The July 2013 original, directed by Guillermo del Toro, was likewise conceived as an East - West hybrid tailored after classic kaiju movies, the Japanese
giant monster genre.
Cloverfield combined the found footage and
giant monster genres, resulting in a thrilling experience.
Not exact matches
The less that is said about Roland Emmerich's disaster of a disaster film the better, but the entire
genre of
giant monster movies in the tradition of Godzilla from areas beyond Japan is hit or miss at best.