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avpruler · Unfettered Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 426

[OT]Cloverfield rip-offs

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:25 pm

nooneimportant77 · Unfettered Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 379

both of those movies have been out for quite some time, and have either just been bought by a major company or are getting their own big release.

quarentine is a remake of a spanish film called [rec], i dont know when that was made in comparision to cloverfield.

diary of the dead- i know nothing about really.

there's also a new movie called "paranormal activity" which is the same style, but that was also out as an indie film for a while.

cloverfield went into pre production aorund 05, so if anyone knows when the other moives started you can compare it to that.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:31 pm

Cunning Stunts

I remember reading somewhere that George A. Romero had been contemplating doing a camcorder-style movie for quite a while, long before Cloverfield had been mentioned. I'll try and find the link somewhere.

Oh, and [rec] came out last year.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:01 pm

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mxyz · Boot Joined: 03 Apr 2008 Posts: 10

Yeah because Cloverfield is the first movie to do it in the style of a camcorder.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:19 pm

avpruler · Unfettered Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 426

The George A. Romero film you mentioned, thats Diary of the Dead by the way, there was a trailer for it that I saw somewhere, a group of aspiring film makers at a school use a camera to document an outbreak of a zombificating virus

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:22 pm

jarofsap704

Diary of the Dead and [REC] were both made BEFORE Cloverfield.

The style will get old, but just having a couple movies try this out is no rip-off, especially since they pre-date Cloverfield.

[REC] was incredible, very original and scary. Diary of the Dead... not so much. Actually it really sucked.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:23 pm

jarofsap704

And by the way, I wouldn't advertise that you paid good money to see the Prom Night remake. hahah. Jesus christ, you'd have to strap me to the chair with my eyelids forced open. haha

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:24 pm

Some Thing

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:27 pm

Nighthawk

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:46 pm

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MT_1013 · Boot Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 34

As stated previously, both those films were made before "Cloverfield". So far the only film that's been a direct rip-off is "Monster", but then again it was made by a company that specializes in rip-offs.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:55 pm

avpruler · Unfettered Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 426

ok that solves that. and yes i agree Prom Night sucked. alot. the killer was like killing the obsessee's best friends for no particular reason at all. and wth did he kill her family? in a blind rage??? it just wasn't my kinda movie, hey have you heard of this movie called Cloverfield? its awesome. Cool

oh wait, now I remember where I am

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:11 pm

LBJ · Decorated Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 166 Location: Florida

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2MdqNr0gN4Y

Dudes, thats NOTHING like Cloverfield!

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**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:15 pm

SlushomakesMEhappy · Decorated Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 164

Quarantine(wether or not its a remake) is obviously trying its best to get viewers who just saw Cloverfield to watch it. What they don't know is, that 25% people don't like Cloverfield. 25% thought it was ok. 25% loved it 25% absolutly enjoyed it.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:08 pm

avpruler · Unfettered Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 426

i meant that it used the same style of filming, like a big event happened and someone with a camera is trying to record it

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:28 pm

lapierre520 · Decorated Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 173

First off Diary of the Dead went into production and finished filming in 2007. It was just released in 2008. And Quarantine is just a remake of a spanish film called [rec] that came out in 2007. Also, Cloverfield is not the first film to use handycam style shooting. Anyone remeber the Blair Witch Project? Cloverfield Fanboys (and i am one) need to stop whining about people copying Cloverfield.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:35 pm