I am not usually one for covering events. My niche is film review and that is really all that I have ever been asked to deliver. But when SXSW put together a panel discussion on horror films not only did I know that my attendance was a moral imperative, but I swallowed my reservations and accepted the task of covering it.

One of the things that I like most about this year’s overall South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival line-up is the diversity. And if there’s one thing you’ll see in this year’s panel and shorts lineups, it is just that. Diversity.

We were all blown away by the original and now the U.S. will have a shot at it with Richard Jenkins, Chloe Moretz, and Kodi Smit-Mcphee. But are they headed in the right direction with this cast? You be the judge. That way we don’t have to form an opinion.

Apparently, the guy who directed Cloverfield thinks that Colorado is just as scary as the desolate waste of rural Sweden. Probably just as cold, too.

Cloverfield director Matt Reeves, has signed to direct a remake of the recent Swedish vampire movie, Let the Right One In.

While internet buzz hasn’t quite reached forest fire proportion the way it did at the peak of Cloverfield’s reign, news of a possible sequel did ignite a spark which reached a steady glow in the back of the mind of many a modern movie fan.

Despite the various technological limitations that might have negatively impacted my first run with Clover, the friendly monster that absolutely impales Manhattan, I cannot say that this DVD is anything less than a must-have.

This is not as exciting as it would have been a month ago, but either way…

Paramount executives aren’t stupid, and their little film was in the green one day after it released.

“People will want to see this.”

“One fast-moving, roller coaster of a movie.”

We feel obligated to ask…

Cloverfield director Matt Reeves talks to us… Seriously. All we want to know is if he can introduce us to the monster…

Save yourselves the time of digging through message boards this evening — we know whats up!

Well, the first highly anticipated film of 2008 is out, and everyone wants to know whether it lives up to the hype. The answer… sort of.

How could you not possibly love the fact that J.J. Abrams wanted to make America’s very own monster movie?

All the hype and now all the positive reviews… But the question still remains: will you see it?

Wow.

In 5 days, Cloverfield will be upon us. Are you ready for it? Check out this new TV spot to help intensify your excitement.

Once again, no monster is revealed. But we have just the opposite, courtesy of our friends at Paramount…