To that end, The Cloverfield Paradox is both a prequel ... including the original Cloverfield monster, to this reality but at different points in time; chronology is not linear but a flat surface ...

Finally, end with the movie that started it all, "Cloverfield." This is the only ... but all three include what's basically the same global monster invasion — albeit across different dimensions.

Characters can step through to crossover or get violently and suddenly plucked through to end up half human ... So, in the final shot, is that the Cloverfield monster from the 2008 movie?