The Overlook Film Fest 2024 edition, taking place April 4 – April 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana, just announced even more additions to their already packed lineup, including the Nicolas Cage-starring creature feature Arcadian.

“With the full scope of this year’s lineup, we’re thrilled to be able to recognize all of the many forms horror can take,” said Lisa Carbonari, festival director of The Overlook Film Festival. “We’re diving headfirst into the dark and twisted, through the films, immersive presentations, interactive exhibits, themed parties and even sensory experiences. We can’t wait to get together with our fellow horror-lovers and celebrate all of the different ways we enjoy being scared.”

The new additions to the lineup bring the festival total to 52 films (28 features and 24 shorts) from 11 countries, as well as four live presentations, six immersive experiences and six special events.

While you can read up on the previously announced lineup here, read on for the new additions to the fest’s programming:

Special Screening

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FESTIVAL PREMIERE

Director: Don Hertzfeldt

USA, 2024

A mysterious new musical from two-time Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (It’s Such a Beautiful Day, Rejected, the World of Tomorrow series).

Feature Film Presentations

International Titles Presented by MUBI

Arcadian

Director: Benjamin Brewer

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall

United States, 2024

Nicolas Cage stars as a father desperately trying to take care of his two sons in equally heartfelt and innovatively terrifying post-apocalyptic vision from director and lauded visual effects artist Ben Brewer (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Save Yourselves).

Dead Mail

Director: Joe DeBoer & Kyle McConaghy

Cast: Sterling Macer Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Nick Heyman, Tomas Boykin

United States, 2024

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.

Exhuma

Director: Jang Jae-Hyun

Cast: Choi Min-Sik, Kim Go-Eun, Yoo Hai-Jin, Lee Do-Hyun

South Korea, 2024

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. 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.

Hood Witch

Director: Saïd Belktibia

Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant, Jérémy Ferrari

France, 2023

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 to escape her Persian urban complex before an angry mob reaches her.

I Don’t Understand You

Director: Brian Crano & David Craig

Cast: Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Nunzia Schiano, Morgan Spector, Eleonora Romandini

Italy, 2023

Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells shine as a couple on the verge of adopting a baby who find themselves on the 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.

Realm of Satan

Director: Scott Cummings

United States, 2024

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.

Immersive Presentations

The festival’s unique interactive live theatrical horror experiences for small audiences return with fresh offerings for the brave and mysterious.

In Another Room

Presented by The Murder Mystery Company & Wildkat Sports

WORLD PREMIERE

Creators: E3W Productions

E3W Productions returns to Overlook for their 4th year of intimate immersive horror with an all new never-before-seen chapter! It’s the turn of the century and Madame Eleanor, one of New Orleans’ most popular (and fraudulent) mediums, has just set up shop in a notoriously haunted building in the French Quarter. She invites you to help her in conducting a private reading for an unsuspecting guest. But not all is as it seems in Madame Eleanor’s parlor, and tonight the spirits she purports to invoke may actually answer her call…

Tales By Candlelight: The Scent of Fear

Presented by Time Will Tell

Creator: Spencer Milone Williams

Performers: Steve N Bradford, Katelyn Schiller

From Walk The Night productions, discover a tale you didn’t know you’ve always known. A portal within you holds an unexpected truth, waiting to be found. Combining scented oils, effects and mentalism to tell bespoke stories tailored to each session attendee, this is a multiple award-winning collaborative experience in which anyone can participate through their own sense of smell. Bring an open mind willing to explore beyond the expected; leave with a fragrance card that holds the key to your story.

Special Event Presentations

16mm Camera Workshop

Presented by Kodak

Horror filmmakers, fans and enthusiasts have long embraced the medium of celluloid as a choice to ramp up tension, serve up scares, and capture a feeling that’s all too important to the tone of genre filmmaking. Thanks to Kodak, 15 lucky registrants will be able to participate in this special 16mm demo and workshop to learn to capture the stories of moving images of tomorrow on film today!

Closing Night Halloween Party

Hosted By Generations Hall

Featuring Boyfriend ft. members of The Revivalists

Embrace the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve at The Overlook Film Festival’s 3rd Annual Halloween bash! Don your most terrifying costume and become part of this macabre celebration with surprises around every corner. Haunting performances from The Unnaturals and NOLA’s own Boyfriend, songwriter (Charli XCX, Slayyyter), producer (Rebecca Black, Jon Batiste), and performer (featured with Pussy Riot, Big Freedia, Lil Wayne) will inject the night with her signature blend of rap and cabaret and a spine-tingling twist of spooky flair.

Visit official costume partner, Nikki’s French Quarter Halloween Store, where passholders get 10% off all spooky delights!

Horror Trivia

Presented By Daily Dead

Hosted by B Mac’s

FREE EVENT

Test your fright – if you dare. Join local film scholar and trivia host extraordinaire Mike Miley for our annual horror trivia night. Prizes, drinks and four ghoulish rounds of only mildly obscure nuggets you’ll definitely know, and all of those sequel subtitles you’ll definitely wish you didn’t. Scare yourself with how much you actually know about horror.

Night of the Living Art Market: A Spooky Swap Meet

Presented by The Dark Art Market and Cottage Magick

Hosted by Rahm Haus Ice Cream and Courtyard Brewery

FREE EVENT

Overlook’s bizarre bazaar is back with even more ghoulish delights, vintage VHS, intoxicating elixirs, paperback horror novels, handmade art, and other creepy collectibles. Relax with a pint from Courtyard Brewery and sample the sweets of cult-favorite confectioners Rahm Haus Ice Cream. You never know what you might find. Or what might find you.  Participating Vendors include: Cottage Magick, Tubby & Coo’s Traveling Book Shop, Future Shock Video, Planchette, Gothlight Collective, PaperSnapDragon, JLH Illustration, and more!

Opening Night Vampire Party

Presented by Boutique Du Vampyre

Hosted by Generations Hall

A vampire-themed party that will haunt your dreams honoring the 25th anniversary of the film Interview With The Vampire! Dance with the undead, sip on blood-red cocktails, and embrace the seductive allure of the endless night. Mainstage performance by monster dubstep fixture Figure.

REEL Reset: Overlook Edition™

Presented by NOVAC

FREE EVENT

Sunday Scaries need not apply! Wind down from Overlook ‘24 with a bewitching edition of REEL Reset, an after-hours haunt, hosted by our film family at NOVAC. Come in for a spell and enjoy haunting beats by DJ 2Ready, immersive installations, and a chance to reach out to the other side at this chill house party in the heart of the New Orleans community. REEL Reset is produced by NOVAC with support from Film New Orleans.