103 Horror Film Entries for 2015

As of September 1, 2015, the Tabloid Witch has received 103 horror films for 2015 awards consideration: 17 features and 86 shorts. Entries have come from Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Columbia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The deadline for 2015 awards consideration was August 31, 2015, which day has now passed. Any films received henceforth will be held for 2016 awards consideration.

Winners for 2015 will be announced on the Hollywood Investigator most likely sometime in September, but no later than October 1, 2015.

Details on how to submit your horror film for 2016 awards consideration at: TabloidWitch.com.

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64 Horror Film Entries So Far ...

As of August 1, 2015, the Tabloid Witch has received 64 horror films for 2015 awards consideration: 12 features and 52 shorts. Entries have come from Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The deadline for 2015 award consideration is August 31, 2015 -- so this is the last month to submit your film. Typically, films flood the Tabloid Witch's PO Box during the final month. Apparently, many filmmakers wait until the last moment to submit.

Details on how to submit your horror film for award consideration at: TabloidWitch.com.

51 Horror Film Entries So Far...

As of June 15, 2015, the Tabloid Witch has received 51 horror films for 2015 awards consideration: 10 features and 41 shorts. Entries have come from Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The deadline for 2015 award consideration is August 31, 2015. Details at: TabloidWitch.com.

Witches Hex Hollywood to Fight Gender Discrimination

Being a lady witch herself, the Tabloid Witch is tired of Hollywood's longtime hypocrisy. The studios claim to love diversity, yet continue to discriminate against women, minorities, and seniors in their hiring practices.

That's why the Tabloid Witch is pleased that the ACLU is calling on the state and federal governments to use their legal power to end gender discrimination at the studios.

Reporting for The New York Times (May 12, 2015), Cara Buckley writes:

"Grumblings that Hollywood is a man’s world have percolated for decades and are borne out in grim figures: Women directed only 4 percent of top-grossing films over the last dozen years. Now this apparent truism is being challenged as a violation of civil rights.

"On Tuesday the American Civil Liberties Union asked state and federal agencies to investigate the hiring practices of major Hollywood studios, networks and talent agencies for what the organization described as rampant and intentional gender discrimination in recruiting and hiring female directors.

" 'Women directors aren’t working on an even playing field and aren’t getting a fair opportunity to succeed,' said Melissa Goodman, director of the LGBT, Gender and Reproductive Justice Project at the ACLU of Southern California. 'Gender discrimination is illegal. And, really, Hollywood doesn't get this free pass when it comes to civil rights and gender discrimination.' "

Yet even as the ACLU employs anti-discrimination laws to fight hiring biases in the entertainment industry, Hollywood's witch community is already using supernatural means to achieve gender parity at the studios!

Read about their dark deeds -- and the tabloid reporters who stumble upon their wiccan schemes -- in Hollywood Witches, the 2010 novel that preceded the current controversy!

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40 Horror Film Entries So Far ...

As of May 13, 2015, the Tabloid Witch has received 40 horror films for 2015 awards consideration: 8 features and 32 shorts. Entries have come from Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The deadline for 2015 award consideration is August 31, 2015. Details at: TabloidWitch.com.

"Best Of" Screening at 2015 World Horror Convention

Every so often, the Tabloid Witch Awards presents a "best of" encore screening of select past winners. It's happened twice before, at the 2008 and 2009 World Horror Conventions. It will happen for the third time at the 2015 World Horror Convention.

Because this year's WHC is convening in Atlanta, Georgia, with the theme of Southern Horror, the Tabloid Witch was asked to screen films from Dixie. Bearing that in mind, two Southern feature films were selected for the screening.

From Florida, winner of three 2010 Tabloid Witch Awards (Best Horror Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor) ... The Sacred.



And from Kentucky, winner of three 2012 Tabloid Witch Awards (Best Actress, Best Sound, Honorable Mention) ... Spirit Stalkers.



The screenings will be on the night of Friday, May 8, 2015, at 9 p.m. (The Sacred) and 11 p.m. (Spirit Stalkers).

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Big Biting Pig Kickstarts Frances Stein

Past Tabloid Witch Award winners, Steve Hudgins and PJ Woodside of Big Biting Pig Productions, are now raising funds for their next horror feature film, Frances Stein.





The Big Biting Pig team describes Frances Stein "as a modern day female mad scientist movie." They plan for a Fall 2015 release date.

Big Biting Pig's impressive body of work includes such Tabloid Witch Award winners as Spirit Stalkers and The Creepy Doll. Their most recent film, The Caretakers, was nominated for a Rondo Award and for the Best Feature Film prize at the HorrorHound Film Fest.

News of the latest can be found at the Big Biting Pig website.

Motion Sickness Now Available on iTunes

Stephen M. Kerstein's Motion Sickness, which won several Tabloid Witches in 2012, is now available for viewing on iTunes.

David Lynch fans should enjoy Kerstein's film. Motion Sickness relates a strange series of mystical events, filled with sexual symbolism and dualism. Beyond that, it's difficult to say what the story is about (just as it's difficult to explain Lost Highway or Mulholland Drive). 

Check out the trailer below. If you like what you see, head on over to iTunes to see the whole film!

22 Horror Film Entries So Far ...

As of February 28, 2015, the Tabloid Witch has received 22 horror films for 2015 awards consideration: 6 features and 16 shorts. Entries have come from Argentina, Canada, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The deadline for 2015 award consideration is August 31, 2015. Details at: TabloidWitch.com.