HERE YOU WILL FIND DETAILS ON ALL THE ASPECTS OF AFRICA'S BIGGEST & MOST DEDICATED
HORROR EVENT, THE SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST - CELEBRATING ITS 20th EDITION IN 2024
2024 SEES THE 20th ANNUAL EDITION OF THE
SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST FILM FESTIVAL & HALLOWEEN EVENT!
2024 HORRORFEST CINEMA SELECTION
incl. Africa Premieres and Classics
TICKETS AT QUICKET BELOW
The 20th Annual South African HORRORFEST
Halloween Season 2024 30 OCTOBER - 10 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 will be updated HERE as they're confirmed.
Unfortunately this year there won't be streaming component to the HORRORFEST
EARLY 2024 MOVIE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE LISTED HERE
INCLUDING
CLASSICS
LEADING UP TO THE FESTIVAL WE HOST VARIOUS EXCITING ADVANCE SCREENINGS
OF NEW HORROR CINEMA RELEASES.
CHECK THEM OUT HERE:
PLEASE NOTE:
THE HORRORFEST IS AN OVER 18 EVENT
HORRORFEST 2024
MOVIE SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED !
Head to FilmFreeway.com
DETAILS ON THE 2024 HORRORFEST GETS UPDATED HERE
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FOR ADVANCE SCREENING UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
2 0 2 4 HORRORFEST MOVIE SUBMISSIONS
ARE OPEN AT FILMFREEWAY:
All HORRORFEST '24 news and updates will appear here, although some more instant and urgent
info will be across our social media, so please swing by there and subscribe / like / follow
See below :
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
Here you will find all the 2024 HORRORFEST movies and special selections.
HORRORFEST PROMO CLIP:
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
Classics featured at the 2024 HORRORFEST include:
MORE MOVIE SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED SOON !
2024 HORRORFEST CINEMA SELECTION
incl. Africa Premieres and Classics
TICKETS AT QUICKET BELOW
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
50th Anniversary Screening on Halloween Night - One Cinema Show Only
After 50 years THETEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is still striking terror into viewers around the world! Join us for a special screening to celebrate this half century milestone on Halloween Night at our 20th South African HORRORFEST.
A group of teenagers fall victim to a deranged family of cannibals in the Texas backwoods, in this gritty and intense Tobe Hooper movie - introducing the world to one of Horror's most noticeable and feared characters, the chainsaw wielding Leatherface.
(Loosely based on / inspired by serial killer Ed Gein)
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Starring Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal
Trailer :
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Audience Participation Sceening - One Cinema Show Only
For almost half a century 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 19th 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 :
DANTE'S INFERNO (L'INFERNO)
Classic silent film live soundtrack performance by The Makabra Ensemble One Cinema Show Only
This amazing piece of cinematic history from 1911 is the first ever Italian full length feature film!
Adapted from "Inferno", the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy", this groundbreaking film classic chronicles Dante's travel through the Circles of Hell, guided by the poet Virgil.
This will be the 14th film re-scored by The Makabra Ensemble with a new original soundtrack - performed at the HORRORFEST's Labia Theatre home, featuring very special guests Sara Eksteen and Maxim Starcke.
This legendary and controversial movie will get a special 16mm film projection.
Released 92 years ago(!), Freaks was originally intended as a vehicle for Lon Chaney, and is set amongst the backdrop of a traveling French circus and follows a conniving trapeze artist who joins a group of carnival sideshow performers with a plan to seduce and murder a dwarf in the troupe to gain his inheritance. However, her plot proves to have dangerous consequences. The film is based on elements from the short story "Spurs" by Tod Robbins,
Directed by Tod Browning
Starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Harry Earles
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2023 HORRORFEST STREAMING MOVIE LINE-UP
5 feature length SHADOW REALM SHORT FILM collections (see below)
MOTHER SUPERIOR
WHAT LURKS BENEATH
FOREVER HOME
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
R.L. Stine's ZOMBIE TOWN
THE TOXIC AVENGER Parts 1-4 (X Fest chapter)
HAIL TO THE DEADITES
MASKING THRESHOLD
ENTER MYCEL
BOMBE
FROST
HEX
+ special addition:
DYLAN'S NEW NIGHTMARE (A Nightmare On Elm Street Fan Film),
watch it here for free:
BLOODY PARCHMENT LITERATURE BLOODY PARCHMENT LITERATURE
BLOODY PARCHMENT LITERATURE
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 option again soon www.YouTube.com/TheHorrorfest
Get all HorrorFest Bloody Parchment short story anthologies at Amazon, GoodReads and SmashWords.
Access the Bloody Parchment web page HERE
F E S T I V A L - N E W S - & - U P D A T E S
All HORRORFEST news and updates will appear here, although some more immediate and urgent
info will first feature on our social media, so please swing by there and subscribe / like / follow :
Check out our movie reviews at The Horrorfest YouTube channel:
HORRORFEST 2024
MOVIE SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED !
Head to FilmFreeway.com
JOIN OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA
FOR ADVANCE SCREENING UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
As a HORRORFEST warm-up and an opener of our sister event the
CELLUDROID Film Festival (25 Sept - 6 Oct), we're hosting a special (free) advance screening of HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN !
(courtesy Gravel Road Distribution)
To stand the chance of grabbing free double tickets
(popcorn & drinks included),
check out this video:
Get details on our sister event the CELLUDROID Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Animation Film Festival
at the QUICKET event page below, with all movie details, dates and booking info
10 in-person movie screenings + short film openers across 26 September - 6 October
at ROXY Woodstock (354 Albert Rd.) WWW.CELLUDROID.NET
Want to catch BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE before everyone else in the world
at our special pre-release show?
Check out the clip below for details:
THE HORRORFEST advance screening for the new version of THE CROW!
To be in line for FREE double tickets (Cape Town & Joburg) on 21 August'24
(before everyone else - popcorn & drinks included), check out this clip for details :
Want to catch THE EXORCISM in cinema before everyone else?
Join us for a GRAVEL ROAD & HORRORFEST advance screening on 31 July.
Limited Tickets - All details in the video clip below:
Join us for a HORRORFEST and EMPIRE ENTERTAINMENT
Advance Screening of new Nicolas Cage serial killer movie LONGLEGS !
(in Cape Town and Johannesburg)
Details in the video clips below. - This screening has concluded -
HORRORFEST 2024
MOVIE SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED !
Head to FilmFreeway.com
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
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
2025 South African HORRORFEST movie submissions will open at FilmFreewayafter the 2024 event concluded
PRE-RELEASE SCREENINGS AND S.A. PREMIERES
SEVERAL DOZEN SHORT FILMS
HORROR LINKED DOCUMENTARIES
MAKABRA ENSEMBLE LIVE SOUNDTRACK PERFORMANCE
The Makabra Ensemble Live silent film soundtrack by THE MAKABRA ENSEMBLE will be for the first Italian feature film, released in 1911:
DANTE'S INFERNO
(L'INFERNO)
Special guests will include Sara Eksteen and Maxim Starcke
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 Oscar nominated director Darrell
James Roodt, and in 2018
the Garcia brothers with cast & crew of Hell Trip.
2020 saw Ryan Kruger attend two screenings of his movie Fried Barry.
CINEMA BOOKING AT QUICKET.CO.ZA
V.O.D - Voice Of Destruction
'Bloedrivier' album 21st anniversary special ltd. ed. red vinyl re-release.
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 & 2023 SA HORROFEST Audience Prizes & Give-Aways
(terms & conditions apply - winners must be 18 or older)
2024 prizes announced soon
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
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HORRORFEST
at
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Want to catch THE EXORCISM in cinema before everyone else?
Join us for a GRAVEL ROAD & HORRORFEST advance screening on 31 July.
Limited Tickets - All details in the video clip below:
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
