There were a few plot twists here and there that surprised me and felt like a B-Movie version of Lovecraftian horror (at the end) and the rest of the movie being entrapped psychological horror. It's quite good if you find my description enticing but if you don't like psychological horror or thriller you'll hate this film.
10 Cloverfield Lane is a better film than Cloverfield from a purely technical, horror and academic review of the film. However by my own mind, Cloverfield (2008) is a far more entertaining film because of how unique it's method of capture was and the monster element within it. I had a big problem with the antagonist(s) I won't tell you how many antagonists there are or it may be considered a spoiler in 10 Cloverfield Lane. The design of the antagonist is my main problem with the film versus it's predecessor. We follow our protagonist Michelle as she lives through a short tumultuous relationship with a crazed psychopath named Howard and a redneck nobody named Emmett.
Overall I'll give it a 8/10 despite its flaws; for the low budget and it's unexpected and sudden release 10 Cloverfield Lane deserves credit for actually being quite a unique film I haven't seen before. Trust me you should give this a try, it's not for everyone but even as someone who hates these types of films I still had a half decent time with it. Especially because the female protagonist reminded me of a more sexy just as competent Sigourney Weaver hero so that's an instant point in my book albeit the movie has a far less menacing monster.
P. S. The ending of the film was exactly what happened like 2/3rds of the way through War of the World kinda unervy, wonder if they stole that idea from there. I'm mentioning that fact because I watched War of the Worlds a week before seeing 10 Cloverfield Lane. Sorry not part of the rest of my review just thought I would add that in just in case someone saw the similarity as well.
10 Cloverfield Lane is a better film than Cloverfield from a purely technical, horror and academic review of the film. However by my own mind, Cloverfield (2008) is a far more entertaining film because of how unique it's method of capture was and the monster element within it. I had a big problem with the antagonist(s) I won't tell you how many antagonists there are or it may be considered a spoiler in 10 Cloverfield Lane. The design of the antagonist is my main problem with the film versus it's predecessor. We follow our protagonist Michelle as she lives through a short tumultuous relationship with a crazed psychopath named Howard and a redneck nobody named Emmett.
Overall I'll give it a 8/10 despite its flaws; for the low budget and it's unexpected and sudden release 10 Cloverfield Lane deserves credit for actually being quite a unique film I haven't seen before. Trust me you should give this a try, it's not for everyone but even as someone who hates these types of films I still had a half decent time with it. Especially because the female protagonist reminded me of a more sexy just as competent Sigourney Weaver hero so that's an instant point in my book albeit the movie has a far less menacing monster.
P. S. The ending of the film was exactly what happened like 2/3rds of the way through War of the World kinda unervy, wonder if they stole that idea from there. I'm mentioning that fact because I watched War of the Worlds a week before seeing 10 Cloverfield Lane. Sorry not part of the rest of my review just thought I would add that in just in case someone saw the similarity as well.