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At the appropriate hour of midnight Monday morning, the Sundance Institute dropped a bombshell: The list of the nine movies that will play in the Park City at Midnight sidebar of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

Of the nine films, festival organizers noted, seven "feature badass leading ladies" — including Natasha Lyonne, Chloe Savigny, and the daughters of Johnny Depp and filmmaker Kevin Smith.

The Park City at Midnight program is home to Sundance's oddball genre movies. Past entries have included "The Blair Witch Project," "Saw," "The Babadook," "Super Troopers," "What We Do in the Shadows" and "Dead/Alive."

The rest of the Sundance festival slate is expected to be announced in early December. The festival runs Jan. 21-31 in Park City, and at venues in Salt Lake City, Ogden and the Sundance resort.

Here are the nine movies, all world premieres and made in the United States (except otherwise noted), with synopses courtesy of Sundance:

"Antibirth," written and directed by Danny Perez • "In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread. Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Mark Webber, Meg Tilly, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos."

"The Blackout Experiments," directed by Rich Fox • "A group of friends discover the dark underworld of the ultra-scary, psychosexual horror experience called Blackout. But what starts as a thrill ride through the unknown becomes deeply personal, developing into an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy."

"Carnage Park," written and directed by Mickey Keating • "The year is 1978. A team of wannabe crooks botch a small-town bank heist and flee with their hostage deep into the California desert, where they inexplicably find themselves in a harrowing fight for survival against a psychotic ex-military sniper. Cast: Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, Alan Ruck, Darby Stanchfield, James Landry Hébert, Larry Fessenden."

"The Greasy Strangler," directed by Jim Hosking, written by Hosking and Toby Harvard • "When Big Ronnie and his son Brayden meet lone female tourist Janet on Big Ronnie's Disco Walking Tour—the best and only disco walking tour in the city—a fight for Janet's heart erupts between father and son, and the infamous Greasy Strangler is unleashed. Cast: Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex, Jesse Keen, Joe David Walters."

"Outlaws and Angels," written and directed by JT Mollner • "With a notorious bounty hunter closing in on their trail, a gang of cold-blooded outlaws invades the home of a seemingly innocent frontier family, where an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues throughout the night, leading to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately bloody revenge. Cast: Chad Michael Murray, Francesca Eastwood, Luke Wilson, Teri Polo, Madisen Beaty, Nathan Russell."

"31," written and directed by Rob Zombie • "Five friends are kidnapped on the day before Halloween and are held hostage in a terrifying place named Murder World. While trapped, they must play a violent game called 31, in which the mission is to survive 12 hours against a gang of evil clowns. Cast: Sheri Moon Zombie, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Brake, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Meg Foster."

"Trash Fire," written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. • "When Owen is forced to confront the past he's been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel, become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit, and murder. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll be scarred for life. Cast: Adrian Grenier, Angela Trimbur, AnnaLynne McCord, Fionnula Flanagan, Matthew Gray Gubler, Ray Santiago."

"Under the Shadow" (UK/Jordan), written and directed by Babak Anvari • "Tehran, 1988: As the Iran-Iraq War rumbles into its eighth year, a mother and daughter are slowly torn apart by the bombing campaigns on the city coupled with the country's bloody revolution. As they struggle to stay together amidst these terrors, a mysterious evil stalks through their apartment. Cast: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Arash Marandi."

"Yoga Hosers," written and directed by Kevin Smith • "Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie are teenage besties from Winnipeg who love yoga and live on their smartphones. But when these sophomores get invited to a senior party by the school hottie, the Colleens accidentally uncover an ancient evil buried beneath their Canadian convenience store. Cast: Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Johnny Depp, Justin Long, Austin Butler, Tyler Posey."