Episode 109 - Cloverfield (2008)

After becoming an instant cult classic after its release in 2008, Cloverfield has enjoyed its post release life bathed in a nostalgic glow. With a mosnterous budget of $25 million, Cloverfield was found footage like we had never seen before. With only The Blair Witch Project to compare it to, its easy to see how audiences may have been tricked into thinking that this was a hyper budget blockbuster. Hugely ambitious, the movie pits a monster that is part dinosaur, part spider, and part octopus against a terrified New York City where it shoots explosive acid, breathes fire, and rip buildings buildings and people apart with its mouth. It even spawns hundreds of micro-monsters which infact anyone they bite with a body bursting illness... and yet... its so dull. Not aging well is something we all have to face, and while it might have aged better than some of its cast members have (we'll let you guess which one we're talking about), it isn't exactly Pamela Anderson in her later years. Years of found footage and real-world footage of national and global tragedies have really taken the sting out of this one's tail, and so we won't be rushing to watch it again any time soon.