The 2015 winners were announced on September 29 on the Hollywood Investigator. Select winning films were screened on November 27, at Loscon, an annual science fiction & fantasy convention. Loscon met, as usual, at the LAX Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles.
2015 Tabloid Witch Award Winners
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Best Horror Feature Film .......................... Mariano Cattaneo & Sergio Salgueiro (Dead Heart)
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Best Dramatic Horror Short Film .............. Vivian Papageorgiou (Inner Land)
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Best Comedic Horror Short Film .............. Gene Blalock & James Boring (Unlucky Girl)
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Best Animated Horror Short Film .............. Irisa Hou (Bunny Bizness)
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Best Avant-Garde Horror Short Film ......... Kyle J. Macias (R.E.M. (The Lucid Dreamer))
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Best Actress .............................................. Tara Strand (Unlucky Girl)
* Best Actor .................................................. Michael Lorz (Chateau Sauvignon: terroir)
* Best Production Design ............................ Nicolás Onetti (Francesca)
* Best Visual Effects
.................................... Robert Hoffmeister (Willa)
* Best Make-Up Effects
............................... Chris Baer (Unlucky Girl)
* Best Music Soundtrack
............................. Athanasios Nastos (Inner Land)
* Honorable Mention ............................... Al Topich (The Town Where Nobody Lives)
* Honorable Mention ............................... Nicholas Quezada (The Unusual Case of Mary Mason)
* Honorable Mention ............................... Ryan Hixson, Will Taylor & Louis Letrange (Dead Air)
* Honorable Mention ............................... Marco Ragozzino & Eric Brown (Dead Lines)
* Honorable Mention ............................... Pol Diggler, Lidia Milette Artigas & Ramon Lazaro (Director's Cut)
What Does It Take to Win a Tabloid Witch?
Check out 2015's Best Comedic Horror Short Film, Unlucky Girl:
2015's Best Avant-Garde Horror Short Film, R.E.M. (The Lucid Dreamer):
2015's Honorable Mention, Dead Air:
2015's Honorable Mention, Dead Lines:
Gallery of Winners
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