{"id":324687,"date":"2026-03-11T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324687\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:49:11","slug":"overlook-film-festival-announces-first-wave-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324687\/","title":{"rendered":"Overlook Film Festival announces first-wave lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tune up the ghostly Second Line parade band because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/2025-overlook-film-festival-preview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Overlook Film Festival<\/a> is returning to New Orleans for its 10th anniversary celebration. Today, the festival announces its first-wave lineup, including its opening, centerpiece, and closing-night screenings, retrospective events, and details on when fans can see Rick Baker in person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From April 9 through 12, Overlook will send America\u2019s most haunted city into overdrive with 47 films (21 features and 26 shorts), including Obsession, Levitius, and Hokum. Other notable nightmares include Larry Fassenden\u2019s latest movie, Trauma, Or Monsters All, the final film in a \u201cpersonal quadrilogy bringing together the creatures from the previous films in the horror master\u2019s long and varied career.\u201d Need a Fessenden refresher? The Festival will also screen the film\u2019s three pseudo-prequels: Black Out, Depraved, and Habit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the lineup: Chili Finger, starring Judy Greer, Bryan Cranston, Sean Astin, and John Goodman; the burglary-gone-wrong black comedy Drag, starring Lizzy Caplan, Lucy DeVito, and John Stamos; and the new Faces Of Death, starring Barbie Ferreira and Charli xcx to make sure festivalgoers don\u2019t sleep a wink that weekend. But, should you need a final fright, check out the much-anticipated Exorcist II documentary, Boorman And The Devil, and terrify your friends with an argument about the underrated sequel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But what would a film festival be without some retrospectives? Overlook has the 100th-anniversary screening of A Page Of Madness, considered by many to be the first Japanese horror film ever made, accompanied by a six-piece orchestra. Finally, celebrating the 45th anniversary of An American Werewolf In London, Rick Baker will receive the Overlook\u2019s Master of Horror award in person. Previous recipients include Roger Corman, Ernest Dickerson, Mick Garris, Mike Flanagan, Stuart Gordon, and Joe Dante, so he\u2019s good company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Overlook Film Festival has a whole weekend of terrors for those daring enough to visit the French Quarter that weekend. Running from April 9 through 12, there\u2019s plenty of non-movie treats, too, including the Shudder Second Line Parade and immersive experiences. For more and updated information on the lineup, tickets, and lodging, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/overlookfilmfest.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OverlookFilmFest.com<\/a>. Check out the first-wave lineup below:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Opening Night Film: Obsession\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Centerpiece Film: Leviticus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Closing Night Film: Hokum<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Feature Film Presentations (international selections presented by Neon)<\/p>\n<p>Boorman And The Devil\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chili Finger\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drag\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Exit 8\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Faces Of Death\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goody Goody (World Premiere)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Holy Boy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Never After Dark\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New Group\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parasomnia<\/p>\n<p>Saccarine\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trauma, Or Monsters All (World Premiere)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ugly Cry<\/p>\n<p>Retrospective Film Presentations<\/p>\n<p>An American Werewolf In London (Rick Baker, in person)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Black Out\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Depraved<\/p>\n<p>Habit\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Page Of Madness (Live orchestra)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tune up the ghostly Second Line parade band because the Overlook Film Festival is returning to New Orleans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-324687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}