The 2024 Overlook Film Festival will take place April 4th-7th. The full film lineup is below. The full schedule can be found Here
The 2024 Special Events lineup can be found here. Passes can be purchased here. Single tickets available now below.
All International Titles are Presented By MUBI
Opening Night – CUCKOO
Tilman Singer | 2024 | Germany | 102 min
When 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) reluctantly moves with her family to a resort in the German Alps, she finds herself the subject of terrifying visions and aggressive stalking by a mysterious woman who may or may not be linked to the town’s past. Featuring audacious performances from Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick, this beautiful and terrifying Giallo-esque nightmare is sure to make you think twice about going into the woods at night.
Cast: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick
Thursday, April 4th, 7:00 PM, Prytania Uptown – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
Thursday, April 4th, 9:45 PM, Canal Place 14 – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
Closing Night – ABIGAIL
World Premiere
Radio Silence In Attendance
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | 2024 | USA | 110 min
From the minds behind Ready or Not, Scream (2022) and Scream VI comes a deliciously sinister story about a group of criminals who get more than they bargained for when they kidnap the daughter of a powerful underworld figure and are forced watch her in her isolated mansion overnight, only to discover that they may be no match for her bloodlust.
Cast: Kathryn Newton, Dan Stevens, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Durand, Melissa Barrera
Saturday, April 6th, 7:30 PM, Prytania Uptown – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH
Filmmaker in attendance
Paul Duane | 2023 | Ireland | 93 min
Set in the world of Irish folk ballads and brimming with lore, this creepy tale follows a young couple who collect rare songs. Hired by a mysterious man to track down and translate an ancient, taboo tune, they unlock something that was best left undisturbed.
Cast: Simone Collins, Charlie Maher, Olwen Fouéré, Gary Whelan
ARCADIAN
Benjamin Brewer | 2024 | USA | 92 min
Nicolas Cage stars as a father desperately trying to take care of his two sons in an equally heartfelt and innovatively terrifying post-apocalyptic vision from director and lauded visual effects artist Benjamin Brewer (The Trust, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Save Yourselves).
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, and Sadie Soverall
AZRAEL
E.L. Katz | 2024 | USA | 88 min
Survivalist horror is alive and well in this pulse-pounding, dialog-less, post-apocalyptic vision from director E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills) and writer Simon Barrett (You’re Next) that follows Azrael (Samara Weaving), a desperate woman who is being hunted by a tenacious cult of mutes determined to use her in a sadistic ritual.
Cast: Samara Weaving, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sebastian Bull, Vic Carmen Sonne, Katariina Unt, Eero Milonoff
Friday, April 5th, 10:45 PM, Canal Place 2
THE BEYOND
World Premiere of 4K Restoration
Lucio Fulci | 1981 | Italy | 96 min
Lucio Fulci, the Giallo maestro himself, sets his sights on the bayou with his propulsive, brain-melting nightmare of psychedelia. Shot entirely in and around New Orleans, and driven by one of the all-time great Fabio Frizzi scores, Grindhouse Releasing’s brand new restoration is mandatory big-screen viewing.
Cast: Katherine MacColl, David Warbeck, Sarah Keller, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar
BIRDEATER
Filmmaker in attendance
Jack Clark, Jim Weir | 2023 | Australia | 113 min
Engaged couple Louie and Irene are as close as two people could be. So close, in fact, that Irene is attending Louie’s bachelor party, all set for a night of fun and debauchery. But, as uncomfortable details about their relationship start to come to the surface, it becomes clear that Louie’s friends may have other plans in this unnerving and shockingly unforgettable first feature.
Cast: Mackenzie Fearnley, Shabana Azeez
BLACKOUT
Filmmaker in attendance
Larry Fessenden | 2023 | USA | 103 min
Not your typical werewolf story, Blackout follows a painter, haunted by guilt, who becomes convinced that he is transforming at night and wreaking havoc in his small town in this genre-bending and often hilarious portrait from the legendary Larry Fessenden (Habit, Wendigo).
Cast: Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, John Speredakos
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON 3-D
70th Anniversary, on 35mm
Live Introduction by Dr. Fearless (as played by David Dastmalchian)
Jack Arnold | 1954 | USA | 80 min
Not since the beginning of time has the world known terror like this. Science couldn’t explain it, but there it was: the last of the great Universal movie monsters. An inspiration to countless generations of fans and filmmakers, don’t miss this absolute classic as it was meant to be seen, in its original 3-D and on 35mm!
Cast: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Morano, Nestor Paiva
Sunday, April 7th, 4:30 PM, Prytania Uptown – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
DEAD MAIL
Filmmaker in attendance
Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConagh | 2024 | USA | 106 min
A dead letter investigator gets in over his head when tracking down the origin of a mysterious blood message sent through the mail in this quirky, twisty, grimey, genre-blending, indie thriller that worms its way under your skin.
Cast: Sterling Macer Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Nick Heyman, Tomas Boykin
EXHUMA
Jang Jae-Hyun | 2024 | South Korea | 96 min
When a mysterious curse threatens a prominent family’s newborn baby, a ragtag group featuring two shamans, a feng shui master, and an undertaker are hired to dig up ancestral remains in the hope of lifting the spell, but what they uncover is something far worse… This box office smash hit from Korea, reverberating with the legacy of imperialism, is a truly thrilling creeper.
Cast: Choi Min-Sik, Kim Go-Eun, Yoo Hai-Jin, and Lee Do-Hyun
HANDS OF ORLAC
100th Anniversary
With New Live Score By Think Less, Hear More
Robert Wiene | 1924 | Austria | 90 min
From the director of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari comes this expressionist-tinted pulp tale of the macabre starring the sinister somnambulist himself, Conrad Veidt (The Man Who Laughs). Watch in horror as a concert pianist’s hands are replaced by those of a murderer and hear the all new score by returning NOLA artists Think Less, Hear More.
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen Cartellieri
HOOD WITCH
Saïd Balktibia | 2023 | France | 96 min
Struggling to build a better life for her son, an exotic items dealer develops an app to connect mystical healers with potential clients. When one consultation goes horribly awry, she finds herself the subject of a literal witch hunt, racing against time to escape her Persian urban complex before an angry mob reaches her.
Cast: Goldshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant, Jérémy Ferrari
HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON
Ariane Louis-Seize | 2023 | Canada | 90 min
Struggling with her own personal ethics, a teenage vampire makes a pact with a suicidal boy after her family cuts off her blood supply in this sweet and touching tale of friendship and loyalty.
Cast: Sara Montpetit, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Steve Laplante
I DON’T UNDERSTAND YOU
Brian Crano, David Craig | 2023 | USA | 96 min
Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells shine as a couple on the verge of adopting a baby who find themselves on an Italian vacation from hell in this hilarious horror comedy. When they find themselves trapped in a rural area late one night in the middle of downpour, things go from bad to worse and accidents can’t seem to stop occurring.
Cast: Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Nunzia Schiano, Morgan Spector, Eleonora Romandini
Thursday, April 4th, 7:00 PM, Canal Place 9
Friday, April 5th, 2:15 PM, Canal Place 2
Sunday, April 7th, 2:45 PM, Canal Place 2 – JUST ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!
I SAW THE TV GLOW
Jane Schoenbrun | 2023 | USA | 100 min
Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun (We’re All Going to the World’s Fair) returns with a searingly beautiful and evocative story of an awkward teenager whose suburban life is rattled when his classmate introduces him to a strangely absorbing, supernatural TV show that is abruptly canceled.
Cast: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, with Fred Durst and Danielle Deadwyler
Saturday, April 6th, 8:15 PM, Canal Place 16 – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
Sunday, April 7th, 5:00 PM, Canal Place 16 – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
IN A VIOLENT NATURE
Filmmaker in attendance
Chris Nash | 2024 | Canada | 94 min
The story is familiar: a savage, undead monster stalks a group of unsuspecting teenagers in the woods. But filmmaker Chris Nash turns this brutal slasher on its head, following the creature in his relentless pursuit.
Cast: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Liam Leone, Charlotte Creaghan, Lea Rose Sebastianis, Sam Roulston, Alexander Oliver, Lauren Taylor
Friday, April 5th, 10:15 PM, Canal Place 9
Saturday, April 6th, 3:15 PM, Canal Place 9 – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
Monday, April 8th, 7:00 PM, Canal Place 1 – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
INFESTED
Sébastien Vanicek | 2023 | France | 106 min
Packed full of jump scares and sure to be every arachnophobes’ worst nightmare, this spine-tingling chiller sees the residents in the French projects go to war with a group of deadly spiders who are rapidly reproducing through each floor of their apartment building.
Cast: Théo Christine, Sofia Lesaffre, Jérôme Niel, Lisa Nyarko, Finnegan Oldfield, Marie-Philomène Nga, Mahamadou Sangaré, Abdellah Moundy
KILL YOUR LOVER
Filmmakers in attendance
Alix Austin, Keir Siewert | 2023 | United Kingdom | 77 min
Breaking up is hard to do, but when Dakota finally decides to end her relationship with Axel, the toxicity she is trying to escape begins to manifest in insidious ways, threatening to consume her as well, in this devastatingly relatable monster movie that highlights the struggle between love and destruction.
Cast: Paige Gilmour, Shane Quigley Murphy, May Kelly, Chloe Wigmore, Joshua Whincup
LOOK INTO MY EYES
Filmmaker in attendance
Lana Wilson | 2024 | USA | 108 min
The intimate relationship between psychics, their clients, and the loved ones they are trying to contact from the beyond is explored in this hilarious and heartbreaking new documentary from filmmaker Lana Wilson.
NEW LIFE
Filmmaker in attendance
John Rosman | 2023 | USA | 84 min
A tense game of cat-and-mouse unfolds as a young woman flees a mysterious facility, evading a savvy agent with nothing to lose, as the stakes rise to apocalyptic proportions in this nasty, genre-bending, and surprisingly intimate thriller.
Cast: Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Tony Amendola
OCULUS
10th Anniversary
Filmmaker Mike Flanagan In Attendance
Mike Flanagan | 2014 | USA | 103 min
Before he took on Hill House, Bly Manor, the House of Usher and the halls of King, there was the supernatural thrawl of the Lasser Glass. Adapted from his own short film of the same name, auteur Mike Flanagan cemented his reputation as a modern master of the art of the scare with his breakthrough second film. Preceding the screening, Mike Flanagan will receive the 2024 Master Of Horror Award
Cast: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Chochrane
Friday, April 5th, 9:30 PM, Prytania Uptown – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
ODDITY
Damian McCarthy | 2024 | Ireland | 98 min
A blind medium resorts to desperate measures in an effort to find out the truth behind what happened to her sister in this mystical, terrifying creepfest that will burn its lasting, nightmarish imagery into your brain.
Cast: Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Steve Wall, Johnny French, Joe Rooney, Shane Whisker, Ivan de Wergifosse
Friday, April 5th, 8:00 PM, Canal Place 16
Sunday, April 7th, 7:15 PM, Canal Place 16 – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
50th Anniversary
Star and Composer Paul Williams in Attendance
Conversation Moderated By John Cameron Mitchell
Hosted by The Swan Archives
Brian De Palma | 1974 | USA | 91 min
The Swan Archives and its Principal Archivist Ari Kahan will introduce a very special screening of Brian De Palma’s Faustian, fantastical opera of rock and roll composed by, and starring, the legendary Paul Williams (The Muppet Movie, Bugsy Malone) that has rightfully taken its place as one of the genre’s finest cult masterpieces. See it as you never have before!
Cast: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper
Presented By FANGORIA
Sunday, April 7th, 1:00 PM, Prytania Uptown – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
REALM OF SATAN
Filmmaker in attendance
Scott Cummings | 2024 | USA | 80 min
Visionary filmmaker Scott Cummings makes his feature debut with this eerie and poignant portrait of modern day Satanists in a fight to preserve their customs and their individualism.
RED ROOMS
Pascal Plante | 2023 | Canada | 118 min
Canadian auteur-in-the-making Pascal Plante presents a disturbingly engaging tale of a model’s obsession with a child murderer who is on trial and her dark web search for evidence of his innocence.
Cast: Juliette Gariépy
SLEEP
Jason Yu | 2023 | South Korea | 94 mins
An expectant wife desperately tries to break her loving husband from his deranged sleepwalking patterns in this cleverly scripted, razor-edged thriller from Bong Joon-ho’s protégé, Jason Yu.
Cast: JUNG Yu-mi, LEE Sun-kyun
THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT
Filmmaker in attendance
Michael Felker | 2024 | USA | 102 min
Executive produced by veteran filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, this twisty time travel story that follows two siblings, fresh off a robbery, who hide out on a remote farm in a different time period than their own, only to find themselves reckoning with a mysterious entity that does not like them being there.
Cast: Adam David Thompson, Riley Dandy, Chloe Skoczen, Justin Benson, Sarah Bolger
SHORTS PROGRAM 1: RISE AND GRIND
Filmmakers in attendance
HYPOXIA Dir. Brian Imakura | 2023 | USA
THE RED ROOM Dir. Alex Liu | 2023 | New Zealand
KOMBUCHA! Dir. Jake Myers | 2023 | USA
ZIT Dir. Amber Neukum | 2024 | USA
CHOMP Dir. Cricket Arrison & Suki-Rose | 2023 | USA
NAP Dir. Alicia Albares | 2023 | Spain
MLM Dir. Brea Grant | 2024 | USA
THE INFLUENCER Dir. Lael Rogers | 2023 | USA
92 Min
SHORTS PROGRAM 2: HAUNTED
Filmmakers in attendance
DREAM FACTORY Dir. Alex Matraxia | 2023 | United Kingdom
BOOKWORM Dir. Javier Yanez Sanz | 2023 | Spain
POWDER Dir. Ham Tran | 2023 | Vietnam
THREE BATHS Dir. Rafael De Leon Jr. | 2023 | USA
HEVEL Dir. David Grace | 2023 | USA
BENEDICTION Dir. Zandashé Brown | 2022 | USA
SOULING Dir. Jacquelyn Ferguson | 2023 | USA
THE LOOMING Dir. Masha Ko | 2023 | USA
92 Min
Thursday, April 4th, 7:15 PM, Canal Place 2 – PASS HOLDER AND RUSH LINE ONLY
SHORTS PROGRAM 3: MIDNIGHT SNACKS
Filmmakers in attendance
DARK MOMMY Dir. Courtney Eck | 2023 | USA
SPOOKY CREW Dir. Erin Broussard | 2023 | USA
DREAM CREEP Dir. Carlos A.F. Lopez | 2024 | USA
I COULD JUST DIE, AND THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT Dir. A.K. Espada | 2023 | USA
BITS Dir. Lilliya Scarlett Reid | 2023 | USA
SOME DAY ALL THIS WILL BE YOURS Dir. Cricket Arrison | 2023 | USA
MOSQUITO LADY Dir. Kristine Gerolaga | 2023 | USA
104 Min