The (Un)Connected Universe of Cloverfield 

Yeah I feel like the Cloverfield series should've been an anthology. If they want to make the series as a connected universe/multiverse thing, instead of looking at the MCU, they should've looked at Stephen King. Almost all of Stephen King's stories are part of the same multiverse. Though they never crossed over, they are canonically interconnected though not directly unlike the MCU. The way Stephen King did this is through The Dark Tower which explains basically almost everything throughout the multiverse. From IT to the Crimson King.

I feel that the attempts to keep these films in a 'connected' universe is actually hurting them. Especially with how tenuous the links are. It's as if JJ can't control his ego and that only he knows the mastery and genius of this universe.

Man I really loved Underwater. It was such a refreshing take on a monster movie to have everyone be likeable characters all working together to save each other. Underrated movie.

Super 8 is practically a Cloverfield movie, the monsters are so similar in appearance, and I could see it being tied in to the Cloverfield universe somehow eventually.

Honestly I like Cloverfield Paradox for the sci-fi horror it offers, like our protagonist aren't dealing with a horrifying monster, but a horrifying reality bending accident that they created themselves

10 Cloverfield Lane is an underrated gem of a film. Phenomenal acting and wonderful story up until the end. Honestly the Cloverfield connection works against the film.

The first Cloverfield is a master class in dialogue, in my opinion. Everything seems so genuine and improvised.

I love how the simple premise of the first movie ended up spawning a whole universe of alien horror movies that may or may not be connected and we gotta dive deep into the lore. Love the video man

We need more about Cloverfield! This was the first horror movie I ever saw as a kid and truly I could sit and watch it on repeat forever. My dad and I explored the ARPs together and would talk about where Mr. Grumpy Pants (MGP) came from.

I fondly remember watching the first teaser trailer before the transformers movie and being completely blown away and intrigued and not knowing anything about the movie except the date it released. Went to see it when it released and honestly it was one the best and wildest movie theater experiences of my life. I remember wanting a sequel immediately lol

I went into 10 Cloverfield lane knowing nothing about it and never seeing Cloverfield and I gotta say that was a crazy good film. I was shook when the aliens turned out to be real.

I think it would be really cool if 4 or 5 seemingly unrelated movies all released at around the same time, with completely different plots, stories, characters, etc. But then all end up connecting together at the end with some big Cloverfield event. I imagine pulling off something like that would generate a huge amount of publicity and would keep people on their toes waiting to see if the movie they're watching is Cloverfield related.

Please definitely do a deep dive video on the ARGs for Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane. Both of which were immensely fun to help solve.

Similarly to A Quiet Place, you could also potentially connect Cloverfield to The Tomorrow War, where the White Spikes may have been put in and frozen into the ice thousands of years ago by the Cloverfield Paradox.

I knew john Goodman from his laughable, lovable roles like Dan Conner, Sully, etc before seeing 10 cloverfield lane. It made that movie for me to see how scary good mr. Goodman played that role. Truly opened my eyes to how good an actor that man is and just how much i enjoy his works. He will be missed when loose him and he belongs alongside the greats.

I would love a storyline about workers on the “oil rig” drilling into the monster’s back & surviving the attacks.

The cod zombies , chaos storyline music score just hitting perfectly in the feels after the overlord discussion 👌🏽. Such an under rated track.

I feel that Cloverfield should've been an anthology series. Them trying to connect the movies was a boneheaded move. If anything, they should have Easter eggs, like, let's say, a 4th movie came out, and some kid had a toy, but the toy was the alien from 10 Cloverfield Lane. I feel that would work.

Underwater not being a Cloverfield film was a missed opportunity. But I have such an intense connection to 10 Cloverfield Lane because I was old enough to actually participate in the ARG. It was fantastic! And the film lived up to all my expectations

I love the anthology connectivity the cloverfield universe has. It’s like a one big butterfly effect. Thanks to the crew in paradox the events of all the movies happens which explains why all of this is happened but not where these creatures/aliens come from. It leaves it all to mystery that could possibly be answered or expanded on in different movies.

The first one was very straight-forward to me, I liked it alot, but the other 2 Cloverfield movies were VERY weird and unorganized. They barely felt connected to the Cloverfield universe.

The first cloverfield movie is my favorite in the whole genre of fake documentaries(thriller). I especially love the first 30 mins of the movie where each person's character is shown, and when the explosion happens, I was completely taken into that world.

I like the idea that the Cloverfield Paradox team caused disruptions across universes and times. To me all the movies show different perspectives of crazy things turning for the very worst as a direct result of the paradox experiment

You gave me a huge nostalgia bomb, I saw cloverfield as a kid too completely expecting something else and when the 10 cloverfield lane trailer dropped I literally shit myself in excitement. So glad there’s people out there who are happy there’s a sequel coming out

My favorite piece of knowledge I learned here, is that you are also a Patriots fan. It suddenly makes sense why all these videos are excellent. You are not being distracted with high level football from NE, and are avoiding that cesspool of horror like the rest of us. Stay strong my friend, the offseason is coming and we can get our hopes up again

The movie “underwater” I heard that the monster was confirmed to be Cthulhu. Also I’ve always been a fan of cloverfield and I’m always patiently waiting for a trailer for tge 4th one since I’m just really interested in what happens in the cloverfield universe/universes

After all this time, I just want more in the world of the first movie. The whole concept was so intriguing and the lack of answers they gave just amped the allure up to 110%

I spent hours on calls with friends going over ideas and connecting the dots after Paradox came out, this brought me back to that and I've been waiting for someone to discuss it all. Great video!

I can remember being 17 years old when Transformers came out. Despite liking that movie, all I can remember walking out of it was that crazy mystery trailer with 1-18-08 on it. Fun times growing through myspace, youtube, and even the film website trying to find out all the little details of what this could possibly be. The silly rumors that it was a Thundercats movie or a new Power Rangers movie, or a new Godzilla movie, talks were going wild trying to decipher what this upcoming flick was going to be. There was even a fake ARG game that people thought was connected to the Cloverfield marketing that ended up being for some video game. that Summer of 2007 to January 2008 period of speculation was fun. I'll never forget skipping high school to watch Cloverfield with a few friends. I wish they did more marketing tactics like this.

I loved the way you made those transitions into the next movie as that’s a nice little detail! Loved this video man, great work and I’m excited to see what you do next

im kind of into the idea of not knowing that the movie is a part of the cloverfield story until later in the story, its kind of a fun way to be caught by surprise. im also glad im not the only one who initially thought a quiet place looked like it was a part of cloverfield! especially after the sequel!

I was obsessed with the first movie and I’m so happy to know a legitimate sequel is happening

I love the lore of Cloverfield, especially how everything is connected through ARGs

10 Cloverfield Lane is CRIMINALLY underrated

What about ‘Super 8’? I think that is honorable mention for movies that could’ve been connected to Cloverfield universe

One of my favorite summers was watching Inside A Mind tearing the Cloverfield ARG wide open basically live as the videos came out. I was super young when the movie first came out, but after watching it with my dad for thr first time I fell VERY in love with it. Hearing that there's a 4th one gives me so much joy :D

It's insane how the Cloverfield universe feels bigger than it actually is, like every movie with the same aspect could be connected to it, but in fact, there's only three of them.

Man, that was a great video, looking forward for a more in deep video about the cloverfield lore

I was a part of the Easter egg hunt back then. We were analyzing EVERYTHING, finding hidden websites, writing on the back of flipped photos, etc. Some of us even got real Slusho merch. The countdown to the premiere matched the countdown to the going away party and the characters on MySpace and Facebook were getting ready for the party and making plans for that night (some of them turned out to just be background people at the party in the movie).I remember getting a camera, poster, and some other goodies at the midnight showing. Absolutely loved everything.

There is a youtuber called "The Theorizer" and he explains how a cartoon movie (maybe not directly) is somewhat connected to Cloverfield. He made videos explaining how a cartoon character named "katie" (from the movie "Horton hears a who!) might be the cloverfield monster in some way and it makes sense. It is insane, even if it is not connected to Cloverfield, it is worth checking out.

Loved cloverfield as a kid I hope they create a direct found footage sequel to the first instead of a completely new random protagonist/monster

I like how each Cloverfield is a different genre, the first is a monster thriller, the second is a suspense, and the third is a science fiction. That's a perfect combination in my opinion.

There was Cloverfield Manga comic from Japan back then when the original came out. I don't know if it was cannon but it did explain what the monster was, how it was controlled, and that there were more of them. It was a pretty interesting read!

As a teenager of the 2000’s-2010’s, I cherish the first movie so much. I owned a copy of the movie on dvd and swear it was on my monthly rotation. Bring back cosmic horror set in the time span of the first film!

Going off the thumbnail I would love if a Quiet place was in the universe. I love the first cloverfield aswell

I’m really surprised you didn’t talk about the interview with the scientist at the beginning of paradox where he warns them about how activating this device could wreak havoc on a multiversal scale unleashing monsters, beats, etc. In not just the present but the past and future of various realities.

I remember the marketing being amazing for the first movie as a kid. I went to go see it with my parents on day 1 and couldn't stop talking and theorizing about it afterwards. Ever since then I watch anything Cloverfield the moment it drops. I absolutely love this (un)connected series and I love how they give us small answers here and there. To me, they're connected. It's just more fun that way and it seems they are planning to officially connect them.

I always wanted to make a video about the viral marketing of this film. I was so obsessed with it back then. I’m glad someone is covering it!!

I highly enjoy the first Cloverfield and was excited to see where things would go with a sequel. I was a little bit confused and disappointed that there wasn't more connections/explanations about the first movie in 10 Cloverfield Lane, but I was still thrilled and entertained because of John Goodman's performance (I thought he'd be nominated for an Oscar as well). I haven't seen The Cloverfield Paradox yet but I did read the original script as an intern at a production company, before it was tied into the Cloverfield universe and was called The God Particle. With the 4th Cloverfield movie, I hope it ties into the first one a little more again but even if not, I am curious to see where they take things.

My experience with this "franchise" was very similar to yours! I didn't know there's gonna be a 4th movie, but I'm excited because I feel like people slept on the first and second (the third honestly was not good).

I will forever remember watching this film in theaters and instantly fell in love as a kid, now loving it even more as an adult and finally seeing the backgrounds of everything… gotta love the internet sometimes

Super Happy this was on my recommended! Great vid!

Yes, another video please! This one was great. I learned a lot about this franchise.

I like the different styles for each movie. Obviously taking place in different situations while having connections to each other in some way. It’s like giving a wider scale of all the events taking place. Personally, I’d say Clover field paradox was my favorite for the idea of two dimensions trying to pull people back and fourth between them. I haven’t watched a movie that had that concept of dimensional travel and it was quite interesting. I never knew these movies were connected somehow until I watched this soon after 10 clover filed lane. By far though 10 clover field lane is my favorite of the three. I didn’t even realize that there was some kind of alien presence or element to it until the end, but I was actually really interested in these weapons thought to be used my the government that was like deadly nerve agent. Of course keeping the main character trapped with a guy I had an uneasy feeling about through the entire movie. The best moments is when he really goes off the rails. I never finished the first movie technically but I’ve seen clips from almost every scene so in a way I did. I didn’t like the whole found footage direction. It’s too much movement and constant blocking the scene when the main character trips or something.

The first Cloverfield movie was a staple for me. As many here in the comments I watched it when I was quite young and without knowing much about it, but now, knowing the paradox incident i think it sets perfectly the ground to many Sci-fi movies in the future. A time space accident that converges many realities into many alternate Earths gives room for so much creativity and film genres to be explored. As much as I loved the giant monster attacks NY vibe of the original, I'm really expecting to see more about this narrative Universe

I was waiting for someone to do a video like this about this film cuz I’m shocked a lot of people i know don’t know about the Cloverfield movies .. Loved this video. Def gonna share to others.

I thought that the accidental reality warp thing was the wrong direction. It undercut elements like the idea that the giant monster might have been there for a long time. My favourite built up theory was the cosmic horror idea that with the original monster being a baby, its parents could actually be highly intelligent, maybe beyond human understanding, and that the invading aliens were something like tools for exterminating pests that killed an infant. My excitement was the idea of a larger story, of maybe even an intelligence, that humans could only get smaller glimpses, that would only look like monsters just killing humans, not seeing the truth that would ruin comfort in society. But then adult monster is just bigger and eats thing like a monster would.

Holy shit, connecting Cloverfield and A Quiet Place!? I would have never thought of that, but that's now my new canon! I would absolutely go feral if they actually confirmed that. I've long since thought that most horror works best as an anthology, since you can leave as much up to interpretation as you like instead of having to retread the same concept over and over again and sapping all the horror and mystery out of it. Most of my favorite horror concepts are really simple in their essence, which makes them all the more terrifying, because they take something familiar, twist it slightly and let your own imagination run wild. The longer you drag out the same simple premise though, the more it loses that fear that comes with the unknown. A great example of this is "Lights Out", originally an absolutely TERRIFYING short film that used to give me nightmares (hightly recommend it though!), which was then made into one of the most forgettable, boring movies I've ever seen, partly because they wanted to make the monster more than it originally was and in turn only made it melt into the myriad of practically identical ghost stories that we have all grown so tired of (it's also just a shit movie all around but that's beside the point). Where was I? Oh yeah, all this is to say that I am ABSOLUTELY DOWN for a Cloverfield anthology series, with maybe the odd pair of interconnected movies to spice things up. It has the potential to become the best horror franchise ever made.

Would love a video exploding all the mystery - great video man

Glad you touched the Overlord and other seemingly unrelated films being a part of Cloverfield universe initially. People never talk about it for some reason.

Wish we got marketing like this again. Cloverfield is one of my favorite movies.

I think this franchise works best if you think of it as an anthology series but each segment is a full length movie. And horror anthology’s have proven to be popular in the past. Treehouse of horror, tales from the crypt, trick or treat, twilight zone, etc

Amazing video, thank you! I would like to see a deep dive into the ARG Cloverfield, very much so! 😄 I love your videos!

Got to see this flick twice in theatres, including one time on a field trip for my high school media studies class. Nothing better than going to the cinema while all your friends are back in school.

They made a huge mistake not making more movies that directly connect to the first movie and its events and Kaiju.

Paradox does tie in the previous two movies and Overlord during the movie there’s a man being interviewed and he says that the particle accelerator could open up different dimensions and that demons and monsters could be unleashed on earth so when they used it they went to another dimension where that earths particle accelerator got destroyed and couldn’t be used and they also indirectly sent the clover to one earth and a alien invasion to another earth and the nazis to another Hope this helps

Really interesting, would love another of these films. The viral marketing of the first film was truly brilliant.

I remember JJ Abrahams talking about loving and bringing back monster movies. He noted how strong they were overseas but America never had that association with big monster movies. I think, not so much like the Twilight series, JJ Abrahams wanted a universe of just big giant monster movies. Much like Godzilla, there were other monster movies, but Godzilla was not always in each movie. Sometimes they set up a face off movie in the series.

Please do more on Cloverfield!!! One of my favorite franchises, even though I guess it’s not technically a franchise, yet I’m looking forward to what the sailor gonna do with the next movie, which will be a proper sequel to the original Cloverfield I am one of the people that took a deep dive in this whole genre of Cloverfield if you want to call it, it’s on genre!!!

I was in the 7th grade when the first movie came out. The marketing was insane! Everyone was talking about it. Then seeing it in theaters was awesome.

Glad you made this video. It scratched my Cloverfield itch and made me realize I'm not alone in loving this universe.

I’m 21 now but when cloverfield came out I was young, addicted to kaiju movies like Godzilla kong etc. (still am) and was eagerly waiting for a sequel. 10 cloverfield lane came out when I was around 15-16 and from what I read about it before watching I thought I was gonna hate it. But now it’s probably my favorite of the 3, it was pretty intense and it’s one of my favorite John Goodman performances

I feel like the idea of taking scripts or unfinished movies could be a great one. Some of these movies could never been seen or even heard of but maybe the name Cloverfield could change that. If used properly I think this could be great for the sci-fi genre

Real OGs remember the fake Cloverfield 2 trailer that really was just edited footage for the cancelled Prey 2

Bro your editing skills just keep getting better and better with every video you’re doing great, and also merry Christmas

The hype surrounding cloverfield was crazy. The most hooked a teaser trailer has ever made me in my life. I’d watch videos breaking it down frame by frame, discussing slusho, all of it. It’s not a perfect movie but I thought it was so fun. I will always appreciate a monster movie that’s trying.

The CCU (Cloverfield Cinematic Universe) is phenomenal. Name another franchise that hops around to such radically different types of stories like this. American Horror Story is one that comes to mind. Other than that, there really isn't much. This franchise is great, and needs to continue.

I love to think the surviving cthulu spawn from underwater grew to become the cloverfield monster. They are similar in appearance and gives credit to clovie coming from the ocean.

I’ve always loved the Cloverfield universe, good job explaining it!! I remember back in middle school this was my hyperfixation

Tbh none of the other films have quite captured the fear and sense of hopelessness as the first film. Which has been really hurting my interest in the series. The first is lightning in a bottle. The trailers, the posters, the arg, the film and it’s secrets. They’ve all blended together to give a perfect horror experience. Clover field lane (although a good movie) didn’t have that, and the paradox *really* didn’t have anything going for it at all. I feel like Overlord could have been a step in the right direction, but they changed it. To be honest I’m not even sure if I’d want a connected or unconnected universe anymore, I just want another sense of pure dread that I felt discovering Cloverfield for the first time

Hope you talk about Megan (Short Film), Cloverfield Kishin, The Cloverfield Files and Super 8 (Movie that was rumored to be part of Cloverfield.) in Part 2 🙌🏼🙏🏼

Tbh Cloverfield Paradox completely blew my mind. The acting, the storytelling and the MUSIC by Bear Mccreary were fantastic

I've always found myself intrigued with the Cloverfield Universe. Even tho we don't have a lot of info, there is so much layered into it. Im excited for the upcoming sequel.

Nice to hear someone talking about John Goodmans performance here. Such an underrated role. He absolutely killed it.

New ARG for Cloverfield 4 was already supposed to have started but is delayed due to some sort of legal reasons (not sure what specifically). Great video!

A Quiet Place (a brilliant film btw) was originally meant to be a Cloverfield film, but like Overlord the connection was scrapped and it ended up being its own thing.

Overlord's story is literally the story from the first zombies map in CoD WWll. French town, underground experiments on the local people, and crazy Nazi scientists

Great video! I'd love to see a breakdown of the ARG. I remember going through it in high school but didn't even know there were Facebook pages. I'd love to go down that rabbit hole again 😁😁

Marvel: okay so we have a 14 year plan as to what these movies will show and how they connect with one another. Cloverfield: JJ Abrams writing “and then a giant monster appears” with a burnt matchstick at the end of someone else’s script

10 cloverfield lane is just fantastic, and my fav out of the bunch. As many others point out, trying to keep them neatly tied together does no good. I loved the reveal of the aliens at the end, fun twist, and also works if that is causes by the crew of cloverfield paradox. But I prefer the twilight zone approach: them being vaguely connected but without needing to explain everything in detail.

Tbh, I used to think that Abrams had some kind of grand plan for this franchise, but after seeing his more recent stuff, I'm convinced he's just making it up as he goes along

first video I watch of yours. subscribed. very interesting

Love the cloverfield movies, and underwater is SOOO underrated

I love all the Cloverfield movies!! And I think that The Mist is another movie that could fit in with the Cloverfield franchise

Videos in a Essay format, Talking about Cloverfield, and Cod Zombies Round Changes mixed into all of it, I think I may have found my new favorite RU-vidr lmao

Cloverfield still is one of my favorite movies ever. Saw it for my 13th birthday and have loved it since.

I watched a fan theory video way back before paradox came out that really tied together the first two movies beautifully and I honestly wish they had gone down that route instead of basically just saying "yeah so everything is in a different universe and it all came from a magical particle accelerator and that's the only thing they all have in common :p" cuz like at that point literally any monster movie or movie in general could be a cloverfield movie

I actually did not like the first Cloverfield movie when it came out but I was like nine or ten. However, once 10 Cloverfield lane came out, I then appreciated the first film and was more confused on the series. When Paradox came out, I was really enjoying the series. I hope they continue the same tone of movies and each one is unique like they have been. I also would love if all these movies were linked together. Great stuff!

Thank you for this !

the cloverfield paradox connecting the currently existing cloverfield universe is genius.