The 2016 winners were announced on September 29th in the Hollywood Investigator. Select winners will screen at Loscon 43 in Los Angeles on the night of Friday, November 25, 2016.
2016 Tabloid Witch Award Winners
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Best Horror Feature Film .......................... Ryôta Sakamaki & Daisuke Miyazaki (Dark Side of the Light)
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Best Dramatic Horror Short Film .............. Alexander Mattingly & Joey Hemphill (The Thin Place)
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Best Comedic Horror Short Film .............. Bob Pipe (The Monster)
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Best Animated Horror Short Film ............. Brad Uyeda (Sitophobia)
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Best Avant-Garde Horror Short Film ........ Luca Machnich (The Eve)
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Best Horror Music Video .......................... Patrick Kendall (Afflicted)
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Best Actress ............................................. Megumi Hatachiya (Dark Side of the Light)
* Best Actor ................................................. Andrew Ng (The Fisherman, aka El pescador)
* Best Supporting Actress
........................... Carlee Baker (Creatures of Whitechapel)
* Best Supporting Actor
............................... Chris Spyrides (Stained)
* Best Cinematography
............................... Jose Carlos Gomez (Day 1)
* Best Sound Design ................................... Matthew Walker (Vicious)
* Best Editing ............................................... Steve Hudgins & P.J. Woodside (Frances Stein)
* Best Production Design ............................ Jonathan Martin & Daniel Whiting (Creatures of Whitechapel)
* Best Visual Effects
.................................... Luis Tinoco (The Fisherman, aka El pescador)
* Best Make-Up Effects
............................... Virginia Popova (Stained)
* Best Music Soundtrack
............................. Samantha Foster (Sitophobia)
* Honorable Mention .................................. Alejandro Suárez Lozano (The Fisherman, aka El pescador)
* Honorable Mention .................................. Oliver Park (Vicious)
* Honorable Mention .................................. Adeena Charlotte Grubb (The Marshalls)
* Honorable Mention .................................. Phil Haine & Mark A.C. Brown (Stained)
* Honorable Mention .................................. Ángel Ripalda & Santiago Taboada (It Wasn't Me, aka Yo no he sido)
* Honorable Mention .................................. Michal Imielski & Peter Maple (Dead Sunrise)
Check out one of 2016's
Best Horror Music Video, Afflicted:
Check out one of 2016's Honorable Mentions, Vicious:
Check out another of 2016's Honorable Mentions, The Marshalls:
Check out 2016's Best
Actor & Best Visual Effects, The Fisherman:
Gallery of Winners
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