The Overlook Film Festival is a 4-day celebration of all things horror held in America’s most haunted city, New Orleans. Each spring, genre fans and cinephiles from the world over convene in the heart of the French Quarter, home to countless apparition sightings, voodoo legends, vampire curses and even some lore related to our namesake, horror fiction’s most frightening creation. The festival is produced in partnership with The Prytania Theatres.

Schedule Of events

April 3,2025

6:45pm - Chain Reactions- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

7:00pm - Opening Night: DropFilmmaker In AttendanceFilter events by Filmmaker In AttendancePrytania UptownFilter events by Prytania Uptown

7:00pm - 40 Acres-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

7:15pm - Monster Island-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

9:00pm - The Shudder Second Line Parade- Offsite

9:30pm - Opening Night 10th Anniversary Shudder PartyP-Toulouse Theater

9:45pm - Re-Animator-Prytania Uptown

9:45pm - Predators-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

10:00pm - Shorts Program 3: Freaky-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

10:15pm - Cloud-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

10:30pm - The Home-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

April 4,2025

12:30pm - The Spirit of Halloweentown- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

12:45pm - Dead Lover- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

1:00pm - Danger Stories: A Word Salad Symphony-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

1:15pm - Best Wishes to All- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

3:30pm - Death Becomes Her- Prytania Uptown

3:30pm - Redux Redux-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

3:45pm - Shorts Program 2: The Furies-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

4:00pm - Fréwaka- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

4:15pm - The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

4:30pm - Horror TriviaFree Event-B Mac's

6:45pm - Centerpiece: The Ugly Stepsister- Prytania Uptown

7:00pm - Ick- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

7:15pm - The Short Films of David Lynch- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

7:30pm - Hallow Road-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

9:45pm - AshSpecial Screening-Special ScreeningPrytania UptownFilter events by Prytania Uptown

10:00pm - Touch Me- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

10:10pm - LifeHack- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

10:20pm - Memory Hole-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

10:30pm - Rosario- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

April 5,2025

11:30 AM - A Conversation with Joe HillPane- Westin Azalea

12:30pm - The Shrouds-Prytania Uptown

12:30pm - The Spirit of Halloweentown- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

12:45pm - It Ends-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place AFilter events by Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

1:00pm - The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place DFilter events by Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

1:15pm - Good Boy- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

1:30pm - 16MM Camera Workshop- Westin Azalea

3:30pm - Abraham's Boys-Prytania UptownFilter events by Prytania Uptown

3:30pm - Redux Redux-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

3:30pm - Witchcraft For Wayward GirlsLive Show-Westin Azalea

3:45pm - IckFilmmaker In Attendance- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

4:00pm - Shorts Program 1: Apocalypse Pretty Soon-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

4:15pm - Hallow Road-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

5:00pm - The Late Great Midnite Spook Show with Zabrecky: A Multimedia Illustrated Talk- Westin Azalea

6:45pm - Closing Night: Clown in a Cornfield-Prytania Uptown

7:00pm - Zodiac Killer Project- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

7:15pm -Rosario-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

9:00pm - Splatterday Night at the Overlook Film FestP-Toulouse Theater

9:30pm - Lost Highway-Prytania Uptown

9:30pm - Shorts Program 2: The Furies- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

9:45pm - 40 Acres-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

10:00pm - The Home- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

10:15pm - Monster Island- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

April 6,2025

12:00pm - Fréwaka-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

12:10pm - It Ends-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

12:20pm - Shorts Program 1: Apocalypse Pretty Soon-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

12:30pm - Predators-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

1:30pm - Immersion Nation Podcast- Westin Azalea

2:45pm - Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight-Prytania Uptown

2:45pm - The Shrouds- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

2:55pm - LifeHack- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

3:05pm - Zodiac Killer Project-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

3:15pm - Good Boy-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

5:15pm - Phantom Follies with Zabrecky: A Midnight Spook Show and Film Spectacular and 13 Ghosts-Prytania Uptown

5:15pm - Cloud-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

5:25pm - Chain Reactions- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

5:30pm - DIY UNTIL YOU DIE: True Indie Horror-Westin Azalea

5:45pm - Shorts Program 3: Freaky-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

8:15pm - Touch Me- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

8:25pm - The Descent- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D

8:30pm - The Phantom of the Opera- Prytania Uptown

8:35pm - Dead Lover- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C

8:45pm - Best Wishes to All- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B

April 7,2025

7:00pm - Good Boy- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

8:30pm - Fréwaka -Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

April 8,2025

7:00pm - Chain Reactions-Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

9:00pm - Best Wishes to All- Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A

Date : April 3-8,2025

Location:Various venue in New Orleans, LA 70116

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