Cloverfield

Flip open your Motorola Razrs and grab an Izze; we’re heading back to 2008 and the “epic fail” that was the Cloverfield apocalypse in Manhattan. Summerween 2023 begins with this 85-minute panic attack that we were lucky enough to see recently on the big screen. We start with a discussion of the horror genre’s association with jump scares, to try to figure out how this film sustains such agonizing tension without using any of the standard tricks. Then we look at the movie’s poisonous, punishing moments of downtime, and the horrific butterfly effect that ripples through the story. Maggie contextualizes the film within American history, and we consider how the concept of catastrophe has evolved throughout the 21st century.

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