While Cloverfield is a found-footage perspective on a giant monster rampaging through Manhattan, and the premise for Escape from New York is that the island has been converted into a maximum security prison, Matt Reeves has now jokingly declared the former film a prequel to the latter.
The statement comes as The Batman and Cloverfield director mused on the imagery of the Statue of Liberty’s head in the streets of New York in both his movie and the poster for Escape From New York in an interview with ComicBook.