Is Cloverfield scary?

Not particularly — Cloverfield's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a survival film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Cloverfield?

Cloverfield has 7 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Cloverfield?

Cloverfield is tagged as survival, found footage, creature feature on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Cloverfield

2008 · PG-13 · 1h 25m

Some thing has found us.

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

Cloverfield has 7 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.0Overall

Fear3.0

Gore2.0

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

science-fictionhorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$25M

Box office$170.8M

Directed by

Matt Reeves

Written by

Drew Goddard

Cinematography

Michael Bonvillain

Starring

Lizzy Caplan as Marlena · Jessica Lucas as Lily · T.J. Miller as Hud · Michael Stahl-David as Rob Hawkins · Mike Vogel as Jason Hawkins · Odette Annable as Beth McIntyre · Anjul Nigam as Bodega Cashier · Margot Farley as Jenn

Production

Bad Robot

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