HorrorFest strikes 12 this HalloweenThe South African HorrorFest film festival and Halloween event turns 12 this year, running from 26 October to 4 November at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town. Running over 10 days, the festival will feature movies, short films, a live movie soundtrack performance, as well as a Halloween dress-up event and a mini-market. The majority of the movies in this 12th edition of the HorrorFest will be making their African premieres including Ouija: Origin of Evil on 27 October. The Makabra Ensemble's live movie soundtrack performance this year, on 29 October, will be for the 1932 French-German classic Vampyr, and will be linked with the audience Halloween dress-up competition and mini-market outside the cinema. The festival opens on Wednesday, 26 October, from 6pm-8pm with the free Bloody Parchment literary evening, including local authors reading from their works. 12th South African HorrorFest lineup:Wednesday, 26 October Thursday, 27 October Friday, 28 October Saturday, 29 October Sunday, 30 October Monday, 31 October Tuesday, 1 November Wednesday, 2 November Thursday, 3 November Friday, 4 November Tickets cost R45 each (except live Vampyr soundtrack performance: R60). A segment of the movie lineup will also run at The Bioscope in Johannesburg in December. For more info, go to www.horrorfest.info. |