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It is 2009 and the South African HORRORFEST is in its 5th year!

Planning for its half-decade instalment is in full swing and you can again expect a week of exciting, blood-curdling, freaky and scary-as-hell movies on the big screen from around the world - new movies, old classics, fan favourites and never-seen-before indies, as well as Halloween dress-up, prizes, give-aways & more.


The SHADOW REALM collection will again compile a fantastic range of short films with a great prize attached (courtesy of Visual Impact & HDhub).


The customary classic silent movie will be announced soon, with its new original soundtrack performed live to the screen by TERMINATRYX, members from LARK and others.


The SA HORRORFEST is also invading other parts of South Africa for the first time! This will happen at OPPI KOPPI (the country's biggest rock festival, in Northam, Limpopo 7-9 August '09) in the shape of the live soundtrack performance to the screening of F.W. Murnau's legendary vampire movie from 1992, NOSFERATU (by TERMINATRYX, members of LARK and DAWNTREADER)


To celebrate the official announcement of the 5th annual South African HORRORFEST, 5 people will win a DVD copy of the vampire movie TWILIGHT. For more info, head to the SHADOW REALM, inc. review via this link: www.HORRORFEST.info


For movie submission details, check out the Film Submission page at the official website: www.HORRORFEST.info


Return regularly for updates.


Paul Blom - Festival Director
Sonja Ruppersberg - Festival Co-ordinator


The South African HORRORFEST (aka S.A. HORROR FESTACULAR) is an annual celebration of Horror in all of its shapes and forms, with the main focus on cinema. A musical element is incorporated with the regular inclusion of silent horror classics with brand new original soundtracks created for them being performed live to the screen. The live performance for NOSFERATU (at the 2006 HORRORFEST) by TERMINATRYX and special guests is now available on the DVD, "TERMINATRYX / NOSFERATU" - see www.TERMINATRYX.com for order details.


Each year the S.A. HORRORFEST gets better and more popular. See website updates. Early entries for feature films and short movies can be checked out at the Submission section of the official website: www.HORRORFEST.info


The short film competition has both a foreign and South African category. They are compiled into several feature length chapters and screened across the festival week.


This Horror Festival Spectacular is the only one of its kind in Southern Africa - it was created and is run by Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg, and sees its 5th year in 2009.

Based in Cape Town, Paul & Sonja plan to expand the annual S.A. HORRORFEST to other regions of South Africa.


Paul & Sonja are also the key members of TERMINATRYX (and performed a live original soundtrack to the screening of F.W. Murnau's classic 1922 Nosferatu at the 2006 S.A. HorrorFest, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari at the 2007 festival, with special guest artists)

The 2008 live soundtrack they tackled was for the excellent Haxan. As mentioned above, Nosferatu with this new soundtrack is available on the "TERMINATRYX / NOSFERATU" DVD.

They've produced music videos and the short movie imPERFECTION (also on the DVD). They launched and run the SHADOW REALM inc. horror portal and HorrorFest website. They released their debut TERMINATRYX album mid-2008, and are developing a screenplay for a horror film. In addition, Paul is the South African correspondent for FANGORIA Magazine, his first feature on Neil Marshall's Doomsday making the cover.

The S.A. HORRORFEST, SHADOW REALM inc, and FLAMEDROP PICTURES are subsidiaries of FLAMEDROP PRODUCTIONS, which is owned and run by Paul Blom & Sonja Ruppersberg.

Paul has also launched a new intense film festival, The X FEST, featuring extreme-, underground-, and cult movies, documentaries and shorts. www.Xfest.org


For weblinks to all of these and other related sites, go to www.PaulBlom.com



Trailer for the 2007 HORRORFEST:

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We're inviting film fans and filmmakers from all walks of life, no genre restriction - but especially movie enthusiasts with open minds who can dare to gaze into the darker side of cinema and its artistic and entertainment possibilities as opposed to mere exploitation...... Horror has so many categories that it can include everything from monsters, killers and sci-fi, to comedy, animation, realism, documentaries and beyond...so anything goes...... Musicians and music fans with more extreme tastes and notions, but again, no-one will be discriminated against as everyone's idea of "extreme" will vary...... Each year the festival includes brand new, never before seen indies, documentaries, older classics, rarities, fan favourites, the live soundtrack perfromance to a silent classic (by TERMINATRYX and special guests which usually includes Simon & Sean (ex-Lark) and Matthijs Van Dijk)....... Free opening sneak previews are usually arranged and has included CAPTIVITY and SCAR 3D, and a Halloween dress-up competition and loads of cool give-aways are always attached to every movie screened at the festival....... See the Line-Up Blogs or official website for all details: www.HORRORFEST.info



Above is the TERMINATRYX music video for their song "Midnight", featuring clips from NOSFERATU.