You know we love a good horror fest in this jam and we’re psyched for these feature films showing this week at The Overlook Film Festival 2025 in New Orleans! If you’re heading down, be prepared for a horror fest you’ll never forget!
40 Acres (2024)
In a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, a Black family of Canadian farmers descended from American Civil War migrants defend their homestead against cannibals trying to seize their resources.
Thu, Apr 3rd, 7:00 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C
Sat, Apr 5th, 9:45 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C
Danielle Deadwyler is having a horror YEAR. Recently in Blumhouse’s The Woman in the Yard, she enters cannibal country in 40 Acres.
Away with the Fairies (2024)
Three exhausted sisters attempt to euthanize their violently ill mother on a remote island.
Fri, Apr 4th, 3:45 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D
Sat, Apr 5th, 9:30 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D
Mother/Daughter trauma horror rocks our socks and Away with the Fairies takes fantasy, tension and emotional trauma to new heights.
Cloud (2024)
Yoshii, a young man who resells goods online, finds himself at the center of a series of mysterious events that put his life at risk.
Thu, Apr 3rd, 10:15 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B
Sun, Apr 6th, 5:15 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B
Kiyoshi Kurosawa shakes you to the core with this psycho-thriller entrenched in the dangers of internet accessibility and the permeation of social takedowns.
It Ends (2024)
Friends on a late-night food run become trapped on an infinite highway with otherworldly terrors lurking beyond. Confined in their Jeep Cherokee, they must decide whether to accept their fate or attempt escape.
Sat, Apr 5th, 12:45 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A
Sun, Apr 6th, 12:10 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B
Existential crisis and the low-bubbling realization that you may have some frenemies while an entity pursues you is a lot to handle! Filmmaker Alexander Ullom will be in attendance for this one so don’t miss it!
Monster Island (Orang Ikan) (2024)
Set in the Pacific, 1942. A Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
Thu, Apr 3rd, 7:15 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A
Sat, Apr 5th, 10:15 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place B
Monster flick lovers to the front. Japanese folklore on a desert island is a recipe for disaster and heart-pounding suspense!
Rosario (2025)
Rosario spends the night with her grandmother’s body while she waits for the ambulance to arrive, during a severe snowfall, Rosario is attacked by otherworldly entities that have taken control of her grandmother’s body.
Fri, Apr 4th, 10:30 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D
Sat, Apr 5th, 7:15 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place A
The disquieting feeling of being trapped with a dead body is one thing, it’s a whole ‘nother ball game when you have to battle it. Our favorite Overlook fixture, David Dastmalchian also stars!
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
High-level demons collect low-level demons as warriors in attempt to obtain a key containing the blood of Christ. The key is guarded by immortal warriors called Demon Knights.
Sun, Apr 6th, 2:45 PM @ Prytania Theatre Uptown
“Fasten your drool cups, and ready your vomit bags! We’re going to the movies! Frights, camera, action! It’s time for the full horror debut of the legendary Ernest Dickerson.” – The Overlook Film Festival
The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick (2025)
A woman visits her friend’s countryside home, joining a small group for what promises to be a cozy weekend of food and games. A tick bite leads to unsettling developments that transform their idyllic retreat into something sinister.
Fri, Apr 4th, 4:15 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place C
Sat, Apr 5th, 1:00 PM @ Prytania Theatres at Canal Place D
Being invaded by nature sucks…and distorts and distends and pulsates in this grotesque thriller by Peter Ohs.
Don’t forget to The Overlook’s incredible shorts program as well!
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