The much-hyped Cloverfield is out on Friday. Like everyone else I've seen the grainy, disorientating trailers on the internet and I confess, they've done the trick because I'm really looking forward to seeing the film.

It's fairly well known I think that the film is shot entirely on a handheld camera in a POV-style, but of course the primary reason for going to see it is to find out exactly what it is (a monster?) that's wrecking New York.

I don't want to spoil anything but I've read some internet reports that suggest it's causing huge controversy at preview screenings in the US because the rampaging monster actually turns out to be a 200 foot tall Amish child.

Apparently little attempt is made to explain the child's origins save for a fleeting news report referring to a secret nuclear testing bunker that is rumoured to have been discovered near a Mennonite community in Montgomery County, New York.