This film delivers on the big screen. The experience starts with epilepsy pre-warnings as you file through the foyer, followed by vertigo inducing shaky camera angles, nerve tingling bass from the sub woofers, adrenalin fuelled action and unbridled destruction of the Manhattan skyline.

Delivered in Blair Witch Project first person perspective handheld camera style, from a slow start we are suddenly hurtled into an apocalyptic style destruction of Manhattan.

The introduction scene to the devastation unfolding is very well executed and draws us in to the tense atmosphere being experienced by the characters. We get fleeting shots of something attacking the city keeping the suspense levels high. Slowly we are drip fed more and more just like the inhabitants of the city under siege.

Eventually we are fully confronted with the ravenous single task pre-historic monster from the depths, relentlessly destroying everything and everyone before it.

And I must say this was a surprise when I heard about the Lost (TV series) connection I expected a long drawn out baffling and ultimately disappointing watch!

This film will actually make you feel physically ill and not just from gore or horrific brutality, but from the high octane non stop action and extreme camera style. For me this is a huge plus adding to the overall cinema experience.

Love stories make us swoon, horrors make us wince, dramas make us reflect, comedies make us cackle, this film made us sick!

The special effects are worth a mention, the monster looks convincing and the devastation of the Manhattan skyscrapers is genuinely realistic. It really scores highly here compared to recent releases such as the cartoon like I am Legend.

Having looked at movie forums, this one seems to split people right down the middle (no pun intended). You will either love it or hate it, but either way you will come out talking about it.

The only question I had walking out of the cinema… ‘So what does Cloverfield mean’? Apparently it’s the name of the exit, producer JJ Abrahams takes on his way home from work.

He must have more bad days than good, if this is what he thinks about on the way home!