South Africa - Horror & Suspense Movies Around the Globe
A series of lists chronicling horror and suspense releases from various countries, brought to you by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror & Suspense Movies book series.
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- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.
- DirectorNicholas MastandreaStarsMichelle RodriguezOliver HudsonTaryn ManningA group of five college kids are forced to match wits with unwelcoming residents when they fly to a "deserted" island for a party weekend.
- DirectorRoel ReinéStarsLuke GossLauren CohanSean BeanExplores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.
- DirectorAlastair OrrStarsBrandon AuretClive GilsonCraig HawksFour participants sign up for a mysterious medical test.
- DirectorAlastair OrrStarsSharni VinsonCarlyn BurchellSteven John WardAfter a young woman is kidnapped, her captors soon come to realize that in fact they may be the ones in danger and this young woman has a dark secret inside her.
- DirectorRichard StanleyStarsRobert John BurkeChelsea FieldZakes MokaeA woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
- DirectorJordan HarlandStarsMsimbithi MahambaPetunia Gabrielle ModisapodiSiphiwe MasingaA South African creature horror centring around attacks by the fabled Tokoloshe.
- DirectorByron DavisStarsLeandie du RandtNeels van JaarsveldTim TheronGentle, beautiful, pacifist Emma witnesses a murder in the wild. Six violent men killing a cop in cold blood. So, they hunt her like an animal in the desolate Karoo. She should have been easy prey. But life is full of surprises
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsCasper Van DienErika EleniakCoolioCount Dracula terrorizes the crew of a spaceship.
- DirectorBernard BuysStarsJohn ParsonsonLieb BesterTessa ZieglerAfter his traumatized wife is raped in the countryside by two bums, a husband hunts the men responsible.
- DirectorRay AustinStarsMark BurnsShirley Anne FieldDavid OxleyOn a South African plantation, a maniac is on the loose, first killing the estate's animals, then starting on the human members.
- DirectorJustin HeadStarsChristopher BeasleyCorine du ToitBrandon AuretA group of tourists face the fight of their lives in a South African game reserve.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsKatherine BarrellTim RozonSai BennettA group of urban explorers venture to a quiet lake in upstate Maine that is home to a deadly and forgotten secret. Unfortunately for them, they quickly discover they're not alone and encounter a deadly threat that can kill them all.
- DirectorAlastair OrrStarsReine SwartRussell CrousLiesl AhlersNine high school friends have a five-year reunion camping in a forest. They all have secrets. An unknown person straps a time bomb to each of them. Killing another gives one their time. Last one lives.
- DirectorNeal SundstromStarsAdam WoolfDanny KeoghMilan MurrayA rock band gets stuck on a haunted farm while visiting their lead singer's family.
- DirectorRyan KrugerStarsGary GreenChanelle de JagerBrett WilliamsBarry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind. FRIED BARRY is based upon the short film of the same name, which earned 57 official selections and 12 wins at festivals around the world.
- DirectorJaco BouwerStarsMonique RockmanCarel NelAlex van DykAn injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest.
- DirectorHoward James FyvieStarsGreg KriekChristia VisserTshamano SebeA sceptical American man is stranded in the middle of a zombie-infected Africa and must trust the help of three mysterious strangers in order to make it out alive.
- DirectorJean-Claude DuboisWayne CrawfordStarsWayne CrawfordJune ChadwickSheri AbleA down-on-his-luck sea captain goes treasure hunting for a wrecked Spanish galleon that is rumored to be cursed by God and protected by supernatural forces.
- DirectorRyan KrugerStarsGary GreenFried Barry is heroin junkie who spends his days in a abandoned building walking around tripping from his latest hit, going through his ups and downs and reliving his old memories.
- DirectorDanishka EsterhazyStarsHannah GoneraFrances Sholto-DouglasMila RayneA remake of the 1982 slasher film about sorority girls attacked by a maniac killer with a large electric drill.
- DirectorJenna Cato BassStarsChumisa CosaNosipho MtebeKamvalethu Jonas RaziyaA strange psychological thriller about Tsidi, who is forced to move in with her separated mother, a domestic worker who obsessively cares for her catatonic white "Madame" in the wealthy suburbs of Cape Town.