The popular New Orleans festival returns, promising a mix of new and classic independent horror cinema alongside the latest in interactive and live shows, with the participation of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The festival runs from 4 to 7 April.

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Azrael
Azrael
Many years following the apocalypse, a devout cult of mute zealots hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment.
Things Will Be Different
Things Will Be Different
In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
Phantom Of The Paradise
Phantom Of The Paradise
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music - but an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
Sleep
Sleep
A couple find their marriage deteriorating after a disturbing episode when the husband declares in his sleep, “Someone’s inside”.
Cuckoo
Cuckoo
On a trip to the German Alps with her father and stepmother, Gretchen discovers that the resort town where they’re staying hides sinister secrets, as she’s plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.
Oddity
Oddity
A blind medium uncovers the truth behind her sister's death with the help of a frightening wooden mannequin.
In A Violent Nature
In A Violent Nature
The enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in a remote wilderness.
All You Need Is Death
All You Need Is Death
A young couple records and collects folk songs in rural Ireland, selling them to a mysterious, rich buyer. When rumours of a song never-before-heard reach the couple, they find themselves in an uneasy alliance with a music professor to discover an ancient song.
I Saw the TV Glow
I Saw the TV Glow
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show - a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest.
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Overlook Film Festival Features

Clocking in
Michael Felker on how he learned to time travel and Things Will Be Different
A dream come true
Jason Yu on casting, chemistry and keeping it simple in Sleep
Just trying to live
Sébastien Vanicek on suburban life in France, spiders and Infested
In tune with the darkness
Paul Duane on music, monstrosities and All You Need Is Death
Altered perspective
John Rosman on character, tension and the music of Bob Dylan in New Life
Everything under the moon
Larry Fessenden on werewolves, the monsters within us and Blackout
It's a scream
Catriona MacColl looks back on her life as a horror heroine.
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