The date is July 3, 2007. You just sat down in your local theater with a large bucket of popcorn, perspiring fountain soda, and a bag of Sour Patch Kids to enjoy Michael Bay's first live-action ...

Walking into a movie theater to see Cloverfield in January 2008 remains a pivotal moment for many millennial movie fans. You probably can pinpoint which moment first told you this movie was special.

Arguably, no horror movie since The Blair Witch Project had ridden the wave of trailer hype like Cloverfield did. Granted, nobody wondered if it was real, but it still got people buzzing. That got ...