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The South African HORRORFEST (aka S.A. HORROR FESTACULAR) is an annual celebration of Horror in all of its shapes and forms, from movies and photography, to games and music......
The 2007 S.A. HORRORFEST was a blast, and it gets better each year. See Blog for rundown and update. Early entries for feature films and short movies are open - see website for details: www.HORRORFEST.info
The short film competition has both a foreign and South African category.......
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......Based in Cape Town, Paul & Sonja plan to expand the annual S.A. HORRORFEST to the northern regions of South Africa in 2008......
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, and for The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari at the 2007 festival, with special guest artists)...... They've produced music videos and the short movie imPERFECTION...... They also launched and run the SHADOW REALM inc. horror portal and HorrorFest website...... They're finishing the recording of the debut TERMINATRYX album, and are developing a screenplay for a horror film...... In addition, Paul is the South African correspondent for FANGORIA Magazine......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 (28-30 March 2008), featuring a dozen 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

My Interests

MOVIES and MUSIC

I'd like to meet:

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......This year there are documentaries, older classics, fan favourites, brand new, never before seen indies, the live soundtrack perfromance to a silent classic (by TERMINATRYX, LARK and Matthijs Van Dijk).......There will be a FREE opening sneak preview of CAPTIVITY, loads of cool give-aways and more.......See the LINE-UP Blog for all details, or head to www.HORRORFEST.info

Music:

TERMINATRYX / VOICE OF DESTRUCTION (south africa) / F8 / KOBUS / MINISTRY / ANGELO BADALAMENTI / RAMMSTEIN / PHILIP GLASS / SLIPKNOT / JOHN WILLIAMS / SEX PISTOLS / JAY CHATTAWAY / MASSIVE ATTACK / BRAD FIEDEL / TOM WAITS / ENNIO MORRICONE / FANTOMAS / THE DOORS / CHARLES BERNSTEIN / WEEN / FRED MYROW and MALCOLM SEAGRAVE / DEAD KENNEDYS / HOWARD SHORE / TYPE O NEGATIVE / WENDY CARLOS / EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN / MAHLER / TENACIOUS D / STRAPPING YOUNG LAD / MOZART / GROINCHURN / JOHN ZORN / DIAMANDA GALAS / DEPECHE MODE / GOBLIN / MAMBO KURT / RADIOHEAD / SLAYER etc.

Movies:

In the scrolling gallery below you can order some of the cool movies screened at the S.A. HORRORFEST since 2005, and order them from Amazon.
Some of our movie choices include: TETSUO THE IRON MAN / NOSFERATU / MANIAC / NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD / DAWN OF THE DEAD / DAY OF THE DEAD / RABID / SHIVERS / SCANNERS / VIDEODROME / THE FLY / original TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE / HALLOWEEN / THE THING / PHANTASM / Bram Stoker's DRACULA / THE GODFATHER series / APOCALYPSE NOW / CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI / EVIL DEAD Trilogy / BAD TASTE / BRAINDEAD (aka DEAD ALIVE) / HELLRAISER / SIN CITY / KUNG FU HUSTLE / THE EEL (short) / ROBOCOP / SUSPIRIA / METROPOLIS / ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST / NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET / CRONOS / everything by DAVID LYNCH (ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET, LOST HIGHWAY, MULHOLLAND DRIVE etc.), MARTIN SCORSESE (TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL, GOODFELLAS etc.), STANLEY KUBRICK (2001, DR.STRANGELOVE, THE SHINING etc.) and TERRY GILLIAM (MONTY PYTHON, BRAZIL, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) ...... etc.

Television:

Monty Python / League Of Gentlemen / Seinfeld / Curb Your Enthusiasm / The Simpsons / Shooting Stars / Ren and Stimpy / Tales From The Dark Side / Futurama

Books:

Filmmakers' biographies, Taschen publications, and magazines like Fangoria, Rue Morgue, Dark Side, Hotdog, Sight & Sound, DVD World

Heroes:

David Lynch / David Cronenberg / Stanley Kubrick / Peter Jackson / Ken Russell / Bruce Campbell / John Carpenter / Terry Gilliam / John Waters / Sergio Leone

My Blog

2007 S.A. HORRORFEST was a killer!

The 3rd annual South African HORRORFEST proved that this unique event picks up momentum with each year, just getting better and better.The live soundtrack performance by members of TERMINATRYX and LAR...
Posted by South African HORRORFEST on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:55:00 PST

2007 S.A. HORRORFEST LINE-UP

The annual South African HORRORFEST 25 October 1 November 2007 at the Labia Theatre (Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa) www.HORRORFEST.info / www.MySpace.com/SAhorror...
Posted by South African HORRORFEST on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:29:00 PST

Film Submission Form: South African HORRORFEST

2007 South African HORRORFEST Submission FormNote: The 2007 South African HORRORFEST will fall over 26 October - 1 November in Cape Town at the Labia Theatre (Orange Street). The closing date ...
Posted by South African HORRORFEST on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:37:00 PST

SCREEN AFRICA interview with Paul Blom (S.A. HORRORFEST co-founder)

SCREEN AFRICA did an interview with South African HORRORFEST director and co-organizer Paul Blom for their September 2007 issue. Here is the unabridged version. Questions by Karen van Schalkw...
Posted by South African HORRORFEST on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:07:00 PST

The South African HORROR FEST - a brief history

After many years of waiting for a Horror Festival to hit Cape Town, South Africa, and with a short shocker in the can and nowhere to screen it, horror fans Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg decided to ...
Posted by South African HORRORFEST on Fri, 11 May 2007 01:13:00 PST