The Slamdance Film Festival, the upstart kid brother to the Sundance Film Festival, has selected 29 feature films and a slew of shorts for its 15th annual run in Park City, festival organizers announced Monday.

The opening-night film is writer-director Glenn McQuaid's "I Sell the Dead," a horror comedy starring Dominic Monaghan ("The Lord of theRings," "Lost"), Ron Perlman ("Hellboy") and cult-movie figures Angus Scrimm ("Phantasm") and Larry Fessenden ("Wendigo"). The movie tells of a pair of "bumbling graverobbers who begin to unearth peculiar corpses."

New this year, Slamdance has teamed with the website Indieroad.net to stream festival films online anytime during the festival's run. Each online screening will cost $9, with $3 going directly to the filmmakers.

The festival runs Jan. 15-23 at the Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main St. in Park City. For ticket information, visit www.slamdance.com.

The full slate can be found in the Salt Lake Tribune's Sundance Film Festival coverage, www.sltrib.com/sundance.

Here's the slate of films in the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival:

Narrative Feature Competition

The Ante » (Canada) Directed by Max Perrier, written by Danek S. Kaus, James Chancellor & Simon Perrier, this black comedy tells of an innocent man who "becomes the killer everyone wants him to be."

City Rats » (United Kingdom) Directed by Steve M. Kelly (a veteran of British TV) and written by Simon Fantauzzo, a drama about eight interconnected characters in "a modern-day Dickensian tale."

I Sell the Dead » The opening-night film, written and directed Glenn McQuaid, starring Dominic Monaghan ("Lost") and Ron Perlman ("Hellboy") in a comic horror tale of bumbling graverobbers.

Mississippi Damned » Writer-director Tina Mabry's drama about three poor black kids in rural Mississippi, dealing with the consequences of a family's cycle of abuse and addiction and violence.

Only » (Canada) Writer-directors Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds follow a day shared between a pre-teen boy and girl.

Punching the Clown » A satirical songwriter (Henry Phillips, who co-wrote with director Gregori Viens) puts his life's work in jeopardy when he arrives in L.A.

A Quiet Little Marriage » Written and directed by Mo Perkins, a domestic drama centered on a young couple (Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Cy Carter).

Son of the Sunshine » (Canada) Writer-director Ryan Ward stars as a man whose Tourette's Syndrome is seemingly cured by experimental surgery --leaving him to deal with life head on.

Spooner » In this comedy, a 30-year-old ("Scooby Doo's" Matthew Lillard) is kicked out of his parent's house and meets the girl of his dreams (Norah Zehetner, from "Brick"). Shea Whigham ("Pride and Glory") and Christopher McDonald (who played Lillard's dad in "SLC Punk") co-star for director Drake Doremus, working from a script by Lindsay Stidham.

You Might As Well Live » (Canada) A comedy about a loser (Joshua Peace, who co-wrote with director Simon Ennis) out to get money, a girl and a championship ring. Co-starring Michael Madsen and Stephen McHattie.

Documentary Feature Competition

Graphic Sexual Horror » A look at the most notorious "violent porn" website, which questions the site's creator about personal responsibility. Directed and written by Barbara Bell and Anna Lorentzon.

Hard To Be An Indian » Directed by Beth Toni Kruvant and written by Jonah Kruvant, about the tribulations of an inner-city and its principal, Jewish alumni and the gang members trying to restore the school's former glory.

Lost Sparrow » Filmmaker Chris Billing explores his family history, highlighted by the 1978 deaths of his adopted Crow Indian brothers.

Oh My God, It's Harrod Blank » Writer-director David Silverberg profiles art-car artist Harrod Blank, in a movie that includes the subject's famous father, documentarian Les Blank.

The Road to Fallujah » Filmmaker Mark Manning, the only Westerner to live in Fallujah immediately after the November 2004 battle that destroyed the ancient city, explores current issues in Iraq.

Second Sight » (Scotland/Canada) The last generation of Gaelic storytellers on the Isle of Skye tell a nonfiction ghost story to documentarian Alison Mcalpine.

Smile Til It Hurts » Writer-director Lee Storey chronicles the history of the aggressively perky singing group Up With People, the counter to the counter-culture.

Strongman » A man who can bend a pen with his fingers faces his greatest adversary -- middle age -- in Zachary Levy's documentary.

Unwanted Witness » (Switzerland/France) Filmmaker Juan Jose Lozano's profile of Colombian TV host Hollman Morris, whose unvarnished accounts of crime in his home country have brought him international awards and death threats.

Zombie Girl » A behind-the-scenes look at 12-year-old Emily Hagins and her two-year odyssey to write and direct a feature-length zombie movie.

Special Screenings

At Any Second » (Germany) Director Jan Fehse (co-writing with Christian Lyra) tracks a group of people (one played by Sebastian Koch, from "The Lives of Others") scarred by relationships as they seek a new beginning.

Drool » Writer-director Nancy Kissam's drama of an abused wife ("Mulholland Drive's" Laura Harring) who accidentally kills her husband, and goes cross-country with her best friend (Jill Marie Jones) and the corpse.

Finding Bliss » Leelee Sobieski stars in this comedy by writer-director Julie Davis ("I Love You, Don't Touch Me," Sundance '97), as an idealistic film-school grad who lands in the adult film industry.

Not Forgotten » A thriller, directed by Dror Soref and written by Soref and Tomas Romero, about a couple ("The Mentalist's" Simon Baker and "Spanglish's" Paz Vega) trying to save their kidnapped daughter in a Tex-Mex border town.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead » A theater director (Jake Hoffman) directs "Hamlet," and uncovers a 2,000-year-old conspiracy involving vampires, Shakespeare and the Holy Grail. Jordan Galland directs and writes this comedy, which co-stars Devon Aoki, Jeremy Sisto and Ralph Macchio -- and features music by Sean Lennon.

The Slammin' Salmon »The Broken Lizard troupe ("Super Troopers," "Beerfest") return in this tale of a Miami restaurateur who, in debt to the mob, starts a contest to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night. Broken Lizard's Kevin Heffernan directs, with a cast that includes Michael Clarke Duncan, Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your Mother") and Sendhil Ramamurthy ("Heroes").

Weather Girl » Tricia O'Kelley ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") plays a Seattle TV weather forecaster who melts down on the air when her boyfriend, the morning-show anchor (Mark Harmon), cheats on her. Written and directed by Blayne Weaver.

Twilight Screenings

Conjurer » A young couple (Andrew Bowen, Maxine Bahns) encounters strange doings at an old rural cabin, in a thriller directed by Clint Hutchison and written by David Yarbrough and Hutchison.

Mum and Dad » (United Kingdom) In writer-director Steven Shiel's horror film, a young woman is imprisoned in a suburban house, whose family gives her a choice: Join them in their insanity, or die.