1. Yes, the entire movie is from a hand-held camera. And it was AWESOME, though I did honestly get a little motion sick at times. But you really do feel like you're in the movie which is sweet. Leaving the building I kept thinking I was still there (and kept looking over my shoulder!).

2. As I said, the entire movie is from the camera- as in, there is no explanation for anything. It starts off with some small text on a black screen saying something like 'Camera found from formally Central Park' or whatever. And then it starts playing. And it just ends, too. Which is, in my opinion, a little frustrating.

3. Ok, so, what does the monster look like? Well, it's really hard to explain. You never really get a clear shot of it... it's always surrounded by a dust cloud and pops out only for a second (plus it was a HUGE lecture hall and by the time I got in, I was sitting pretty far back ). But from what I saw:

It walks on four legs. Has an alien like face (with red sacs on the side of the head that inflate as it breathes). Super long whip like tail. The arms/legs it walks on are very long and some what human like.. maybe ape like. Long fingers that grip on to buildings and such. Hairless. Grey. Some what long face but HUGE jaw (that snaps out like an alligator).

4. Ok, big monsters aren't that scary. But what is? TINY HUMAN SIZED monsters!! (DUNDUNDUUUUN!) Parasites (or babies, who knows) drop off of the monster and turn into spider/crocodile things. They are FAST and MEAN.

They're kind of hard to see in the movie since they move/attack so fast, but they have really long snouts and move with multiple arms like a spider. They can hang from the ceiling and their bite as poisionous. They are what made the movie scary for me.

5. The beginning is a little slow. I mean, over all, it's kind of a love story. This guy is leaving for Japan and he broke it off with the girl he loves and they get in a fight at his going-away- party. Then the monster attacks-he gets a call on his phone from her saying she can't move... and he goes (towards the monster) into the city to try and find her.

I've read on various sites and heard from various people, apparently there is a few seconds more footage from the tape shot before the filming over it with the movie, it's part of a holiday video on the beach and in the background you see something drop from the sky into the water. And someone there notices it.