This film follows eight young high school students who are recording a friends birthday party in 2007 but soon things become weird and what once was normal isn't any longer. As the students scramble to survive they unravel the mystery of what is going on around them. The Blackout Files is a dark comedy, horror, mockumentary thrill ride (Shot in the Blair Witch style) and is the directors cut of the original high school student film from 2009 called "Blackout" Produced and Directed by Alex Wagner. After the continued local success of the films launch director Alex Wagner went on to become a student of film at Columbia College Chicago. The film is for the first time getting a viral release on Oct. 31st 2010 for Halloween.