Wild Movie Theory: Why Underwater Should Have Been A Cloverfield Prequel

However, the basic plot of a story involving a big creature wreaking havoc on a human populace is something that definitely overlaps, with Cloverfield being the tried and tested brand name out of these two projects. So for the sake of improving the odds of this film’s box office performance, it would have been an easier feat to hold Underwater back from release for a little longer and rework it into the big origin story for Clovey’s debut. Though it should also be noted that both monsters also have a similar feature built into their biology, as both creatures have an army of parasitic symbiotes that can be used to attack those pesky humans they face.