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The 2017 winners were announced on October 1st in the Hollywood Investigator.

 

 

 

2017 Tabloid Witch Award Winners

 

 

* Best Horror Feature Film .......................... Matthew Chilelli & Ben DeLoose (Escape the Dark)

* Best Dramatic Horror Short Film .............. Natalie Erika James & Christian White (Creswick)

* Best Comedic Horror Short Film .............. Matt Slechter & C. Michael Whaley (Puppy)

* Best Animated Horror Short Film .............. Scott Palazzo (Daily Commute)

* Best Avant-Garde Horror Short Film ........ Dustin M. Rosemark & John Shook (Inferno)

* Best Horror Music Video .......................... Olivier Treiner (Nameless Lands)

* Best Dramatic Actress .............................. Kelly Lou Dennis (The Ones That Stay Behind)

* Best Dramatic Actor .................................. Steven Berkoff (Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart)

* Best Comedic Actress .............................. Rachel Swindler (Puppy)

* Best Comedic Actor .................................. Bob Turton (Ashes)

* Best Supporting Actress ........................... Jane Badler (Bitch, Popcorn & Blood)

* Best Supporting Actor .............................. Linal Haft (The Gatehouse)

* Best Child Actress .................................... Scarlett Rayner (The Gatehouse)

* Best Child Actor ........................................ Kadin Bray (Interlaced)

* Best Cinematography ............................... Grant McPhee (Night Kaleidoscope)

* Best Sound Design ................................... Ryan Granger & Adam Hunt (Creswick)

* Best Editing ............................................... Giorgio Galbiati (Shanda's River)

* Best Production Design ............................ Jaime Boyero (Room for Rent)

* Best Visual Effects .................................... David Stump, Jennifer Law-Stump & Bertone Visuals (The Unwilling)

* Best Make-Up Effects ............................... David Rodriguez (The Kind Ones)

* Best Music Soundtrack ............................. Mauro Crivelli (Shanda's River)

 

* Honorable Mention .................................. Alaric S. Rocha (Demonoid 1971)

* Honorable Mention .................................. Leslie Simpson (Halfway House)

* Honorable Mention .................................. Nick Barrett (Devil Town)

* Honorable Mention .................................. Mig Windows & Rory Owens (I Never Can)

* Honorable Mention .................................. Brian Childs (Hell of a Night)

* Honorable Mention .................................. Kevin T. Landry & Christine Doyon (Sang Papier)

* Honorable Mention .................................. Jamal Hodge (The Kind Ones)

 

 

 

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Check out 2017's Best Animated Horror Short Film, Daily Commute:

 

 

 

Check out 2017's Best Horror Music Video, Nameless Lands:

 

 

Check out 2017's Honorable Mention winner, I Never Can:

 

 

 

Check out 2017's Best Comedic Actor winner, Ashes:

 

 

 

 

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