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Monster (2008)

Monster poster
Directed by
Eric Forsberg
Genre
monster film, disaster film, found footage film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
3.2 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A giant monster attacks a city. The story is told through footage shot by people on the ground.

cheesylow-budgetactionchaoticfaux-realclumsycampydated

What happens

Monster is a 2008 direct-to-video kaiju film. An international co-production of Japan and the United States, it is a mockbuster created to capitalize on the release of Cloverfield. It was released direct-to-DVD on January 15, 2008. Cloverfield was released theatrically three days later on January 18, 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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