The 2011 winning films screened at Loscon 38, the Los Angeles Science Fantasy convention, on the evenings of November 25 and 26 (Friday and Saturday). Yes, Thanksgiving weekend.

2011 Tabloid Witch Award Winners

* Best Horror Feature Film .......................... Mike Flanagan (Absentia)

* Best Dramatic Horror Short Film .............. Andrea Giomaro (Betania)

* Best Comedic Horror Short Film ............... Emily Carmichael (The Ghost and Us)

* Best Animated Horror Short Film .............. L. Whyte (Nursery Crimes)

* Best Horror Music Video ........................... Daddy O'Jaznik (Happy Happy Halloween)

* Best Actress (tie) ....................................... Katie Parker & Courtney Bell (Absentia)

* Best Actor .........................................,......... Dave Levine (Absentia)

* Best Supporting Actress ............................ Michele Turner Wilson (An Evening with My Comatose Mother)

* Best Supporting Actor ................................ Morgan Peter Brown (Absentia)

* Best Cinematography ................................. Andrea Giomaro (Betania)

* Best Sound ................................................. Richard Ragon (Absentia)

* Best Visual Effects .................................... Stephen Sobisky (An Evening with My Comatose Mother)

* Best Make-Up Effects ............................... Chris Hanson (An Evening with My Comatose Mother)

* Best Music Soundtrack ............................. Sabrina Bursi, Fulvio Mennella & Frederick Livi (Betania)

* Honorable Mention ................................... Jonathan Martin (An Evening with My Comatose Mother)

* Honorable Mention .................................... Steve Gibson (The Feed)

* Honorable Mention .................................... Miles Finlayson (The Picture in the House)

* Honorable Mention .................................... Liz Adams (Side Effect)

* Honorable Mention .................................... P.J. Woodside (The Creepy Doll)

What Does It Take to Win a Tabloid Witch?

Check out 2011's winner for Best Horror Music Video, Happy Happy Halloween:

Gallery of Winners

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