GRIND

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Four interconnected stories centre around the gig economy, hustle culture, and evils of late-stage capitalism in this timely horror comedy anthology.

GRIND tackles the modern work landscape through four perspectives exploring the hustle culture of sales, the repetition of food delivery, the online horrors of content moderation, and the unionization of a coffee shop. In a capitalist world where success is defined by wealth and those at the top are always hungry for more, GRIND is more relevant than ever. True to life, the horrors are real, but there are some laughs along the way too.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW 2026

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Brea Grant is a writer, actor and director. She has directed three films: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER (2013), 12 HOUR SHIFT (2020), and the Blumhouse film TORN HEARTS. She also wrote and starred in the film LUCKY (2020), directed by Natasha Kermani. She is a former TV actress, featured in the hit shows FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and DEXTER, a book podcaster, and a Texan.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Ed Dougherty cowrote and coproduced the film PAINT IT BLACK with Amber Tamblyn and cowrote the award-winning drama SCRAPPER. He also produced the “D is for Dogfight” segment of THE ABCS OF DEATH. He most recently sold the limited series THE AMITYVILLE HOAX to Peacock. He's a graduate of UC Berkeley and the USC Graduate School of Cinema-Television and was in the 2019 Sundance Film Two Lab. He's also directed music videos for Voxtrot, A Giant Dog, Sweet Spirit, Tracyanne and Danny, and many others.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Upon graduating Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College School of Film program Chelsea Stardust moved to Los Angeles to pursue her filmmaking dreams. Chelsea’s first feature film, the science fiction thriller ALL THAT WE DESTROY, is part of the Blumhouse series INTO THE DARK and stars Samantha Mathis, Frank Whaley, and Aurora Perrineau. It was written by Sean Keller and James Agnew (Dario Argento’s GIALLO, Nicolas Cage’s RAGE) and is currently available on Hulu. Her second feature film, the horror comedy SATANIC PANIC, was written by novelist Grady Hendrix (MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM, HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE) and stars Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Rebecca Romijn, and Jerry O’Connell. It was featured in over 20 film festivals all over the world and is currently available on VOD, blu-ray and VHS.