Damon Packard in Fangoria #318

Filmmaker Damon Packard, who won a Tabloid Witch Award in 2008 for his mondo bizarro avant-garde short film, Chemtrails: An Investigative Report, is currently featured in issue # 318 of Fangoria.

The Big News reported by Fangoria is Damon's completion of his latest underground feature, Foxfur (see below).

Congratulations, Damon!

1 Horror Film Entry So Far ...

It happens every year -- one or more films arrive just past the entry deadline.

This year, one horror feature film arrived on September 1, just one day after deadline. Which makes it the first entry for 2013!

So, as of October 9, 2012, the 2013 Tabloid Witch Awards has received 1 horror film entry: 0 shorts and 1 feature. The entry is from the United States.

The Tabloid Witch Awards is a No Entry Fee horror film contest and festival. To enter the 2013 awards, your DVD must be in our in-box by August 31, 2013.

Details: TabloidWitch.com.

Jose Gomez Readies Day 1 as Plastic Earns Nominations

Writer/director Jose Gomez's Bled White won an Honorable Mention, a Best Supporting Actress (Colleen Boag), and a Best Music Soundtrack (D.C. McAuliffe) Tabloid Witch Award in 2009.

Gomez now reports that his more recent horror feature film, Plastic, "has received 6 nominations at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. We are also up for a...

Director's Choice Award.
Best Actor: North Roberts.
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Gray
Best Supporting Actress: Colleen Irene Boag.
Best Audio: Tolgar Alpagut
Best Feature: Plastic.
Best Director: Jose Carlos Gomez.
Special Recognition: Plastic."

Gomez will screen Bled White on October 14th at the Portage Theatre in Chicago, at 1:30 p.m.

His next film, Day 1, is in pre-production -- but it already has a distributor!