Cloverfield

The film is presented as footage from a personal camcorder recovered by the United States Department of Defense in the area "formerly known as Central Park", bearing a disclaimer stating multiple sightings of a case designated "Cloverfield". The film begins on April 27, 2008, at 6:42 AM, as a video taped by Rob Hawkins with his camcorder, at his girlfriend Beth McIntyre's dad's apartment, where they had spent the night while her dad was out of town. He wakes Beth up and asks her if she's ever been to Coney Island, when Beth says she hasn't, the two make plans to go there that day.