Overlook Film Festival

Adam Scott’s ‘Hokum’ Among Overlook Film Festival’s 2026 First Wave Lineup The Overlook Film Festival has announced the initial lineup for its 10th annual edition in New Orleans.

First Wave Lineup is here! We are ready to welcome you back to America’s most haunted city with a terrifying selection of new and classic films, interactive events, live performances, immersive programming, and special guests. #horror #horrorfestivals

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As we get ready for our first wave announcement, let’s look back at what a blast 2025 was! #horror

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! Today we celebrate all the women of horror who push new and exciting stories featuring brilliant, scary, funny, complicated, gore filled art. We're proud to support you and your work. #InternationalWomensDay

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IT’S HAPPENING! We know you want to know, and we want to tell you. The first wave of the lineup is happening next week! #theoverlookfilmfestival #horror

We're into survival! There are only 10 Final Girl Passes left. Once they're gone, they're GONE.

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LAST CHANCE CAMPERS! Only 3 days left to get your Camper Pass for $275 before the price increases to $350 on March 1.
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Poster for CHAIN REACTIONS

Get all the gory details on the long and bloody artistic legacy of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE.

CHAIN REACTIONS cuts its way into theaters on September 19, from @darkskyfilms.bsky.social, ft. @pattonoswalt.bsky.social, @horrornonna.com, @stephenking.bsky.social, Karyn Kusama and Takashi Miiike.

If you’re in Louisiana and didn’t catch our short ‘The Traveler & The Troll’ @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social, it’ll be playing at the Warped Witch Film Festival on May 16-17

A still from The Ugly Stepsister

We’re walking away from our endless seafood baskets long enough to tell you why @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social is that girl!

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Event Report: Tarantulas, Halloweentown, and Illusion-O – Reflecting on the Must-See Screenings, Sensational Second Line Parade, and Immersive Experiences of the 2025 Overlook Film Festival! - Daily D... Many of them looked at us with a mixture of bewilderment and amusement, and The Rule of Jenny Pen head on a stick that I proudly held high only seemed to add to the latter. Were we protesting somethin...

Event Report: Tarantulas, Halloweentown, and Illusion-O – Reflecting on the Must-See Screenings, Sensational Second Line Parade, and Immersive Experiences of the 2025 Overlook Film Festival!

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Missed this year’s merch?

Pre-orders for remaining stock are open through MIDNIGHT tonite, all courtesy of our amazing friends at @superyakishop.bsky.social

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Distributors, Buy These Scary Good Movies From Overlook Film Festival: ‘Hallow Road,’ ‘LifeHack,’ ‘Touch Me’ and More Some of the movies that received the biggest reaction at the Overlook Film Festival haven't been sold yet.

Thanks @variety.com: They brought the scares - show them the money!
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And that’s a wrap

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If you needed any more reasons to love @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social, “The Hell of It” from PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE is part of the pre-show music. 🥰

it brings us back to one of our favorite screenings!

The poster for Demon Knight

#NowSeated for #DemonKnight at @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social and Ernest Dickerson is in the house!!!!

emerging from hotel rooms, looking for scares

Of course, we wouldn't leave you out in the rain, dear guests. Any outdoor queues will be protected and covered, and we'll be letting attendees into the house early at our Uptown shows. New Orleans is a sub-tropic city - we must celebrate horror rain or shine!

Normal People: Oh man, its raining!
New Orleanians going about their day regardless:

“If you see any teens milling about the theater - buy them a ticket”
“They’re your kids now!”

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD Director and Author Eli Craig and Adam Cesar’s on adapting a teen novel into an R-rated film

The slasher renaissance continues with CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, a highly satisfying endeavor that doesn’t skimp on laughs or refreshingly graphic kills. Like director Eli Craig’s TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL, I suspect a high rewatch value.

Official PSA: CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD fucking rules
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Loving what you see? Be sure to check us out on
@letterboxd.social ! You can rate and review our full features lineup, and check out past programming at letterboxd.com/overlookfest/

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A box containing Eastmans dry plates from Kodak in Rochester, New York

A man stands in front of a PowerPoint presentation explaining different perforation sizes and placement on film motion pictures according to aspect ratio.

Loved this 16mm workshop with #Kodak at the @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social

We have FREE panel about fascinating horror history with master of the macabre Zabrecky! Come hang out and get spooked at 5pm at the Westin Azalea.

About last night

Audiences also got some creepy (and alcoholic!) treats from @ifcfilms.bsky.social

Our Centerpiece Film The Ugly Stepsister is not for the faint of heart OR stomach - but that didn’t stop audiences from turning out in force to see this twisted fairytale from director Emilie Blichfeldt.

There are rules to surviving a horror movie. Thanks to B Mac’s for graciously hosting Horror Trivia with our @dailydead.bsky.social friends!