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One film festival I'm bound and determined to make it to one of these years is the South African HorrorFest, but for now I'll just have to live vicariously through those of you who live close enough to attend. And after taking a look at this year's lineup, I'm pretty sure that if you are in the area, you won't want to miss it!

Growing into the country's ultimate Halloween event covering indie, new and classic movies, short films, music, literature and a range of Halloween festivities, 2011 marks the annual South African HorrorFest's lucky 7th year! It runs 26 October through 4 November.

Almost each of the exciting feature films and short films make their South African theatrical premieres. The Makabra Ensemble will also debut their Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde movie soundtrack performance, live to the screening of this 1920 silent classic.

In addition to the colourful audience Halloween dress-up event linked up with the live soundtrack show,...

Cabine of the Dead Art"Cabine of the Dead" is a short French language film of ten minutes, which is currently setting up for a showing at the Horror Society Film Festival. Shot in France, the film will show October 23rd at the mentioned festival. This reviewer recently screened a copy of the film and the pitfalls of being in a zombie apocalypse are quite funny. Patrick (Richard Keep) is a man who fights off the dead with plexiglass and four secure walls. The phone booth only offers protection for so long however, as Patrick phones those closest to him for help. But how much help can one offer when they are also being attacked by the undead?

This film was enjoyable to watch and there are some John Carpenter stylings early in the show. Think Escape from New York in music and cinematography. The show starts tonight for folks in Chigaco,...