New Zealand Vampires and Nazi Zombies at Sundance A feral swarm of mass savages. No, that's not Robert Redford's take on the late-night party scene at the Sundance Film Festival - although, given some of the antics in recent years, it very well could be. The quote comes from the description of "Cooties," one of the eight films that made the festival's cut for its 2014 Midnight section. Unveiled on Thursday, the Midnight lineup also features Nazi zombies ("Dead Snow; Red vs. Dead") and New Zealand vampires ("What We Do in the Shadows"). Unlike films that play in other Sundance sections, these movies won't be future awards contenders. But several will probably sell to distributors. Sundance being Sundance - rebellious - it announced in the same breath an upstart children's program, a roster of avant-garde New Frontier films and Spotlight movies that have already played elsewhere. The festival, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in January, also said it would host the American debut of "The Source (Evolving)," an installation by the artist Doug Aitken consisting of filmed conversations about creativity - or, in Sundance speak, "a fast and rhythmic kaleidoscope of dialogues." Below is a full list of the selections announced Thursday, with descriptions provided by the festival: The Babadook (Director and screenwriter: Jennifer Kent) - A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West, Ben Winspear. Cooties (Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion, Screenwriters: Leigh Whannell, Ian Brennan) - A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school and transforms the students into a feral swarm of mass savages. Then an unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives. Cast: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer, Leigh Whannell, Nasim Pedrad. Dead Snow; Red vs. Dead (Director: Tommy Wirkola, Screenwriters: Tommy Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel) - The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army for a final fight. Cast: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Martin Starr, Ørjan Gamst, Monica Haas, Jocelyn DeBoer. The Guest (Director: Adam Wingard, Screenwriter: Simon Barrett) - A soldier on leave befriends the family of a fallen comrade. He soon becomes a threat to everyone around him when it's revealed he's not who he says he is. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick, Chase Williamson, Brendan Meyer. Killers (Directors: The Mo Brothers, Screenwriters: Timo Tjahjanto, Takuji Ushiyama) - Two serial killers post their violent crimes online in a psychotic battle for notoriety. It soon becomes clear that they will square off with one another face to face. Cast: Kazuki Kitamura, Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi, Luna Maya, Ray Sahetapy. The Signal (Director: William Eubank, Screenwriters: William Eubank, Carlyle Eubank, David Frigerio) - Three college students disappear under mysterious circumstances while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest. Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp. Under the Electric Sky (EDC 2013) (Directors: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz) - This 3-D film chronicles the love, community and lives of festivalgoers during Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, the largest music festival in the country. Includes behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive interviews with Insomniac's Pasquale Rotella. What We Do in the Shadows (Directors and screenwriters: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement) - This mockumentary follows the struggles of a group of New Zealand-based vampires to understand modern society and adapt to the ever-changing world around them. Cast: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzales-Macuer, Stu Rutherford. Ernest and Celestine (Directors: Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Screenwriter: Daniel Pennac) - Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer. When she nearly ends up as breakfast for a bear named Ernest, the two form an unlikely bond that is quickly challenged by their communities. Cast: Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, Megan Mullally. Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Director: Oskar Santos, Screenwriters: Francisco Roncal, Jorge Lara, Oskar Santos) - Zip and Zap are punished by being sent to a re-education center. Guided by intelligence, they uncover a mysterious secret hidden deep within the school and end up having the most exciting adventure of their lives. Cast: Javier Gutiérrez, Daniel Cerezo, Raúl Rivas, Claudia Vega, Marcos Ruiz, Fran García. The Better Angels (Director and screenwriter: A.J. Edwards) - Set in the harsh wilderness of Indiana, this is the story of Abraham Lincoln's youth, the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him forever and the two women who guided him to immortality. Cast: Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley. The Girl From Nagasaki (Director: Michel Comte, Screenwriters: Anne-Marie Mackay, Ayako Yoshida, Michel Comte) - This 3-D feature of the classic Puccini opera "Madame Butterfly" is directed by the photographer Michel Comte. It's a modern-day tale that starts with the young madame emerging from the ashes of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. Cast: Christopher Lee, Sasha Alexander, Michael Wincott, Michael Nyqvist, Robert Evans, Polina Semionova. HIT RECORD ON TV (Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - This is a new kind of variety show with host Joseph Gordon-Levitt directing a global online community of artists as they create short films, music, animation, and more. Anybody with an Internet connection is invited to contribute, and each episode focuses on a different theme. Living Stars (Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat) - Argentines open their homes to the public and perform dance numbers they normally only do alone, in front of a mirror. The directors portray them in their houses, with improvised sets, revealing a collection of urban curiosities. Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (Director: Thomas Allen Harris, Screenwriters: Thomas Allen Harris, Don Perry, Paul Carter Harrison) - This epic moves poetically between the present and the past through the work of contemporary photographers and artists. Their pictures and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving a voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, or hidden from sight. Blue Ruin (Director and screenwriter: Jeremy Saulnier) - A mysterious outsider's quiet life turns upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving to be an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. Cast: Macon Blair, Amy Hargreaves, Sidné Anderson, Devin Ratray, Kevin Kolack. The Double (Director: Richard Ayoade, Screenwriter: Avi Korine) - Jesse Eisenberg plays Simon, a timid and isolated man who is overlooked at work. When James, a new co-worker arrives, he upsets the balance because he is Simon's physical double and his opposite: confident and good with women. Then James slowly starts taking over Simon's life. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Cathy Moriarty, James Fox. Ida (Director: Pawel Pawlikowski, Screenwriters: Pawel Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz) - Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation. Cast: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik. Locke Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Steven Knight) - Unfolding in real time, the film is a gripping story of choices, consequences, and a man who risks everything he holds dear to do the right thing. Cast: Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Tom Holland, Bill Milner. The Lunchbox (Director and screenwriter: Ritesh Batra) - A mistake made by the dabbawallahs, Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system, connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. Through notes in the lunchbox, the two build a fantasy world that gradually threatens to overwhelm their reality. Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Denzil Smith, Bharati Achrekar, Nakul Vaid. Only Lovers Left Alive (Director and screenwriter: Jim Jarmusch) - Set against the desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, depressed by the direction the world is taking, reunites with his lover. Their love story has endured for centuries, but the woman's uncontrollable sister disrupts them. Can these wise outsiders continue to survive as the world collapses around them? Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright. R100 (Director and screenwriter: Hitoshi Matsumoto) - A mild-mannered family man with a secret taste for S&M finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless dominatrices - each with a unique talent - in this hilarious and bizarre take on the sex comedy . Cast: Nao Ohmori, Lindsay Kay Hayward, Hairi Katagiri. Stranger by the Lake (Director and screenwriter: Alain Guiraudie) - Frank spends his summer searching for companionship at a lake in France. He meets Michel, an attractive, mysterious man and falls blindly in love. When a death occurs, Frank and Michel become the primary suspects. Cast: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao.