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Overlook Film Festival Opening Day Celebrates Genre With Chills and Community: ‘It’s the Worst Year of Our Lives, but a Great Year for Horror’


The 2025 edition of the Overlook Film Festival opened with plenty of revelry and packed screenings of "Drop" and "Re-Animator."

On a day when much of the United States faced the fear of economic collapse, horror fans descended upon New Orleans to celebrate big screen scares. Thursday was the launch of the 2025 Overlook Film Festival, a four-day fest filled with screenings of unreleased movies, retrospectives and immersive events. The revelry lasted deep into the night, as fans splintered off to assorted afterparties, eventually heading to bed ahead of the first full day of the fest on Friday.

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