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Festival Trailer for Found Footage Phenom Known as Upper

A few months ago we were sent information about a viral video that had surfaced which may or may not have been real. Almost immediately all sorts of odd reports began surfacing. Apparently a YouTube video appeared earlier this year which showed a girl overdosing while her friends stood around and jeered her. Now the word is that before this video surfaced, an extortion plot was hatched to get some scratch out of the people involved in the scene (which resulted in the girl's death). No one would pony up the dough so parts of the 393 minutes of footage began leaking online... enter Quentin Tarantino.

Eli Roth-Produced Cotton Screening for Sundance

Eli Roth was an attendee of Mexico's Morelia Film Festival, where he updated the media on all his latest projects, including one that's been conspicuously light on the details, Cotton, which Roth is producing only along with Strike Entertainment.

Exclusive: Taking Grace to Sundance with Paul Solet & Adam Green

“There are no shortcuts.” This has been writer/director Paul Solet’s mantra for the last three and a half years as he’s put almost his entire life into his debut film Grace, which celebrated its premiere during the Sundance Film Festival on January 16th, 2009.

Hader Writes Horror Flick for Apatow?

In a really interesting bit of news coming out of Sundance, CHUD's Devin Feraci reports that comedian Bill Hader just recently sat down with "SNL" writer Simon Rich to develop a slasher film that happens to be for Judd Apatow of all people.

Dead Snow (2009)

Reviewed by Heather "The Horror Chick" Wixson Starring Vegard Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan, Jeppe Beck Laursen Directed by Tommy Wirkola

Grace (2009)

Reviewed by Heather Wixson Starring Jordan Ladd, Stephen Park, Gabrielle Rose, Samantha Ferris, Malcolm Stewart Directed by Paul Solet

Badass Dead Snow Poster

I love movie posters. I especially love movie posters that have cool friggin' zombies on them. The official one sheet for the Nazi zombie fest Dead Snow debuted today, and it's got me foaming at the mouth!

Two Clips from Dead Snow!

Those sickos over at Twitch Film are kicking off 2009 with two clips from the snowboarding/zombie film Dead Snow, which is premiering at this year's Sundance! Does it look as good as you had hoped? Better? Worse? Watch 'em both and discuss below!

The Horrors of Sundance 2009

One of the biggest and baddest film festivals of them all, Sundance, just recently announced the full slate of movies for this year's event, and in case you're wondering what genre offerings will be there for consumption, we detail for you some of the highlights!

Otto Trailer Arrives

A zombie with an identity crisis. That’s how the titular lead of Otto: or Up with Dead People is described in the film’s official synopsis. First time I’ve heard that one!

The Horrors of Sundance

Honestly, traveling to Utah has never crossed my mind for any reason. It's just hard to have a passing thought of, "Hey! I should go to Utah because..." That was until STYD released a list of 11 horror and thriller movies that will be shown at next year's Sundance Film Festival.

Solet, Paul, Green, Adam (Grace)

“There are no shortcuts.” This has been writer/director Paul Solet’s mantra for the last three and a half years as