Found footage movies continue to evolve and adapt with technology. But today, I want to look at how Matt Reeves 2008 creature-feature Cloverfield learnt from decades of run-and-gun filmmaking and perfected the subjective video-camera horror genre on a reasonably low budget.

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Cloverfield (2008) - dir: Matt Reeves.
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - dir: Dan Trachtenberg.
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) - dir: Julius Onah.
The Connection (1961) - dir: Shirley Clarke.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - dir: Matt Reeves.
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) - dir: Matt Reeves.
Let Me In (2010) - dir: Matt Reeves.
The Batman (2022) - dir: Matt Reeves.
Let the Right One In (2008) - dir: Tomas Alfredson.
Godzilla (1954) - dir: Ishirō Honda.
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974) - dir: Jun Fukuda.
Godzilla Minus One (2023) - dir: Takashi Yamazaki.
Chronicle (2012) - dir: Josh Trank.
The Blair Witch Project (1999) - dir: Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick.
Paranormal Activity (2007) - dir: Oren Peli.
Project X (2012) - dir: Nima Nourizadeh.
REC (2007) - dir: Paco Plaza, Jaume Balagueró.
The Visit (2015) - dir: M. Night Shyamalan.
Alien (1979) - dir: Ridley Scott.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - dir: Ruggero Deodato.
Rope (1948) - dir: Alfred Hitchcock.
Anchorman 2 (2013) - dir: Adam McKay.
American Sniper (2014) - dir: Clint Eastwood.
Gran Torino (2008) - dir: Clint Eastwood.
Troll Hunter (2010) - dir: André Øvredal.
American Beauty (1999) - dir: Sam Mendes.
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) - dir: Halina Reijn.
Missing (2023) - dir: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick.
Searching (2018) - dir: Aneesh Chaganty.
Unfriended (2014) - dir: Levan Gabriadze.
End of Watch (2012) - dir: David Ayer.
Star Wars (1978) - dir: George Lucas.
Back to the Future (1985) - dir: Robert Zemeckis.
High School Musical (2006) - dir: Kenny Ortega.
Grease (1978) - dir: Randal Kleiser.



OTHER SOURCES USED:

Cloverfield Behind the Scenes (2008) [DVD special features], Paramount Pictures.

Cloverfield Visual Effects Featurette (2008) [DVD special features], Paramount Pictures.

The Blair Witch Project Behind the Scenes (1999) [DVD special features], Summit Entertainment.

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Cloverfield
Matt Reeves
J.J Abrams
Cloverfield Paradox
Cloverfield Trilogy
10 Cloverfield Lane
Found footage


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