South African Horrorfest Film Festival now showing at Labia Theatre until 9 November

The 21st Annual South African Horrorfest Film Festival returns to the Labia Theatre from 29 October to Sunday, 9 November, bringing back its signature blend of chills, cult classics, and cinematic curiosities.

As the country’s longest-running and only festival dedicated to horror, Horrorfest showcases a thrilling mix of new, classic, and rare films, along with premieres, short films, dark literature readings, live performances, Halloween fun, giveaways and more.

Event highlights:

• Horror pub quiz: Kick things off at The Armchair Theatre in Observatory on 29 October with the first-ever Horrorfest pub quiz.

• The Bloody Parchment Literary Chapter: Local authors share their spine-tingling stories at Exclusive Books, V&A Waterfront, on 1 November.

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show's 50th Anniversary: Celebrate the cult classic with a special audience-participation screening of Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror on Halloween (31 October).

• Exclusive screenings: Most of this year’s films will be making their South African or African premieres at Horrorfest.

• Vintage cinema: Experience a 16mm projection of the 1931 classic Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff.

• Live silent film soundtrack: don’t miss the live musical accompaniment to the German silent masterpiece Der Golem on Saturday, 8 November.

Festival organiser Paul Blom invites horror fans and curious newcomers alike to celebrate the darker side of cinema, from classic terrors and anime to dark literature and exclusive previews.

See the full festival line-up here. Find tickets on Quicket.

To listen to Blom in conversation with Pippa Hudson on CapeTalk's Lunch Show, use the audio player below: