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Rating: 8/10 (29 March 2020)

At the beginning, a lot of news clues from the paper media were used to piece together the background of the story. The paper media replaced radio, TV and other audio media, which also conforms to the setting of the story. There is no explanation of where The monsters came from or why they had invaded, as in Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), where The opening is deliberately set in a mysterious mood to reinforce The story's rhythm. It's a lot more boring if you explain everything, and it allows the audience to bring their own interpretation.