# South African Horrorfest

The South African Horrorfest is a film festival for horror and genre films in Cape Town, South Africa. It hosts celebrities, artists, filmmakers, screenwriters, and press from the horror genre.
It is the longest running and only event of its kind in South Africa and the African continent. Moviemaker lists it as one of the "world's 50 best genre festivals 2021". The festival features new, classic and rare movies, pre-release screenings, dark literature, live silent film soundtrack performance, Halloween dress-up, give-aways and more.

## History

The South African Horrorfest was founded in 2005 by Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg.
The festival is held annually around Halloween at the Labia Theatre Cape Town and is a permanent fixture in the arts calendar of Cape Town.

## Program

Since 2005, the South African Horrorfest has featured almost all Africa premieres of relevant horror features and documentaries. Examples are:
* Bad Candy
* Blood Sucking Bastards
* Clapboard Jungle
* Crabs!
* Deathcember
* Doctor Sleep
* Escape from Tomorrow
* Frankenstein's Army
* Frankenweenie
* Fulci For Fake
* Glass Coffin
* Halloween Kills
* Haunters: The Art Of The Scare
* Insidious 2
* Le Scaphandrier
* Lifechanger
* Lights Out
* Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
* Machete
* Masking Threshold
* Nightworld
* Ouija: Origin of Evil
* Pandorum
* Razzennest
* Sky Sharks
* Slenderman
* Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
* Some Kind Of Hate
* Soulmate
* Southbound
* Strigoi
* Thanatomorphose
* The Heretics (2017)
* The History of Metal and Horror
* The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
* The Parker Sessions
* The Pizzagate Massacre
* The Possession
* The Theatre Bizarre
* Zombieland

## Awards
### 2021

Feature Film
Best Poster Art: The History Of Metal And Horror
Best Make-Up FX: Slumber Party Massacre – Clinton Smith & Cosmesis Studio
Production Design: Slumber Party Massacre – Robert Cardoso
Best Soundtrack: Vicious Fun – Steph Copeland
Best Documentary: Woodlands Dark & Days Bewitched – The History Of Folk Horror
Best Cinematography: Masking Threshold – Florian Hofer
Best Editing: Masking Threshold – Johannes Grenzfurthner & Florian Hofer
Best Female Lead: Yumiko Shako – in Hall
Best Male Lead: Evan Marsh – in Vicious Fun
Best Supporting Actor: Ari Millen – in Vicious Fun
Best Actress: Lee Eddy – in Pizzagate Massacre
Best Ensemble Cast: Keeping Company
Best Screenplay: Masking Threshold – Johannes Grenzfurthner & Samantha Lienhard
Best Director: Cody Callahan – for Vicious Fun
Best Feature Film: Vicious Fun
Halloween Spirit Award: Halloween Kills
Indie Spirit Award: Jason Rising
The Gorefest Award: Cyst
Best Horror Comedy: Keeping Company
Best Anthology Film Acknowledgment: Apps
Hall Of Fame Inductees: Jamie Lee Curtis, Mick Garris
Short Film
Best Poster Art: Experiment
Best Make-Up FX: ZTV Sympathy For The Devil
Best Visual FX: #Nofilter
Best Production Design: Labyrinth
Cinematography: Lips & Tips
Best Male Lead: Hugo Nicolau – for Familiar
Best Female Lead: Kate Dickie – in Lilias Adie
Best Screenplay: #Nofilter – Nathan Crooker
Best Director: Elize Du Toit – for Lilias Adie
Best Short Film: Lips & Tips
Best South African Short: #Meowtoo – Ryan Kruger
Best Comedy Short: Pick Up Artist
Gorefest Award: Visitors
Best Music Based Short: Mensvreters' Boef Lewe Made Me Do It
Best Animated Short: Le Cri
Best 1 Minute Short: Monster Encounters