The South African Horrorfest made US publication
MovieMaker Magazine's list of The World's 50 Best Genre Festivals
and DREAD CENTRAL's list of Best Horror Festivals In The World
Access The Horrorfest channel at WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/THEHORRORFEST
for video content related to the annual film festival,
as well as weekly movie & series reviews,
filmmaker interviews, trailers, behind-the-scenes and more
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Want to to see
HALLOWEEN ENDS
in cinema before
the rest of the world?
Check out this
clip at THE HORRORFEST YouTube channel for
instructions on how to catch a special UIP pre-release screening (popcorn & drinks included) :
Check out the teaser video for these first four selections
or see the line-up listing below for more details on the full selection
(GOOD MADAM unfortunately no longer included)
:
The 18th Annual South African HORRORFEST
Halloween Season 2022 18 - 30 November
The South African HORRORFEST is the longest running and only event of its kind in the country
(if not the continent)
featuring new, classic and rare movies, pre-release screenings, dark literature,
live silent film soundtrack performance, Halloween dress-up, give-aways and more.
The majority of the movie selections will have their South Africa / Africa premieres at the Horrorfest,
Many will get cinema-only shows, others on-line only, and some both.
The upside of the virtual on-line festival element is that it enables the South African Horrorfest to
reach beyond Cape Town to the rest of the country for those who'd been wanting to attend for years!
Full festival line-up and booking HERE A dozen in-person screenings happen at the independent Labia Theatre in Cape Town,
keeping the cinema experience spirit alive!
BOOK HERE
16 titles stream via Quicket
(Currently all on-line content will only be accessible within South Africa) STREAM HERE
Several titles will get both cinema and streaming options.
DETAILS ON THE 2022 S.A. HORRORFEST GETS UPDATED HERE
or for instant updates and interaction, join our social media at
HERE YOU'LL FIND THE FULL 2022 LINE-UP - IN CINEMA AND STREAMING
(while unlikely, titles may be subject to change)
PLEASE NOTE:
THE HORRORFEST DATES HAD TO BE MOVED TO
18 - 30 NOVEMBER
FULL SA HORRORFEST '22 TRAILER :
Unfortunately due to the Film & Publications Board,
EATING MISS CAMPBELL and ON THE EDGE
will no longer be part of the line-up
PLEASE NOTE:
THE HORRORFEST DATES HAD TO BE MOVED TO
18 - 30 NOVEMBER
HALLOWEEN ENDS The Special Horrorfest Warm-Up Show
FREE Pre-Release Premiere Screening !
Thursday 13 October, 8pm (Cape Town)
Watch the video below and see its description on YouTube for details on how Horror fans scored double tickets plus complimentary popcorn & drinks (courtesy of UIP)
NOSFERATU
Celebrating the centenary of this legendary silent vampire film, THE MAKABRA ENSEMBLE returns to perform their live soundtrack beneath the big screen on Halloween weekend!
A hundred years ago this classic was released (based on Bram Stoker's Dracula).
The Makabra Ensemble will give F.W. Murnau's legendary 1922 landmark of German Expressionism (starring Max Schreck) their eclectic original soundtrack, performing it live beneath the big screen.
This is also the HorrorFest Halloween dress-up night and viewers are encouraged to dress up in whatever their choice of Halloween garb.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Audience Participation Sceening - One Cinema Show Only
Since 1975, the cult classic musical film the Rocky Horror Picture Show has thrilled audiences around the globe. Still as irresistibly fun and fresh as always, the phenomenon is still going strong. Join us at the 18th Horrorfest with an audience participation screening (the best, if not only way to experience the movie!) - For those not bringing their own, or those unaware of all the extras to bring along (from slices of toast, rice, newspapers, rubber gloves, playing cards etc.) The LoveCraft Experiment will have a stall outside the cinema where you can purchase participation packs.
The rousing party atmosphere of this gem will light up the Labia Theatre, the audience encouraged to arrive dressed as any of the Rocky Horror characters, or anything wild, exotic, crazy, Halloween-related.
Trailer:
DRACULA
16mm Film Screening - One Cinema Show Only
Sunday 20 November, 6:15pm
Labia Theatre (no streaming)
Time to kick it old-school! Grab this chance to see the classic 1931 Bela Lugosi DRACULA screened from a mint 16mm film print! (courtesy of film collector Marco Pellis)
The mysterious but nefarious vampire Count Dracula leaves his Transylvanian home to spread his dread in his new home of London. Can he be stopped?!
It is Halloween weekend, so dressing up will definitely not be discouraged
The little girl from the Alps is back... With a vengeance!
This is not the mild-mannered Swiss folk stalwart or cartoon Heidi from your '80s childhood...!
Swiss mountain girl Heidi is abducted by brutal government troops and must defend herself and fight a war against a cheese-fueled machinery of hate.
The first 'Swissploitation' Action Adventure Horror Comedy film ever made.
Directed by Johannes Hartmann, Sandro Klopfstein
Starring Alice Lucy, David Schofield, Casper Van Dien, Max Rüdlinger
While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living, but CW's interest in her takes a darker turn.
Directed by Kurtis David Harder
Starring Cassandra Naud,Emily Tennant, Rory J. Saper, Sara Canning
2022 Horrorfest Closing Show with Cast && Crew Q&A
One Cinema Show Only
POU (PEACOCK) is a South African gothic horror following the psychosexual journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.
Afrikaans with English subtitles)
Directed by Jaco Minnaar
Starring Alida Theron, Johan Botha, Liza Van Deventer, Nicola Hanekom, Ruan Wessels, Suresh John, Tarryn Wyngard
Monique leaves her family quarantine to help a friend who's suffering from terrible nightmares - but she learns too late the bad dreams are contagious, along with the demon behind them.
Directed by Andy Mitton (The Witch In The Window)
Starring Teal Redmann, Madeleine McGraw, Irene Bedard, Kate Luyben, Steve Monroe
A filmmaker explores the enduring appeal of the "Child's Play" franchise and its iconic killer doll Chucky.
Kyra Elise Gardner, who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll, seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.
South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette Cruickshank in an Echo Park sound studio. With key members of Manus's crew joining, they record an audio commentary track for his new elegiac feature documentary Razzennest. But the session goes down a different path... cazzart! The ultimate elevation of arthouse horror, just not as you might expect.
Directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner
Starring Sophie Kathleen Kozeluh, Michael Smulik, Anne Weiner, Roland Gratzer
With narration by Joe Dante (director of Gremlins and The Howling)
Trailer:
EATING MISS CAMPBELL
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE FILM & PUBLICATIOSN BOARD, THIS FILM WILL NO LONGER SCREEN AT THE HORRORFEST
- WE APOLOGIZE TO THE FILMMAKERS AND DISAPPOINTED VIEWERS
A vegan-goth high school student falls in love with her new English teacher and develops a problematic taste for human flesh. from the crazies over at the legendary TROMA!
If black humour bad taste offends you - stay away!
Directed by Liam Regan Starring Laurence R. Harvey (Human Centipede 2 & 3), Lloyd Kaufman, Dani Thompson, Ria Fend, Emily Haigh, Charlie Bond
Since 1976, more than 50 directors have adapted the works of prolific author Stephen King into more than 80 films and television series.
This amazing new in-depth documentary digs into King's thrilling works via the filmmakers adapting his popular works of horror.
Directed by Daphné Baiwir, featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Mick Garris, Taylor Hackford, Tom Holland, Tod Williams, André Øvredal, Mikael Håfström, Mark L. Lester, Scott Hicks, Lewis Teague and many more.
In post-Civil War Arkansas, a young doctor is mysteriously summoned to a remote town in the Ozarks only to discover that the utopian paradise is filled with secrets and surrounded by a menacing, supernatural presence.
Directed by Matt Glass
Starring Thomas Hobson, Tara Perry, David Arquette, Phil Morris
SA premiere of the sequel to the cult slasher clown hit.
Resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County to terrorize a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
Directed by Damien Leone
Starrring Jenna Kanell, Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Catherine Corcoran, Griffin Santopietro
Trailer:
> STREAMING ONLY TITLES <
SHADOW REALM SHORT FILM COLLECTION
Volume 1
Unfortunately there won't be a cinema edition, but you can stream all 5 short film collections
between 18 - 30 November
> STREAM ALL 5 VOLUMES HERE
FROM BEYOND
ONTBINDING
INTRUDER
UNDER THE ICE
THE SLEEP OF THE DOGS
WHY WE DON'T VISIT ANYMORE
TERATOMA
BUG BITES
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM - a musicabre
LISTEN TO ME TERMINATRYX- "Suiker"
When filmmaker Oscar Harding's grandfather passed away in the rural English county of Somerset, his family inherited an extraordinary video tape - a feature-length home movie from neighbour Charles Carson, which can best be described as "Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"...
Directed by
Oscar Harding
Features Charles Carson, Karen Kilgariff (Licorice Pizza, Punch-Drunk Love, Mr. Show with Bob and David), Derrick Beckles (TV Carnage, The Eric Andre Show, Jackass Forever), Davy Rothbart (17 Blocks), Thomas Lynch (How To Live Forever), Joe Pickett (Winnebago Man), Nick Prueher (Dirty Country), Nic Maier (Everything Is Terrible!), Dimitri Simakis (Gigglefudge U.S.A), Koo Stark (Star Wars, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Red Dwarf), Oscar Harding (The Darkest Universe), Ciaran Mulholland (Countryfile), Peter Shaw (Castaway)
Enter the far-out world of director Kenichi Ugana.
EXTRANEOUS MATTER is a hard to categorize trip pulling you into a Japanese realm where a very different kind of alien invasion is augmenting reality and sexuality.
Four chapters blend together for an otherworldy monochrome experience.
Japanese with English subtitles.
> STREAMING HERE
A blend of intense gore and comedy for Halloween night!
Following the death of his wife, a broken man spirals into an abyss of night tremors and depression and finds himself in the home of a deranged cannibal who convinces him to take his own life in the most horrific way imaginable.
Directed by Adam Leader, Richard Oakes
Starring Neal Ward, Christopher Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, Samantha Loxley, Clare Almond, Dani Filth, Anto Sharp
Trailer:
ON THE EDGE UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE FILM & PUBLICATIOSN BOARD, THIS FILM WILL NO LONGER SCREEN AT THE HORRORFEST
- WE APOLOGIZE TO THE FILMMAKERS AND DISAPPOINTED VIEWERS
Brand new movie from the Soska Twins! (American Mary, Rabid)
Family man Peter gets more than he paid for when he books a 36-hour session with the sadistic Mistress Satana who seems more intent on making him suffer for his sins.
Written, Directed by Jen & Sylvia Soska
Starring Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Aramis Sartorio, Brianne Finn-Morris, Alanna Finn-Morris, Ivan Decker, Mackenzie Gray, Sophie Buddle, Ola Dada, Andrea Jin
HUNGER
GROUNDED
ALIEN DICK
EAT THE RICH
GAS STATION LULLABY
STUCK
BELFAST 1912
INSANE ESCAPE
TUNNEL RAT
THE ABYSS OF THE SOUL
Trailer:
FOLLOW THE DEAD
New streaming dates will be 18 - 30 November
> STREAMING HERE
As viral videos seem to evidence the fall of Dublin at the hands of the undead, four Millennials in rural Ireland can't discern fake news from real. Has a dependent lifestyle left them too naive to weather their fate?
Directed by Adam William Cahill
Starring Luke Corcoran, Tadhg Devery, Marybeth Herron, Luke Collins, Cristina Ryab
TWO SISTERS
PART FOREVER
RUTA
SURVIVAL
LOVE HOTEL
THE ORDER
SINK AWAY
LETHALOGICA
ZMIENA
Trailer coming soon:
AGATHA
New streaming dates will be 18 - 30 November
> STREAMING HERE
The film follows "The Professor", a man suffering from a terminal disease, who by a twist of fate, witnesses an incredible event involving his mysterious neighbor Agatha. Hoping to find a cure to his sickness - he agrees to follow her on a strange and risky journey into a forgotten but not entirely deserted urban wasteland.
Directed by Roland Becerra, Kelly Bigelow Becerra
Starring Emily Joyce-Dial, Erin McDonough, Nathan Lewis
Robert Burns was Art Director on movies from the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes and Tourist Trap, to The Howling and Re-Animator.
Rondo Hatton was a journalist turned cult actor, whose unique facial features (the result of acromegaly) got him roles as ghouls and thugs.
Burns was obsessed with Hatton. Bob was a normal-looking guy who was strangely creative. Rondo was a normal guy who looked strange. Both were looking for love.
A very unconventional documentary.
Features interviews with various filmmakers and recreations.
Directed by Joe O'Connell
Starring Kelsey Pribilski, Ryan Williams, Joseph Middleton
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards: Best documentary, honorable mention
Trailer:
First movie announcements for the 2022 South African Horrorfest BOOK HERE
Check out the teaser video for these selections:
The South African Horrorfest made US publication
MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE's list of The World's 50 Best Genre Festivals
and DREAD CENTRAL's list of Best Horror Festivals In The World
CHECK OUT THE 2021 HORRORFEST POSTER REVEAL MOTION CLIP :
2022 HORRORFEST MOVIE SELECTIONS
The 2022 Horrorfest movie line-up announcements will be updated here
As with our previous editions, the 18th annual Horrorfest will feature a wide variety of indies, premieres, advance screenings,
documentaries,
short films, live soundtrack performance and more.
PRE-RELEASE SCREENINGS AND S.A. PREMIERES
SEVERAL SHORT FILM VOLUMES
HORROR LINKED DOCUMENTARIES
MAKABRA ENSEMBLE LIVE SOUNDTRACK PERFORMANCE
The Makabra Ensemble Live silent film soundtrack by THE MAKABRA ENSEMBLE will be for the legendary
NOSFERATU
celebrating its centenary in 2022 !
One of the HorrorFest highlights.
The Makabra Ensemble consists of a collection of diverse musicians, creating new soundtracks to classic silent films, performing it live beneath the big screen! It always coincides with the Halloween dress-up competition, which we'll do via the Facebook group.
With Covid seating restrictions, updates will follow on how this will be handled.
We always try our best to get interesting local and international filmmakers, authors or anyone who can enhance
the festival experience to attend as guests and interact with the audience via Q&As, signings and more.
Past guests have included Resident Evil franchise producer-director team Paul W.S. Anderson and Jeremy Bolt (UK / USA),
documentarian & lecturer Calum Waddell (UK), Cosmesis special make-up FX master Clinton Smith (ZA),
actor Rob van Vuuren and the cast from SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE,
actress Fiona Horrigan (USA), producer Yash Patniak (India) and more.
2017 our special guest was Osca nominated director Darrell
James Roodt, and in 2018
the Garcia brothers with cast & crew of Hell Trip.
CINEMA BOOKING AT QUICKET.CO.ZA
BLOODY PARCHMENT LITERATURE NIGHT
The BLOODY PARCHMENT literary event has gone virtual since Covid struck!
It will be hosted at The Horrorfest channel, but we'll look at an in-person ption for 2022 www.YouTube.com/TheHorrorfest
Do invite your friends (and enemies) to like, join & spread it across the world!
FANGORIA INTERVIEW
Catch an extensive interview by Fangoria editor Chris Alexander
with South African HorrorFest creators Paul & Sonja access it here
HORRORFEST POSTER HISTORY
Click Here for the poster design history of the HorrorFest
See the haunting music video for the title track of the new studio album SHADOW
by MAKABRA ENSEMBLE creators TERMINATRYX :
INTERVIEW
with South African HorrorFest co-creator, Paul Blom Click Here or the image below
Here is the 2022 South African HORRORFEST Cinema Schedule
A dozen in-person screenings at the independent Labia Theatre, Orange Street, Cape Town,
BOOK HERE
16 titles stream via Quicket
(Currently all on-line content will only be accessible within South Africa) STREAM HERE
6:15pm
8:30pm
THUR 13 OCT
HALLOWEEN
(pre-release warm-up screening)
FRI 18 NOV
NOSFERATU Centenary
with a live Makabra Ensemble soundtrack
(9:00pm)
SAT 19 NOV
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
(audience participation screening, 9:00pm)
SUN 20 NOV
DRACULA
(16mm Film Screening)
MAD HEIDI
MON 21 NOV
INFLUENCER
POU (Peacock)
TUES 22 NOV
THE HARBINGER
LIVING WITH CHUCKY
(documentary)
WED 23 NOV
EATING MISS CAMPBELL
KING ON SCREEN
(Stephen King documentary)
THUR 24 NOV
GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS
TERRIFIER 2
STREAMING LINE-UP
ACROSS 18 - 30 NOVEMBER STREAM HERE
SHADOW REALM SHORT FILMS (5 feature length volumes)
FEED ME
EXTRANEOUS MATTER
NIX
EATING MISS CAMPBELL
ON THE EDGE
GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS
RAZZENNEST
A LIFE ON THE FARM
FOLLOW THE DEAD
AGATHA
RONDO AND BOB
THE HARBINGER
This
DVD
contains
the
full
1922
silent
vampire
classic Nosferatu with
its
new,
original
soundtrack
as composed
and
performed
live
to the
screen
at the
2006
festival
by Terminatryx and
very
special
guests
(Simon
&
Sean
from Lark,
Francois
from K.O.B.U.S. & Voice
Of Destruction,
and
Matthijs
from Dawntreader).
The
DVD
also
contains Terminatryx music
videos,
photo
galleries, HorrorFest extras,
and
the
short
film imPERFECTION. e-mail us for details a
Flamedrop
Productions
/ ENT
Entertainment
release
HorrorFest Sticker packs include:
SkullMoon Logo / Crest Design / HorrorFest Text
The 2022 SA HORROFEST Audience Prizes & Give-Aways
(terms & conditions apply - winners must be 18 or older)
Each Ticket Bought Increases Your Chances Of Winning,
but, joining all our Social Media
and sharing the event with hashtags #SAhorrorfest & #SAhorrorfest22 increases it even more!
Past give-aways included all the above as well as:
MAILING LIST
Join & Follow
the
HORRORFEST
at
:
Related film festivals you may enjoy:
Get in the mood for Halloween and watch the short film "Marked", made by the HorrorFest organizers.
(all festival info further down)
OFFICIAL
HORRORFEST
PROMO CLIP
[ director:
paul blom
/ star: sonja
ruppersberg
/ make-up
fx: clinton
smith / dop:
marnus tredoux
/ editor:
leon visser
]
> this clip is beeen expanded into the short film "Marked", and the Terminatryx "Virus" music video <
Browse the
scrolling
gallery below
for some
of movies
screened at
past S.A.
HORRORFEST
events.
Buy them from
Amazon by
clicking on
the movie
of your choice.
Search
Amazon below
for the Horror
movies of
your choice
ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST
In 2004 Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg decided to rectify the issue of the absence of a dedicated Horror event in South Africa.
The first S.A. HorrorFest (then also known as the Horror Festacular) launched in 2005.
Besides being a Horror / Chiller / Thriller film festival (screening feature films and short films from around the world),
from the start it made a point of expanding into a broad Halloween event by incorporating
new live soundtrack performances to classic silent films by The Makabra Ensemble,
the Bloody Parchment literary chapter, Halloween dress-up competition, a night market and more.
HorrorFest organizers Sonja & Paul at the Zombie Walk, with their boy Zoltan
