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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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Overlook Latest Reviews
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.
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.
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.
A fixer is sent out to find a mysterious woman on the run, and the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions.
A fine arts painter becomes convinced that he is a werewolf, wreaking havoc on a small American town under the full moon.
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. He is given new ones - taken from a man executed for murder.
A woman tries to prove her brother is taking the rap for a murder committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
A woman inherits a New Orleans hotel with a sinister secret, and horror commences.
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