Friday, August 27, 2010

2010 Tabloid Witch Award Winners to Screen at Miles Playhouse

The 2010 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films will screen on Saturday evening, October 30, at Santa Monica's Miles Memorial Playhouse.

On the previous night, Friday, October 29, 2010, the Miles Memorial Playhouse will host a "Best of" screening, drawing from previous Tabloid Witch Awards winners.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

94 Entries So Far ... More Features Wanted

As of August 26, the 2010 Tabloid Witch Awards has received 94 entries -- 7 features and 87 shorts. Entries have come from the United States, Ireland, England, Germany, Spain, France, Austria, The Netherlands, Canada, India, and Argentina.

Short film entries are facing stiff competitive (though still welcome), but this is a good year to enter a horror feature. Little competition in that category so far.

The Tabloid Witch Awards is a No Entry Fee horror film contest and festival. To enter the 2010 awards, your DVD must be in our in-box by September 30, 2010.

Details: TabloidWitch.com.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Post Office Loses Tabloid Witch Submission

Last week, the post office put a notice in the Tabloid Witch's Santa Monica P.O. Box, saying that a registered parcel had arrived. It required a signature to pick up.

But when I presented the notice to a postal clerk on Friday, August 20, she couldn't find the parcel. She told me the post office would keep searching, and phone me if and when they found it.

It's now Monday night, August 23, and I've not yet received a phone call.

If you recently sent a DVD to the Tabloid Witch Awards by registered mail, the post office may have lost it. I don't know if they'll find it, but you may want to resend it, just in case.

The postal slip says the Sender's Name is: FGN.

================== UPDATE =======================

On Wednesday, August 25, though I'd received no phone call, I went to the post office. Good news. They found the film submission!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

87 Entries So Far ... More Features Wanted

As of August 12, the 2010 Tabloid Witch Awards has received 87 entries -- 6 features and 81 shorts. Entries have come from the United States, Ireland, England, Germany, Spain, France, Austria, The Netherlands, Canada, and India.

Short film entries are facing stiff competitive (though still welcome), but this is a good year to enter a horror feature. Little competition in that category so far.

The Tabloid Witch Awards is a No Entry Fee horror film contest and festival. To enter the 2010 awards, your DVD must be in our in-box by September 30, 2010.

Details: TabloidWitch.com.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

84 Entries So Far ... We Need More Features

As of August 3, the 2010 Tabloid Witch Awards has received 84 entries -- 6 features and 78 shorts. Entries have come from the United States, Ireland, England, Germany, Spain, France, Austria, The Netherlands, Canada, and India.

Short film entries are facing stiff competitive (though still welcome), but this is a good year to enter a horror feature. Little competition in that category so far.

The Tabloid Witch Awards is a No Entry Fee horror film contest and festival. To enter the 2010 awards, your DVD must be in our in-box by September 30, 2010.

Details: TabloidWitch.com.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Tabloid Witch Award Winner Within Premieres on Lifetime

If you love ghostly horror stories about haunted children -- like The Sixth Sense! -- you'll want to see Within, premiering on the Lifetime network on Saturday, July 31st, 9 p.m. EST. It will also air on Sunday, Aug 15th, 7 p.m. EST, and Friday, Aug 20th, 9 p.m. EST.

Within won the 2009 Tabloid Witch Awards for Best Horror Feature Film, Best Child Actor (Mia Ford) and Best Supporting Actor (Brent Sexton). Within also won for Outstanding Feature Film at the Big Bear Horror Film Festival.



In Within, nine-year-old Rachel Weiss sees the evil spirits that reside within others and compel their "hosts" to do very bad things. When her new friend Michelle's schoolyard pranks turn from petty theft to life-threatening attacks on other children, Rachel's visions may be the key to stopping the violence -- and solving the mystery of a young boy's decade-old disappearance.

Within's soundtrack will be available on iTunes starting July 27th. Jeffrey Toyne composed the ambient score. Director Hanelle Culpepper and her husband wrote the lyrics for the Halloween song. Singer-songwriter Miriam contributed two tracks.

"Within is a slow turning screw of Horror, with each new scene slowly and surely stepping up the skin crawl factor. You might just find yourself a little bit paranoid around your child's new friend after this one." -- E.C. McMullen Jr, Feoamante.com

"...Within is never dull. Its well-paced story holds our interest, and even manages to surprise despite its familiar conceit. The fate of 'bad seed' Michelle is also unexpected; a surprisingly dark ending that may discomfort Hollywood studio executives who are always trying to up the 'feel good' factor in films." -- Thomas M. Sipos, Hollywood Investigator

"...I get back to the fest for Within, the winner of 'Outstanding Feature Film,' and rightfully so. Written by Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Haunting of Molly Hartley, American Zombie)and directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper,Within features two of the best child performances I've seen in ages by Sammi Hanratty (Young Chuck on Pushing Daisies" and Mia Ford. --Sean Abley, Fangoria.com

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

81 Entries So Far ... We Need More Features

As of July 13, the 2010 Tabloid Witch Awards has received 81 entries -- 6 features and 75 shorts. Entries have come from the United States, Ireland, England, Germany, Spain, France, Austria, The Netherlands, Canada, and India.

Short film entries are facing stiff competitive (though still welcome), but this is a good year to enter a horror feature. Little competition in that category so far.

The Tabloid Witch Awards is a No Entry Fee horror film contest and festival. To enter the 2010 awards, your DVD must be in our in-box by September 30, 2010.

Details: TabloidWitch.com.