10 Best Horror Movies Set In New York

The Statue of Liberty isn't just a sculpture, but the very face of New York. The Big Apple has plenty of incredible landmarks, but it's impossible to think of any that captures the city's spirit better than the torch-bearing icon.

So, when Cloverfield kicks things off with an unseen monster hurling Lady Liberty's noggin across the city, citizens know they are in serious trouble. 

To watch a kaiju knock over a 100-storey building and collapse bridges doesn't just fill the inhabitants with fear but hopelessness. And when our ensemble try to hide in the subway, they quickly discover it's populated by the beast's spawn, indicating the creature has infested every part of the once-proud city. Then, when the army consider nuking the entire region to destroy the behemoth, it seems less and less likely that any New Yorkers are going to make it out alive.

Cloverfield is more of a blockbuster than a creature feature, but it's still horrifying to see a random monster reduce New York to rubble within a matter of hours.