then we went out and got dinner. I had not eaten since a bagel at breakfast and realized I was hungry. A restaurant was serving dinner to everyone, no charge for food. It was full and everyone was talking and eating quietly. It reminded me of a dinner after a funeral. This movie painted the destruction in a terrifying light which felt so realistic for people who had been in New York. After 7 years it was time to shed the fear. I didn't understand Japanese making Godzilla in response to being bombed. But then after this movie was out I sort of did a little. Around that time my team was moved to an office just a couple of blocks from the World Trade location. So there was a lot of facing fears going on. It's not a great movie but it's okay. This was the movie that broke the period of quiet. By 2012 the Avengers was blowing up blocks of Manhattan and it was fine. But this move was a little difficult when it first came out.

Gareth

ok sure, Paradox is a clumsy bit of nonsense, some good. It's worth a watch though, 10 cloverfield lane is however a class act and a real treat.

MaplenutsReact

That sounds amazing, I've read about some ARGs but never gotten to participate in one. It sounds like a ton of fun!

MaplenutsReact

I can't believe someone would BOOO this! And I agree, I'd rather have no explanation than a bad one when it comes to horror.

MaplenutsReact

Thanks for sharing your story, I've never actually talked to anyone who was there on the day. The way you describe it I can definitely see a bunch of parallels to this movie, and yeah, it sounds like it would be a super hard watch. And I appreciate you pointing out the parallels to Japan making Godzilla!

MaplenutsReact

The comparison between this and Godzilla makes a ton of sense, it makes me want to go back and watch the original Godzilla!

Scott Fellows

If you watch closely, at the very end, when his camera pans out into the water, you can see something sliently splash down into the water from the sky above. I have heard different suggestions of what it might be. It is definitely easier to see on high definition screens.

Rinnzu Rosendale

10 cloverfield lane is a amazing. Paradox is kinda meh.

Todd Bolton

Goddard is also a writer on season seven of Buffy

Todd Bolton

Next up 10 Cloverfield Lane, which I like better.

pinkdino99

You love monster movies, give Gareth Edwards'(Rogue One) Monsters a go. It was slammed as the trailer made it look like this was a Cloverfield like movie. Yes there are massive monsters in it, but this is more of a beautiful, haunting, meditative journey movie about humanity and human connection. It is very special, and one of my top movies of all time. Also on the indie kick, one NOBODY is reacting to, and one of the best and cleverest found footage movies ever made is called Chronicle. Again a very special flick.

pinkdino99

A lot of these shots were inspired by real footage taken around 9/11, particularly those by the French brothers Jules and Gédéon Naudet whom were either inside or around both towers from the beginning to the end of that disaster. (Their 9/11 documentary does the same as this... for a good twenty minutes you forget its a 9/11 film and are drawn into the story following a rookie fireman joining a busy NY fire unit before hell is unleashed upon them all. Only that was real...)

pinkdino99

Also Lilly did this whole thing in heels.