 Chiller renewed its Dare 2 Direct Film Festival in 2008, which aired on Halloween night.The channel premiered webisodes of an original film, "The Hills Are Alive" from Tim Burton protégé Caroline Thompson (co-screenwriter of "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" and screenwriter of "Edward Scissorhands") in July on chillertv.com, and aired the complete film as its first original film in October.Chiller Films was a film production company based in New York that specializes in indie horror and thriller films.