Press

Accreditation

Applications for press credentials to the 2025 Overlook Film Festival are now open HERE!
Press applications will remain open until February 28th, with notifications made on a rolling basis (but no later than March 7th)
Please note that applying for a press pass does not guarantee approval. We have a limited amount of press passes to offer due to capacity, so it is recommended that you apply sooner rather than later.
Contact Jason Berger with any questions at press@overlookfilmfest.com

Press Materials

STILLS for the 2024 Overlook lineup can be found HERE

The 2023 Overlook Film Festival program stills can be found HERE

The Overlook Film Festival logos and 2022 featured film stills can be downloaded HERE

Selected Coverage

Event Report: Reflecting on the Mesmerizing Immersive Experiences and Spellbinding Screenings of the 2023 Overlook Film Festival! – Daily Dead, 4/7/23

Overlook Film Festival To Open With World Premiere Of ‘Renfield,’ Close With ‘Evil Dead Rise’ – Deadline, 2/28/23

Nicolas Cage’s ‘Renfield’ to World Premiere at Overlook Film Festival – Variety, 2/28/23

The Overlook Film Festival Returns to New Orleans Next March – FANGORIA, 10/10/22

Overlook Film Fest Announces Opening Night Selection Where Y’at, 5/9/22

Overlook Film Festival Celebrates All Things Horror With First Wave of Films Collider, 4/27/22

Ethan Hawke’s Horror Thriller ‘The Black Phone’ to Close Overlook Fest – The Hollywood Reporter, 4/26/22

MovieMaker’s 25 Bloody Best Genre Fests In The World, 2020 – MovieMaker, 10/30/19

The Overlook Film Festival raises its game with each well-planned scare – TimeOut NY, 6/10/19

Spirits were high for the Overlook Film Festival’s druggy, devil-worshipping return to New Orleans – AV Club, 6/7/19

The Best Of The Overlook Film Festival 2019 – Collider, 6/4/19

The Overlook Film Festival Day Three: Fessenden Returns With ‘Depraved’, ‘The Lodge’ Chills and ‘Paperbacks from Hell II’ Rules Supreme – SlashFilm, 6/3/19

Overlook Film Festival ’19 Recap: Ghosts, Movies, and “Paperbacks from Hell” – Bloody Disgusting, 6/3/19

Horrors! So many films at Overlook Fest it’s hard to choose – The Advocate, 5/29/19

The Overlook Film Festival Adds COME TO DADDY, GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR, CAMPFIRE CREEPERS VR – Daily Dead, 5/9/19

Overlook 2019: New Orleans Fest to Open With Jarmusch, Close with THE LODGE (Plus Everything In Between) – Screen Anarchy, 4/26/19

The Dead Don’t Die, Satanic Panic, and Swamp Thing lead the Overlook Film Festival’s 2019 lineup – AV Club, 4/26/19

Elijah Wood, Robert Rodriguez, The Dead Don’t Die U.S. premiere lead Overlook Film Festival lineup – Entertainment Weekly, 4/26/19

‘The Dead Don’t Die’: Jim Jarmusch’s Zombie Romp Will Make U.S. Premiere at New Orleans Horror Festival – IndieWire, 4/26/19

Jim Jarmusch’s Cannes Opener ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ To Make U.S. Premiere At The Overlook Film Festival – Deadline, 4/26/19

MovieMaker’s 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World in 2019 – MovieMaker Magazine, 10/23/18

HEREDITARY, Horror And The Power Of Choice – Filmmaker Magazine, 6/8/18

The Overlook Film Festival Haunts New Orleans With Tigers, Punks, And A New Puppet Master – The AV Club, 4/27/18

Cannibals, Spooky Ghost Stories, & The Monster Squad Thrilled Audiences At The Overlook Film Festival – Daily Grindhouse, 4/25/18

The Overlook Film Festival Announces 2018 Juried And Audience Award Winners – Daily Dead, 4/25/18

‘Hereditary’: The Director Of The Year’s Most Anticipated Horror Movie Is Already Getting Big Offers And Turning Them Down – IndieWire, 4/23/18

Overlook 2018 Preview: Get Ready New Orleans – Screen Anarchy, 4/18/18

Overlook Film Festival To Screen HEREDITARY and PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH – Entertainment Weekly, 3/28/18

First Look At ‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ Premiering At The Overlook Film Festival – Bloody Disgusting, 3/28/18

The Overlook Film Festival 2018 Announces Lineup And Special Events – Daily Dead, 3/28/18

America’s Most Exciting New Festival Is Moving To New Orleans – IndieWire, 11/1/17

Overlook Horror Film Festival To Be Held In New Orleans Next Year – Entertainment Weekly, 11/1/17

Overlook Moves to New Orleans for 2018 Edition – ScreenAnarchy, 11/1/17

Let the Right One In: Paste at the Overlook Film Festival – Paste, 5/8/17

The Overlook Film Festival turns an iconic location into a horror mecca – Time Out NY, 5/4/17

How the Overlook Film Festival Turned Itself Into a Living, Breathing Horror Movie – The Verge, 5/3/17

Overlook 2017 Awards Wrap: HOUNDS OF LOVE Wins Big; As Did All Attendees – Screen Anarchy, 5/2/17

‘Hounds of Love’ the Big Winner of Inaugural Overlook Film Festival – Bloody Disgusting, 5/2/17

Overlook Film Festival in The Oregonian’s Movie Picks column, 4/26/17

The Overlook Film Festival Shines – Portland Mercury, 4/26/17

Overlook 2017 Preview: 8 Unmissable Events from the Inaugural Horror Extravaganza – Screen Anarchy, 4/26/17

The Overlook Film Festival Announces More Killer Events and Get Your Passes Here – Tom Holland’s Terror Time, 4/25/17

We Spoke to the People Behind Overlook: Oregon’s Newest, Greatest Horror Festival – Willamette Week, 4/25/17

Overlook Film Festival Brings Horror Flicks to Timberline Lodge – KGW’s Live at 7, 4/21/17

The Shining Comes Back to Haunt Timberline Lodge (But in a Good Way) – GQ, 4/21/17

Timberline Lodge Plays Host to a New Horror Film Festival – Portland Monthly, 4/20/17

Fresh horror awaits at Timberline Lodge – Portland Tribune, 4/19/17

12 Films We Can’t Wait to See at The Overlook Film Festival – Film School Rejects, 4/20/17

Overlook Film Festival brings horror to Mount Hood – The Oregonian, 4/18/17

Blumhouse horror-thriller STEPHANIE to haunt opening night of Overlook Film Festival – Entertainment Weekly, 4/18/17

‘Stephanie’: New Blumhouse Movie to World Premiere at ‘The Shining’ Hotel – IndieWire, 4/18/17

‘Stephanie’ Will Open The Overlook Film Festival! – Bloody Disgusting, 4/18/17

Blumhouse’s Stephanie to Open the Overlook Film Festival – Dread Central, 4/18/17

Akiva Goldsman and Blumhouse Productions to Premiere ‘Stephanie” at Overlook Film Festival – FrightDay, 4/18/17

Supernatural Thriller STEPHANIE Announced as Opening Night Movie for The Overlook Film Festival – Daily Dead, 4/18/17

2017 Overlook Film Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup, Including a Tribute to Roger Corman – IndieWire, 4/11/17

Roger Corman to receive Master of Horror award at Overlook Film Festival – Entertainment Weekly, 4/11/17

Roger Corman is Getting a “Master of Horror” Award at Overlook Film Festival – Paste Magazine, 4/11/17

The Overlook Film Festival’s Massive Lineup to Premiere ‘Blood Drive’, ‘Still/Born’, ‘Capture’ and ‘Primal Screen’ – Bloody Disgusting, 4/11/17

Inaugural Overlook Film Fest Lineup led by Amirpour, de la Iglesia, Ascher – ScreenAnarchy, 4/11/17

The Overlook Film Festival Reveals Full 2017 Lineup – Dread Central, 4/11/17

New Local Horror Fest Announces Gigantic Lineup in the Hotel from the Shining – Willamette Week, 4/11/17

The Overlook Film Festival Will Take Over Timberline Lodge This Month – The Portland Mercury, 4/11/17

5 Reasons We’re Living in a Golden Age of Genre Film – Indiewire, 4/8/17

New Genre Film Festival to Launch at ‘The Shining’ Hotel – Variety, 10/31/16

‘The Shining’ hotel to host new horror film festival – Entertainment Weekly, 10/31/16

After Stanley; Enter The Overlook Film Festival – Screen Anarchy, 10/31/16

‘The Shining’ Hotel Will Host a New Horror Film Festival, Picking Up Where The Stanley Left Off – Indiewire, 10/31/16

Shine On with The Overlook Film Festival; 2017 Dates and Details Announced! – Fangoria, 10/31/16

New Horror Film Festival to Debut at The Shining Hotel – Paste Magazine, 10/31/16

The Shining Hotel Will Host a New Horror Film Festival – Spin Magazine, 10/31/16