{"id":224,"date":"2016-02-17T18:28:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rondoaward.com\/rondoaward.com\/blog\/?p=168\/?p=224"},"modified":"2016-04-15T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:41:06","slug":"coming-sunday-night-ballot-for-the-gasp-14th-annual-rondo-hatton-classic-horror-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rondoaward.com\/rondoaward.com\/blog\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Winners announced in the (Gasp!) 14th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rondologo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Evil Dead’ stops ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Mad Max’ outguns ‘Star Wars’\u00a0in\u00a014th Annual Rondo Awards<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Monster Mash,’ affectionate look at 1970s horror craze, is voted Book of the Year; Lugosi historian Gary Rhodes is Writer of the Year; Vincent Price’s daughter named Monster Kid of Year<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

By David Colton
\nCHFB News<\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, VA. \u2013 Revivals of classic horror and science fiction franchises of the 1980s won top honors in the just-completed 14th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, announced April 14 after an online vote by fans and genre professionals worldwide.<\/p>\n

The popular EVIL DEAD movie franchise directed by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell took four awards, including Best DVD, Best Restoration, Best DVD Extra, and Best TV Presentation of 2015 for the offshoot series on STARZ, “Ash vs. Evil Dead.” The TV series’ win ended an impressive six-year Rondo run by AMC’s still-thriving “The Walking Dead.”<\/p>\n

The action thriller MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, which also had its roots in the 1980s, was voted Film of the Year, topping STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS in a showdown of genre favorites.<\/p>\n

Book of the Year went to “Monster Mash,” by Mark Voger, which examines the monster craze in movies, television, music, toys and models of the 1970s. And movie historian Gary Don Rhodes was voted Writer of the Year for his research and multiple books on horror actor Bela Lugosi and the launch of horror films in the 1930s.<\/p>\n

In addition, voters named Victoria Price, the 53-year-old daughter of horror legend Vincent Price, “Monster Kid of the Year” for her tireless work preserving her late father’s legacy in film, along with his work in culinary and fine arts.<\/p>\n

“I have been dedicated to preserving and promoting my father’s legacy of love (and) joy,” Victoria wrote on Facebook during the vote. “He was an amazing human being who deserves not only to be remembered but also to be celebrated.”<\/p>\n

That celebration extended to London where she and film historian Peter Fuller helped lead a walking tour of Vincent Price’s favorite London stages, restaurants, art galleries and haunts. Fuller was named International Fan of the Year for his efforts.<\/p>\n

The Rondo Awards, named after Rondo Hatton, an obscure B-movie villain of the 1940s, honor the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation. This year’s e-mail vote, conducted by the Classic Horror Film Board, a 21-year old online community, drew more than 3,400 ballots. The Rondo vote is the largest survey of the classic horror genre held each year.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Many of the Rondo winners will receive Rondo busts at the WonderFest convention in Louisville on June 4. Further information, including runners-up and all the nominees, can be found at rondoaward.com.<\/p>\n

Below is a photo of Hatton in the 1946 film, HOUSE OF HORRORS, which was an inspiration for the distinctive bust given to winners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2014 HERE ARE THE WINNERS IN EVERY CATEGORY IN THE
\n14th ANNUAL RONDO HATTON AWARDS<\/strong> \u2014<\/div>\n
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\u00a0 More than 3,400 fans and professionals made these choices in the 14h Annual\u00a0 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for work in the year 2015. Here is a category-by-category breakdown of winners, runners-up; and honorable mentions:<\/p>\n

BEST FILM OF 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
\nHonorable mentions: IT FOLLOWS; EX MACHINA; THE MARTIAN; JURASSIC WORLD<\/h5>\n


\nBEST TV PRESENTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

ASH VS EVIL: DEAD: ‘Brujo’<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: THE WALKING DEAD
\nHonorable mentions: PENNY DREADFUL; DOCTOR WHO<\/h5>\n

BEST CLASSIC DVD OF 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ARMY OF DARKNESS: COLLECTOR’S EDITION (Shout!)<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Kino);
\nHonorable mentions: BLACK SABBATH (Kino);
\nDON’T LOOK NOW (Criterion)<\/h5>\n

BEST RESTORATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ARMY OF DARKNESS: COLLECTOR’S EDITION (Shout!)<\/h5>\n

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Runners-up: BLACK SABBATH (Kino);
\nJOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (Twilight Time);
\nBLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Arrow)<\/h5>\n

BEST COMMENTARY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

TIM LUCAS for BLACK SABBATH
\nand BLOOD AND BLACK LACE<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: Francis Ford Coppola (BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA)
\nHonorable mentions: Wes Craven (PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS);\u00a0Tom Weaver, David Schechter (MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED\u00a0THE WORLD)<\/h5>\n

BEST DVD EXTRA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MEDIEVAL TIMES: THE MAKING OF ARMY OF DARKNESS<\/h5>\n

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Runners-up: ‘Cuadecuc, Vampir’ (COUNT DRACULA); Excerpts\u00a0from sound version (PHANTOM OF THE OPERA); ‘The Host,’ Jack Hill,\u00a0Sid Haig film (SPIDER BABY)<\/h5>\n

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

TALES OF HALLOWEEN, anthology film
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Runners-up: TURBO KID; WE ARE STILL HERE
\nHonorable mention: DRACULA A.D. 2015<\/h5>\n

BEST SHORT FILM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

TAILYPO, directed by Cameron McCasland
\n\"\"<\/h5>\n
Runner-up: INNSMOUTH
\nHonorable mentions: CONVENTIONAL; HEIR;
\nTHEATRE FANTASTIQUE: A POEM OF POE; SEEKING VALENTINA<\/h5>\n

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CREATURE FEATURE: 60 YEARS OF THE GILL-MAN, directed by Matt Crick<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S\u00a0ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
\nHonorable mentions: THAT GUY DICK MILLER; IT WAS A COLOSSAL TEENAGE MOVIE MACHINE:\u00a0THE AIP STORY; HAIL TO THE KING: 60 YEARS OF DESTRUCTION (Godzilla)<\/h5>\n
BOOK OF THE YEAR
\n<\/span><\/strong>
\nMONSTER MASH: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America,\u00a01957-1972, by Mark Voger<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: 70s MONSTER MEMORIES; THE ART OF HORROR, by Stephen Jones;
\nTOD BROWNING’S DRACULA, by Gary Don Rhodes
\nHonorable mentions: ITALIAN GOTHIC HORROR FILMS, by Roberto Curti;\u00a0SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE: Fifty Years of Italian Giallo Films, by Troy Howarth;\u00a0CURIOUS GOODS: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th (The Series), by Alyse Wax)<\/h5>\n

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BEST MAGAZINE <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RUE MORGUE<\/h5>\n

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Runners-up:\u00a0 FANGORIA, VIDEO WATCHDOG; HORRORHOUND<\/h5>\n

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BEST MAGAZINE (classic)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND<\/h5>\n
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\nRunner-up: SCARY MONSTERS
\nHonorable mentions: CLASSIC MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES;
\nLITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS; DIABOLIQUE; FILMFAX; SCREEM<\/h5>\n

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BEST ARTICLES (two Christopher Lee articles)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1) ‘Christopher Lee: He May Not Have Been Who You Might Have Thought He Was,’ by Tom Johnson,
\nLITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #35.
\n2) ‘Remembering Christopher Lee,’ by Justin Hamelin, RAVENOUS website.<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up:\u00a0 ‘Vincent Price: I Like What I see,’ by Tim Lucas, VIDEO WATCHDOG #179.
\nHonorable mentions: ‘Take Me to the Other Side\/Ghost Writers,’ by April Snellings, RUE MORGUE #160;\u00a0‘The Greatest Old One,’ by Dejan Ognjanovic, RUE MORGUE #161; ‘Barbara Steele, The Beauty of Terror,’\u00a0by Daniel Riccuito, David Cairus and Jennifer Matsui, FANGORIA #342; ‘Forrest J Ackerman: The Wizard
\nof Glendower Avenue,’ by Deborah Painter, CLASSIC IMAGES #480.<\/h5>\n

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BEST INTERVIEW (Award goes to interviewer)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

David Weiner interviews Mel Brooks about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN\u00a0(FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #277)
\n\"\"<\/h5>\n
Runner-up: Chris Alexander interviews John Carpenter, FANGORIA #339
\nHonorable mentions: Max Weinstein interviews Alejandro Jodorowsky, DIABOLIQUE #24;\u00a0Jessica Dwyer interviews Bruce Campbell, HORRORHOUND #54;\u00a0Rod Labbe interviews Sharon Smythe, SCARY MONSTERS #95.<\/h5>\n

BEST COLUMN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Larry Blamire’s Star Turn, VIDEO WATCHDOG
\n\"\"<\/h5>\n
Runners-up: They Came from the Crypt, by Jon Kitley, HORRORHOUND;\u00a0Diary of the Deb, Debbie Rochon, FANGORIA; The Doctor Is In-Sane, by Dr. Gangrene, SCARY MONSTERS
\nHonorable mentions: Fright Gallery by Gary Pullin, RUE MORGUE; Scare-News, by John Skerchock, SCARY MONSTERS<\/h5>\n

BEST COVER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

FAMOUS MONSTERS #281 by Rick Baker
\n\"\"<\/h5>\n
Runners-up: RUE MORGUE #161 by Jason Edmiston; WE BELONG DEAD #17 by Paul Watts
\nHonorable mentions: MAD SCIENTIST #30 by Mark Maddox; DIABOLIQUE #24 by Mark Spears;\u00a0FANGORIA #342 by Marc Schoenbach; HORRORHOUND #52 by Mark Maddox<\/h5>\n

BEST WEBSITE
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RAVENOUS MONSTER<\/h5>\n

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Runners-up: Dread Central; Collinsport Historical Society
\nDr, Gangrene’s Mad Blog
\nHonorable mentions: Shock Til You Drop; Universal Monster Army<\/h5>\n

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BEST MULTI-MEDIA SITE <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

KILLER P.O.V.<\/h5>\n
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\nRunners-up: Trailers from Hell; The Fantastic Films of Vincent Price; Monster Kid Radio
\nHonorable mentions: Count Gore De Vol’s Creature Features; Horror Happens Radio Show<\/h5>\n

BEST CONVENTION <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MONSTER BASH (suburban Pittsburgh)<\/h5>\n
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\nRunner-up: Monsterpalooza (Burbank)
\nHonorable mentions: HorrorHound Weekend (Cincinnati);
\nWonderFest (Louisville); Chiller (Parsippany, NJ); G-FEST (Chicago)<\/h5>\n

BEST FAN EVENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

VINCENT PRICE LONDON LEGACY TOUR (Walking tour celebrating his films\u00a0and love of art and food)
\n\"\"<\/h5>\n
\u00a0Runner-up: Tribute to Wes Craven at HorrorHound Weekend
\nHonorable mentions: Maskfest; Blob panic re-enactment at Blobfest;
\nSwim with the Creature at Monsterama; Etheria Film Festival<\/h5>\n

FAVORITE HORROR HOST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SVENGOOLIE<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: Penny Dreadful
\nHonorable mentions: Count Gore De Vol; Dr. Gangrene; Son of Ghoul<\/h5>\n

BEST HORROR COMIC BOOK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

JOHN CARPENTER’S TALES FOR A HALLOWEEN NIGHT<\/h5>\n

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Runner-up: Haunted Horrors
\nHonorable mentions: Godzilla in Hell; Frankenstein Underground;\u00a0Bloke’s Terrible Tome of Terror<\/h5>\n
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INDIVIDUAL RONDO AWARDS<\/strong><\/div>\n


\nWRITER OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gary Don Rhodes<\/span><\/p>\n

A leading scholar into the origins of the horror film,
\nRhodes’ fact-based approach has exploded myths surrounding some\u00a0of the genre’s most beloved works. His books about Bela Lugosi have kept the complicated legacy
\nof the horror icon alive.<\/p>\n

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Runners-up: April Snelling, Bruce Hallenbeck, Tim Lucas, Tom Weaver, Greg Mank,
\nMax Weinstein, Kim Newman, Eric Shirey<\/div>\n

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ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Maddox<\/span><\/div>\n

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Runners-up: Daniel Horne, William Cope, Gary Pullin,
\nJoel Robinson, Jason Edmiston<\/p>\n

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\u00a0LINDA MILLER AWARD
\nFOR\u00a0<\/strong>FAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR
\n<\/strong>(In memory of the late Linda Miller)<\/span><\/p>\n

JASON BROWER<\/strong>
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Runner-up: Malcolm Gittins,. Honorable mentions: Jerrod Brown, John Sargent,\u00a0Heather Paxton
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

‘The Only REAL Rondo Award’
\n\"\"
\nDennis Druktenis
\nfor the amazing achievement of
\nSCARY MONSTERS #1-100<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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INTERNATIONAL FAN OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
PETER FULLER (England)<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Peter Fuller, shown here in a promotion for the November 2015 Vincent Price Festival,\u00a0which included a walking tour of Price’s favorite London<\/span> haunts, has been one of the world’s foremost\u00a0researchers into Price’s life and legacy. <\/span><\/h4>\n

His work with Victoria Price and others in mounting
\nthe Price Festival <\/span><\/span>was a landmark for the beloved actor’s legacy on both sides
\nof the Atlantic<\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n
MONSTER KID OF THE YEAR<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
\n
VICTORIA PRICE<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Victoria Price likes to joke that she never enjoyed seeing the films of her father, Vincent Price,\u00a0because he was always getting killed in all kinds of ways. But after writing a biography of her\u00a0famous dad, she realized that there was far more to the screen legend than his villainous roles.
\nA regular at horror conventions, Price is now well-versed in Price’s horror films, but she prefers to talk about her father’s
\nexquisite taste in art, in food, and in the cultural underpinnings of his work.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
A true “monster kid,” Victoria Price helps
\nremind new monster fans that chills and thrills began long ago, and will live on.<\/h6>\n

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THE MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME<\/span><\/strong>
\nNewest inductees are:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

MARK REDFIELD<\/p>\n

Keeping Poe’s legend alive<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Baltimore native knows Edgar Allan Poe better than most. He helped fight to preserve Poe’s
\nBaltimore residence, portrayed the doomed writer in the film, THE DEATH OF POE, and has mounted stage and radio productions of the horror bard’s work at the Poe Forevermore\u00a0Radio Theatre.
\nAn actor, a scholar, an editor, an activist, Redfield is responsible for much of the renewed interest in America’s most haunted poet.<\/h5>\n

STEVE VERTLIEB<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seeking the creators<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 One of the earliest genre enthusiasts and writers, Steve Vertlieb’s interest has always
\nbeen in the creators behind the scenes — the men who animated King Kong, the composers
\nlike John Williams, Bernard Herrmann and Miklos Rozsa whose music stirred\u00a0moviegoers, and the writers like Ray Bradbury whose words sparked a generation of dreamers.
\nSoon to be the subject of a documentary, Vertlieb’s gentle touch in his writing reminds readers why they
\nloved many of the classic films in the first place.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
DAVID DEL VALLE<\/span><\/h5>\n

Dishing with the horror stars<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Few can match the energy and wide-ranging interests of David Del Valle, a cinema insider
\nwho knows just about everyone involved in films past and present. Whether drawing out little-known
\ntales from horror icons such as Barabra Steele, moderating panels or enriching DVD commentaries, the
\noutspoken Del Valle has spent a lifetime compiling the backstories, the insanity,
\nand the joy of Hollywood and European horror factories.<\/span><\/h5>\n

BILL ‘CHILLY BILLY’ CARDILLE<\/span><\/p>\n

The unforgettable horror host<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 There were many “Chiller Theatres,” but few like the one Bill “Chilly Billy” Cardille\u00a0hosted in Pittsburgh from 1963 to 1982.
\nSo “chilling” was his delivery that Second City’s Joe Flaherty
\nsays his horror host parody on SCTV was based on Cardille’s spooky character. Squeaking doors, howling wolves, a beating heart and a creepy organ signalled his pioneering, smart and influential horror show. A true horror original.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
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And there you have it! Check out the rondoaward.com<\/a> website for the latest, and thank you for all the support. Thanx for everyone’s great work this year. Long live Rondo!<\/span><\/h6>\n
david<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
Copyright 2016 Rondo Awards, David Colton<\/h6>\n
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VOTING IS NOW CLOSED<\/strong><\/h1>\n
BELOW WAS THE OFFICIAL BALLOT
\nFOR THE (GASP!)
\n14TH ANNUAL RONDO HATTON CLASSIC HORROR AWARDS\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThis year’s awards are dedicated to Sir Christopher Lee<\/span><\/h6>\n
1. BEST MOVIE OF 2015<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
\n— BONE TOMAHAWK
\n— BURYING THE EX
\n— CRIMSON PEAK
\n— EX MACHINA
\n— INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3
\n— IT FOLLOWS
\n— JURASSIC WORLD
\n— KRAMPUS<\/h6>\n
— MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
\n— THE MARTIAN
\n— STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
\n— VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN
\n— THE VISIT
\n— WE ARE STILL HERE
\n— THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH
\n— Or write in another choice:<\/h6>\n
2. BEST TELEVISION PRESENTATION OF 2015<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL<\/strong>, ‘The Ten Commandments Killer,’ 12.2.15, FX. With Lady GaGa vamping, the killer is revealed. \u00a0‘With those blue eyes, I’ll be the Countess of whatever you like, baby.’<\/h6>\n
—\u00a0ASH VS. EVIL DEAD<\/strong>, ‘Brujo,’ 11.21.15, STARZ. Ash and company seek the help of a witch-healer. ‘Thirty years ago I took this girl up to a cabin. My life hasn’t been the same since.’<\/h6>\n
— CHILDHOOD’S END<\/strong>, ‘The Children,’ 12.16.15, SyFy. The final plan of the Overlords. ‘You were about to discover interstellar travel. That would have destroyed you.’<\/h6>\n
— DOCTOR WHO<\/strong>, ‘The Husbands of River Song,’ 12.25.15, BBC America. The Twelfth Doctor is reunited with River Song. ‘When you love the Doctor it’s like loving the stars themselves. You don’t expect a sunset to love you back.’<\/h6>\n
— PENNY DREADFUL<\/strong>, ‘The Nightcomers,’ 5.17.15, SHOWTIME. Patti LuPone guest stars as a Cut-Wife with dreadful prophecies. ‘Such incantations are dangerous. You must never speak the Devil’s language idly.’<\/h6>\n
— SCREAM QUEENS<\/strong>, ‘Mommie Dearest,’ 11.10.15. FOX. College dean Jamie Lee Curtis encounters the PSYCHO shower scene. ‘I saw that movie FIFTY times!’<\/h6>\n
— THE STRAIN<\/strong>, ‘The Born,’ 8.23.15, FX. New vampires raise the stakes. \u00a0‘There are no myths, professor. Only exaggerations.’<\/h6>\n
— SUPERNATURAL<\/strong>, ‘About a Boy,’ 2.3.14, THE CW. A witch turns Dean into a teenager. ‘Word on the street is people kinda taste like chicken.’<\/h6>\n
— THE WALKING DEAD<\/strong>, ‘Start to Finish,” 11.29.15, AMC. Moving a horde of zombies takes a sudden turn. ‘Your property belongs to Negan.’<\/h6>\n
— Or write in another choice:<\/h6>\n
3. BEST CLASSIC DVD\/BLU-RAY<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— ARMY OF DARKNESS: COLLECTOR’S EDITION (1992, Shout!)
\n—\u00a0BLACK SABBATH (AIP version, Kino)
\n— BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964; Arrow)
\n— BURN WITCH BURN (1962, Kino)
\n— COUNT DRACULA (1970; Severin)
\n— DON’T LOOK NOW (1973, Criterion)
\n— FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (1987; Scream Factory)<\/h6>\n
— HOUSE OF LONG SHADOWS (1983, Kino)
\n— HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939; Warner Video)
\n— KWAIDAN (1964; Criterion)
\n— NIGHTMARE CASTLE (1965; Severin)
\n— PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925, 1929; Kino)
\n— THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MISS OSBOURNE (1981, Arrow)
\n— VOODOO MAN (1944; Olive)
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
4. BEST RESTORATION OR UPGRADE<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— ARMY OF DARKNESS: COLLECTOR’S EDITION (1992, Shout!) Four versions, including original opening and ending.
\n—\u00a0BLACK SABBATH (Kino), American AIP version includes Karloff’s voice.
\n— BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1965; Arrow),restored from original negative.
\n— COUNT DRACULA (1970, Severin), Much improved transfer restores scene of mother seeking her baby at castle.<\/h6>\n
— HOUSE OF LONG SHADOWS (1983), much improved transfer from earlier versions.
\n— JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959; Twilight Time). 4K upgrade.
\n— THE MASK 3D (1961, Kino), Offered in 3D version.
\n— TALES OF TERROR (1963, Kino), pristine high-definition version.
\n— VOODOO MAN (1944; Olive), original title card, high-definition upgrade
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
5. BEST COMMENTARY<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— BLACK SABBATH (AIP version); BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964, Arrow), Tim Lucas
\n— BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (Sony), Director Francis Ford Coppola.
\n— BURNT OFFERINGS, Richard Harland Smith
\n— HOUSE OF LONG SHADOWS, director Pete Walker
\n— INVADERS FROM MARS (1986, Shout!), director Tobe Hooper, Michael Felsher.
\n— JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, actress Diane Baker, Nick Redman, Steven C. Smith<\/h6>\n
— KWAIDAN, Stephen Prince
\n— THE MASK (1961), 3D historian Jason Pichonsky
\n— THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, Tom Weaver and David Schechter
\n— NIGHTMARE CASTLE, Barbara Steele and David DelValle
\n— THE OBLONG BOX (1969, Kino), Steve Haberman
\n— PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS (1991, Scream Factory), director Wes Craven
\n— SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN, David Del Valle and Tim Sullivan
\n— THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MISS OSBOURNE, director Walwrian Borowczyk
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
6. BEST DVD EXTRA<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992, Shout!). ‘Medieval Times’ making-of documentary.
\n— BLOOD AND BLACK LACE, ‘Psycho Analysis,’ 55-minute documentary.
\n—\u00a0BURN WITCH BURN (Kino), interview with actor Peter Wyngarde
\n— COUNT DRACULA (1970), ‘Cuadecuc, Vampir,’ an experimental film of Christopher Lee and other on-set images and effects.
\n— COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE (1969, Twilight Time) Tim Sullivan, David DelValle recreate lost Robert Quarry interview.
\n— FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (1987, Scream), ‘Return to Oldfield,’ making-of documentary directed by Daniel Griffith.<\/h6>\n
— GHOULIES (1985; Scream Factory). ‘From Toilets to Terror,’ making-of documentary.
\n— PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (silents, Kino). Excerpts from 1930 sound version.
\n— QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966, Kino), ‘The Russians Are Coming: Robert Skotak on ‘Queen of Blood.’
\n— SPIDER BABY (Arrow), ‘The Host,’ 30-minute film with young Sid Haig directed by Jack Hill.
\n— VAMPYROS LESBOS (1971, Severin), interview with director Jess Franco
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7. BEST INDEPENDENT FILM <\/strong>(To find out more, Google titles to see trailers or video clips)<\/h6>\n
— BACKCOUNTRY<\/strong>, directed by Adam MacDonald. Terrors in the Canadian wilderness.
\n— DANNY JOHNSON SAVES THE WORLD<\/strong>, directed by Christopher M. Mihm. Suburban Danny battles robots, aliens
\n— DRACULA A.D. 2015,<\/strong> directed by Joshua Kennedy. The Count is resurrected in this homage to Hammer films.
\n— EXTRAORDINARY TALES<\/strong>, directed by Raul Garcia. Five animated Poe stories; narrators include Lugosi, Lee, Corman.
\n— FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE MUMMY<\/strong>, directed by Damien Leone. Brain swaps and classic monsters in New York City.
\n— THE HALLOW<\/strong>, directed by Corin Hardy. Irish forests yield unspeakable horrors.<\/h6>\n
— KILLING POE<\/strong>, directed by Nathan Andrew Jacobs. Five students must conjure up ways to defeat a crazed professor.
\n— TALES OF DRACULA,<\/strong> directed by Joseph P. DeMuro and Thomas E. Rice. An homage to Universal and Hammer.
\n— TALES OF HALLOWEEN<\/strong>, 10 tales featuring genre talent such as Joe Dante, Adrienne Barbeau, Stuart Gordon.
\n— TURBO KID<\/strong>, directed by \u00a0Anouk Whissell, Francois Simard, Yoann-Karl Whissell. The apocalypse meets the X-Games.
\n— WE ARE STILL HERE<\/strong>, directed by Ted Geoghegan. Inside a house of evil.
\n— WYRMWOOD<\/strong>, directed by Kiah Roache-Turner. \u00a0Zombies plague road warriors.
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
8. BEST SHORT FILM <\/strong><\/h6>\n
— CONVENTIONAL<\/strong>, directed by Karen Gillan (9 mins). A haunting look at an aging scream queen.
\n— HEIR<\/strong>, directed by Richard Powell (14 mins). Family secrets unfold on a road trip.
\n— INNSMOUTH<\/strong>, directed by Izzy Lee (11 mins.) Fleeing the reach of Lovecraftian terror.
\n— ONCE WHEN I WAS DEAD<\/strong>, directed by Scott W. Perry (19 mins). Struggles of a young artist turn deadly.
\n— THEATRE FANTASTIQUE: A POEM OF POE<\/strong>, directed by Ansel Faraj (12 mins). A Halloween special.<\/h6>\n
— SEEKING VALENTINA<\/strong>, directed by Armin Nasserri (21 mins). An Iranian writer takes in a mysterious tenant.
\n— SLASH HER<\/strong>, directed by Jerry Lentz (3 mins). \u00a0A woman alone, haunted.
\n— SLUT<\/strong>, directed by Chloe Okuno (21 mins). Coming of age takes a horrific turn.
\n— SOBREVIVO<\/strong>, directed by Matt Sullivan (34 mins). A woman’s battle for normalcy in an apocalyptic world.
\n— SPAMMER<\/strong>, directed by John Iwasz and Sanj Surat (8 mins). ‘Be careful what you phish for.’
\n— TAILYPO<\/strong>, directed by Cameron McCasland (15 mins). Terror in the woods takes a sharp turn. \u00a0<\/a>
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
9. BEST DOCUMENTARY <\/strong><\/h6>\n
— CREATURE FEATURE: 60 YEARS OF THE GILL-MAN<\/strong>, directed by Matt Crick. Revisiting the Lagoon after all these years.
\n— THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA<\/strong>, directed by Pete Schermann. The making of THE CREEPING TERROR.
\n— HAIL TO THE KING: 60 YEARS OF DESTRUCTION<\/strong>, directed by Kyle Yount. The Japanese side of Godzilla and kaiju.
\n— IT WAS A COLOSSAL TEENAGE MOVIE MACHINE: THE AMERICAN-INTERNATIONAL PICTURES STORY<\/strong>, directed by Daniel Griffith. How AIP changed Hollywood.
\n—\u00a0JACK PIERCE, THE MAKER OF MONSTERS<\/strong>, directed by Strephon Taylor. Detailed biography goes beyond horror films.
\n— LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU<\/strong>, directed by David Gregory. The film that wasn’t.
\n— THAT GUY DICK MILLER<\/strong>, directed by Elijah Drenner. Hanging with the B-movie’s everyman.
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
10. BOOK OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— THE ART OF HORROR<\/strong>: An Illustrated History, by Stephen Jones (Applause; hardcover, 260 pages, $40). Frightful images from film, pulp and more.
\n—\u00a0ATOMIC DREAMS AND THE NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE<\/strong>: The Making of Godzilla, by Peter H. Brothers (CreateSpace, softcover, 348 pages, $20). From allegory to special effects and Japanese sources, the monstrous story.
\n—\u00a0THE BLACK CAT<\/strong>, by Philip Riley and Gregory Mank (BearManor Media, softcover, 124 pages $19.95). Production notes and analysis of Edgar Ulmer’s profane classic.
\n— BRIDE OF HA-HA HORROR<\/strong>, by Monstermatt Patterson (Mystery&;Horror, softcover, 216 pages, $12.95). Old-fashioned monster laffs.
\n— BRIDE OF THE MONSTER<\/strong>, by Gary D. Rhodes with Tom Weaver (BearManor Media, softcover, 292 pages, $24.95). A ‘Scripts in the Crypt’ look at Ed Wood’s Lugosi feature.
\n—\u00a0CLASSIC HORROR FILMS AND THE LITERATURE THAT INSPIRED THEM<\/strong>, by Ron Backer (McFarland, softcover, 372 pages, $45). Exploring the literary roots of 43 monstrous legends.
\n— CURIOUS GOODS: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th, the Series<\/strong>, by Alyse Wax (BearManor Media, hardcover, 490 pages, $37). A look back at Crystal Lake of the 1987 TV series.
\n— FORGOTTEN FACES OF FANTASTIC FILMS<\/strong>, by James T. Coughlin (Midnight Marquee, softcover, 258 pages, $25). Profiling 22 familiars who breathed life into classic horrors.
\n—\u00a0FORGOTTEN HORRORS VOL. 7: Famished Monsters of Filmland<\/strong>, by Michael H. Price with Jan Alan Henderson and John Wooley (CreateSpace, softcover, 280 pages, $25). Obscure and atomic monstrosities from the 1950s exhumed.
\n—\u00a0ITALIAN GOTHIC HORROR FILMS 1957-1969<\/strong>, by Robert Curti (McFarland, hardcover, 220 pages, $39.95). Director by director, the golden age of giallo and more.<\/h6>\n
— MONSTER MASH: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America, 1957-1972<\/strong>, by Mark Voger (TwoMorrows Publishing, hardcover, 192 pages, $36). Revisiting the colorful first wave of the monster boom.
\n— RECOVERING 1940s HORROR CINEMA<\/strong>, edited by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare, Charlie Ellbe, Kristopher Woofter (Lexington Press, hardcover, 378 pages, $100). Essays probe the noir-tinged world of midcentury horror.
\n— 70S MONSTER MEMORIES<\/strong>, compilation (WeBelongDead, softcover, 400 pages, $50). More than 70 photo-filled chapters on horror’s day-glo decade.
\n—\u00a0SKETCHY THINGS: The Art of Frank Dietz<\/strong> (sketchythings,\u00a0softcover, 176 pages, $50). Classic horror rendered in classic styles.
\n— SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE: Fifty Years of Italian Giallo Films Vol. 1 and 2<\/strong>, by Troy Howarth. (Midnight Marquee,softcover, \u00a0228, 234 pages, $45 each). Analysis of Italian chillers from 1963-2013.
\n— TASTE THE BLOOD OF MONSTER SERIAL VOL. 3<\/strong>, compiled by Wallace McBride (CreateSpace, softcover, 222 pages, $11.99). Collinsport Historical Society’s look at vampires.
\n—\u00a0TOD BROWNING’S DRACULA,<\/strong> by Gary D. Rhodes (Tomahawk Press, softcover, 376 pages, $35). A Lugosi scholar’s examination of the power and myths behind the classic film.
\n— WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES: The Shape of Films to Come<\/strong>, by James Curtis (Pantheon, hardcover, 432 pages, $40). \u00a0Biography of the art director who changed the movies.
\n— Or write in another choice:<\/h6>\n
11. BEST MAGAZINE OF 2015<\/strong><\/h6>\n
–– Cinema Retro<\/em>
\n —\u00a0Classic Monsters of the Movies<\/em>
\n — Delirium<\/em>
\n — Diabolique<\/em>
\n — Famous Monsters of Filmland<\/em>
\n — Fangoria<\/em>
\n — Filmfax<\/em>
\n — Freaky Monsters<\/em>
\n — G-Fan<\/em>
\n — HorrorHound<\/em><\/h6>\n
— Little Shoppe of Horrors<\/em>
\n — Mad Monster<\/em>
\n — Mad Scientist<\/em>
\n — Monster!<\/em>
\n — Monster Bash<\/em>
\n — Phantom of the Movies Videoscope<\/em>
\n — Rue Morgue<\/em><\/h6>\n
— Scary Monsters
\n— Scream (UK)<\/em>
\n — Screem<\/em>
\n — Shock<\/em>
\n — Shock Creatures<\/em>
\n — Video Watchdog<\/em>
\n — We Belong Dead<\/em>
\n— Or write in another choice:<\/h6>\n
12. BEST ARTICLE (Please choose two; one will win)<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— ‘Along Came a Spider,’ by Tom Weaver<\/strong>. CLASSIC IMAGES #487. 60th anniversary look at Tarantula.<\/h6>\n
—\u00a0‘Barbara Steele: The Beauty of Terror,’ by Daniel Riccuito, David Cairns and Jennifer Matsui,<\/strong> FANGORIA #342. A spotlight on horror’s dark presence.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The Carradine Ten,’ by Gregory Mank,<\/strong> MONSTER BASH #25. How the actor used B-movies to finance his ‘Shakespearean Players.’<\/h6>\n
— ‘Christopher Lee: He May Not Have Been Who You Might Have Thought He Was,’ by Tom Johnson<\/strong>, LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #35. Personal encounters by a Hammer historian.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The Family Is Toast: The Making of Burnt Offerings,’ by Richard Harland Smith<\/strong>, SCREEM #31. From Bob Fosse to Bette Davis.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Female Characters in Kaiju Films,’ by Peter Lovold<\/strong>, G-FAN #109. Timid Emiko and the Twins gave way to aliens and G-fighters.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Forrest J Ackerman, The Wizard of Glendower Avenue,’ by Deborah Painter<\/strong>, CLASSIC IMAGES #480. Remembering the man behind the monster boom.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Frankenstein: The Australian Connection, Pts. 1-3,’ by Daniel Best<\/strong>, MONSTER! #15, 17-18. The battle to air the classic films on TV down under.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The Greatest Old One,’ by Dejan Ognjanovic<\/strong>, RUE MORGUE #161. In three articles, including an expert roundtable, H.P. Lovecraft’s work is invoked anew.<\/h6>\n
— ‘It Ain’t Legend: Mangling Matheson,’ by Stephen R. Bissette<\/strong>, MONSTER! #13. The failed attempts to bring I Am Legend to the screen.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The Last Days of the Deuce,’ by Joe Kane<\/strong>, VIDEOSCOPE #94. Recalling the demise of grindhouse double-bill moviehouses on 42nd Street.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Life, Death and Tasha Yar,’ by David McDonnell<\/strong>, STARTREK online.\u00a0 The former editor of STARLOG’s poignant encounter with Denise Crosby.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The Making of The Phantom of the Opera,’ by Bruce G Hallenbeck<\/strong>, LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #34. The fight to film Hammer’s 1962 opera house ghost.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The Melody Is a Scream! Horror Musicals,’ by Jessica Dwyer with Nathan Hanneman<\/strong>, HORRORHOUND #52. From Sweeney Todd to Re-Animator, a survey of more than 30 musical horrors.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Pale Gaze,’ by Christopher Bruno<\/strong>, DIABOLIQUE #23. Look into the French madness of ‘Eyes Without a Face.’<\/h6>\n
— ‘Remembering Christopher Lee,’ by Justin Hamelin<\/strong>, RAVENOUS MONSTER ONLINE. Detailed look at horror icon’s career.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Reunions in the Dark,’ by Jerry Boyd<\/strong>, SCARY MONSTERS #95. The sometimes tortured history of Dark Shadows conventions.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Rodan, The Flying Monster,’ by Martin Arlt<\/strong>, MAD SCIENTIST #30. How Toho’s second great kaiju was hatched.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The Shining\/Room 237,’ by Eric Somer<\/strong>, VIDEO WATCHDOG #178. Checking in again to Kubrick’s haunted hotel.<\/h6>\n

— ‘The Skinny on Scary Skin,’ by Mark C. Glassey<\/strong>, SCARY MONSTERS #99. The science behind synthetic flesh, alligator skin and faces of marble.<\/p>\n

— ‘Stop-Motion in Motion,’ by Allen A. Debus<\/strong>, SCARY MONSTERS #95. Examining the earliest monster animations (Evolution and Slumber Mountain).<\/h6>\n
— ‘Take Me to the Orher Side\/Ghost Writers,’ by April Snelling<\/strong>s, RUE MORGUE #160. The true and fanciful history of the Ouija board.<\/h6>\n
— ‘The 12 Biggest Myths of Classic Horror Films, Parts 1-3,’ by Gary Don Rhodes<\/strong>, FILMFAX #140-142. \u00a0From Dracula to censorship, puncturing long-held beliefs.<\/h6>\n
— ‘Vincent Price: I Like What I See,’ by Tim Lucas<\/strong>. VIDEO WATCHDOG #179. A watchdog’s look at the flood of Price films on disc.<\/h6>\n
— ‘What Bride of Frankenstein Can Teach Today’s Filmmakers,’ by Peter Martin<\/strong>, FAMOUS MONSTERS #281. How James Whale invented a new take in his sequel.<\/h6>\n
— ‘When Famous Monsters Gave In to the Force,’ by John Harrison<\/strong>, MONSTER! #23. How Star Wars mania pushed monsters to the back pages.<\/h6>\n
— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
— PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VOTE FOR TWO ARTICLES ABOVE (one will win)<\/h6>\n
13. BEST INTERVIEW (Award goes to interviewer)<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— Mel Brooks, on Young Frankenstein, interviewed by David Weiner<\/strong>. FAMOUS MONSTERS #277.
\n—\u00a0Bruce Campbell on ASH VS EVIL DEAD, interviewed by Jessica Dwyer<\/strong>. HORRORHOUND #54.
\n— John Carpenter, on his movie soundtracks, interviewed by Chris Alexander<\/strong>. FANGORIA #339.
\n— Roger Corman on Frankenstein Unbound, interviewed by Michael Doyle<\/strong>, RUE MORGUE #160.
\n— Jamil Dehlavi, director of Christopher Lee’s Jinnah, interviewed by Tony Earnshaw<\/strong>. WE BELONG DEAD #17.
\n— Donnie Dunagan, interviewed about Karloff, Rathbone and Bambi, by Jan Alan Henderson<\/strong>, FILMFAX #141-142
\n— Drew Friedman, artist, interviewed by Thom Shubilla<\/strong>, SCREEM #30.
\n— Laurel Goodwin, the original yeoman in Star Trek pilot, interviewed by Mark Berry<\/strong>, VIDEOSCOPE #93<\/h6>\n
— Alejandro Jodorowsky, cult director on his career and terror, interviewed by Max Weinstein<\/strong>, DIABOLIQUE #24,
\n— Doug Jones, on playing monsters and aliens, interviewed by Don Vaughan<\/strong>, VIDEOSCOPE #94-95.
\n— Koichi Kawakita, effects work on numerous G-films, interviewed by J.D. Lees<\/strong>, G-FAN #108.
\n— John Logan, creator of Penny Dreadful and others, interviewed by Joe Moe<\/strong>. FAMOUS MONSTERS #279.
\n— Terry Moore, on Mighty Joe Young and Howard Hughes, interviewed by Anthony Petkovich<\/strong>. FILMFAX #140.
\n— Sharon Smyth, Dark Shadows’ youngest ghost, interviewed by Rod Labbe<\/strong>, SCARY MONSTERS #95.
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14. BEST COLUMNIST<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— Diary of the Deb, by Debbie Rochon, FANGORIA
\n— The Doctor Is In-Sane<\/em>, by Dr. Gangrene, SCARY MONSTERS
\n— File 770 column<\/em>s, by James H. Burns, FILE 770 online
\n— Fright Gallery<\/em>, curated by Gary Pullin, RUE MORGUE
\n— Grey Matters<\/em>, by Richard Schellbach, MONDO CULT ONLINE
\n— It Came from Bowen’s Basement<\/em>, by John W, Bowen, RUE MORGUE
\n— Larry Blamire’s Star Turn<\/em>, VIDEO WATCHDOG
\n— Ralph’s One and Only Traveling Reviews<\/em>, by Richard Klemensen, LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS
\n— Rondo Remembers<\/em>, by Ron Adams, MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE
\n— Scare-News<\/em>, by John Skerchock, SCARY MONSTERS
\n— They Came from the Krypt,<\/em> by Jon Kitley, HORRORHOUND
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15. BEST MAGAZINE COVER<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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16. BEST WEBSITE OR BLOG OF 2015<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— ALL SCI-FI<\/a> \u00a0The talk is pure science fiction.
\n— BLOODY PIT OF ROD<\/a>\u00a0 From Naschy to gnashing teeth.
\n— CLASSIC MOVIE MONSTERS<\/a>\u00a0 A resource for archetypal horrors.
\n— COLLINSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY<\/a>\u00a0 Piercing the Shadows left by Barnabas Collins.
\n— DAY OF THE WOMAN<\/a> \u00a0The feminine side of fear.
\n—\u00a0DREAD CENTRAL<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Horror’s daily front page.
\n— DR. GANGRENE’S MAD BLOG<\/a>\u00a0 Nashville’s mad doctor.
\n— FILM NOIR FOUNDATION<\/a>\u00a0 Footseps and rain in black and white.
\n— FINAL GIRL<\/a> \u00a0Stacie Ponder ponders the peril.
\n— FRANKENSTEINIA<\/a>\u00a0 Pierre Fournier’s journal of all things Frankenstein.
\n— THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE GODZILLA<\/a> \u00a0August Ragone’s monster-sized blog.<\/h6>\n
— GRAVEYARD SHIFT SISTERS<\/a> \u00a0Women of color are horror fans, too.
\n— GROOVY AGE OF HORROR<\/a>\u00a0 Fearless comics and fumetti of the past.
\n— THE HORRORS OF IT ALL<\/a> \u00a0The amazing 50s horror comics revival lives here.
\n— ICONS OF FRIGHT<\/a>\u00a0 Horror’s online collective.
\n— KAIJUMATIC<\/a> \u00a0Home of 1,000 giant monsters.\u00a0<\/a>
\n— LATARNIA: FANTASTIQUE INTERNATIONAL<\/a>\u00a0 Of Euro and world horror.
\n— MONDO CULT<\/a>\u00a0 Horror is just part of the edgy culture there.
\n— MONSTER MAGAZINE WORLD<\/a>\u00a0 Always updated with the latest in print monsters.
\n— MONSTERS FROM HELL<\/a> \u00a0The UK’s Hammer headquarters.
\n— RAVENOUS MONSTER<\/a> \u00a0Consuming horror from books to film.
\n— SCARED SILLY<\/a>\u00a0 Paul Castiglia’s compendium of classic horror comedies.
\n— SCIFI JAPAN<\/a>\u00a0 The home of Monster Zero News.<\/h6>\n
— SERIAL SQUADRON<\/a>\u00a0Cliffhangers of the past, discussed and restored.
\n— SHOCK TIL YOU DROP<\/a> \u00a0Horror journalism and previews.
\n— SIN STREET SLEAZE<\/a> \u00a0John Harrison’s blog of pulp and pop.
\n— TERROR FROM THE DAVES<\/a> \u00a0The Mike and Mike of monsters.
\n— UNIVERSAL MONSTER ARMY<\/a>\u00a0 The ultimate collectors of monstrous toys, models and collectibles.
\n— VAMPIRE OVER LONDON<\/a>\u00a0 The Bela Lugosi blog.
\n— VIDEO WATCHBLOG<\/a>\u00a0 Tim Lucas on the magic of movies, music and life.
\n— WICKED HORROR<\/a> \u00a0News and grue, but with a wink.
\n— WITCH’S DUNGEON<\/a> \u00a0Preserving Hollywood’s horrific legacy.
\n— ZOMBOS CLOSET<\/a> \u00a0Horrors on the loose.
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
17. BEST MULTI-MEDIA HORROR SITE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— Bloody Good Horror<\/a>\u00a0 Podcast reviews hold sway.
\n— The B-Movie Podcast<\/a>\u00a0 Talk and horror history.
\n— Count Gore De Vol’s Creature Features<\/a>\u00a0 Weekly web program from a classic horror host.
\n— Creature Features<\/a>\u00a0 Marking thed 45th anniversary of Chicago’s monster show.
\n— Cult Radio A Go-Go!<\/a>\u00a0 Pioneers of the horror-talk genre.
\n— Damn Dirty Geeks<\/a>\u00a0 Hollywood pros and fans talk shop every month.
\n— Dark Discussions<\/a> \u00a0Timely talk of horrors old and new.
\n— Deadpit Radio<\/a> \u00a0Monster talk from bigfoot country.
\n— Doctor of the Dead<\/a> \u00a0Podcast of zombies, by zombies, for zombies.
\n— The Fantastic Films of Vincent Price<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Dr. Gangrene revisits Price, film by film.<\/h6>\n
—\u00a0The Flicks That Church Forgot<\/a>\u00a0 Horror from a spiritual point of view.
\n— From Dusk Til Con Radio<\/a>\u00a0 Convention coverage and more.
\n— Horror Happens Radio Show<\/a>\u00a0 The world of horror in real time.
\n— Horror Rises from Spain<\/a>\u00a0 Video, soundtracks of Spanish Fear.
\n— Kaijucast<\/a>\u00a0 Godzilla’s early warning sysytem.
\n— Killer POV<\/a>\u00a0 No-holds-barred takes on horror.
\n— Kreepy Kastle<\/a>\u00a0 Find streaming\u00a0horror host videos and more.
\n— Monster Kid Radio<\/a> \u00a0Derek Koch talks to fans and pros.
\n— 1951 Down Place<\/a> \u00a0Home of Hammer talk.
\n— Poe Forevermore Radio Theater<\/a> \u00a0Keeping the legend alive.
\n— The Projection Booth<\/a> \u00a0Guests take charge of the projector.<\/h6>\n
— The Slaughtered Bird<\/a> Horrors and interviews from Liverpool.
\n— Tea and a Trailer<\/a>\u00a0 From his kitchen, Victor Von Psychotron offers, yes, tea and a trailer.
\n— Tomb Dragomir<\/a>\u00a0 Tune in, drop dead with Rue Morgue’s Tombster.
\n— Trailers from Hell<\/a> \u00a0Joe Dante and gang comment on vintage trailers.
\n— Welcome to Nightvale<\/a> \u00a0Strange doings from the desert.
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
18. BEST CONVENTION OF 2015<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— BLOB FEST (Phoenixville, Pa.)
\n— BONE-BAT COMEDY OF HORRORS (Seattle)
\n— CHILLER (Parsippany, NJ)
\n— CINEMA WASTELAND (Strongsville, Oh.)
\n— CTHULHUCON (Portland, Or.)
\n— DON-CON (Burbank; Post masks)
\n— DAYS OF THE DEAD (Indianapolis)
\n— DRAGONCON (Atlanta)
\n—\u00a0CRYPTICON (Seattle)
\n— FLASHBACK WEEKEND (Rosemont, Il.)<\/h6>\n
— G-FEST (Rosemont, Il.)
\n— HORRORHOUND WEEKEND (Cincinnati)
\n— HORROR REALM SPRING BREAK MASSACRE (Pittsburgh)
\n— MAD MONSTER PARTY (Charlotte, NC)
\n—\u00a0MONSTER BASH (Mars, Pa.)
\n— MONSTERFEST (Chesapeake, Va.)
\n— MONSTER-MANIA (Cherry Hill, NJ)
\n— MONSTERPALOOZA (Burbank)
\n— MONSTERAMA (Atlanta)<\/h6>\n
— NECRONOMICON (Providence, RI)
\n—\u00a0ROCK AND SHOCK (Worcester, Ma.)
\n— SCAREFEST (Lexington, Ky.)
\n— SCARES THAT CARE (Williamsburg, Va.)
\n— SPOOKY EMPIRE (Orkando)
\n— TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND (Dallas)
\n— WONDERFEST (Louisville)
\n— Or write in another choice:<\/h6>\n
19. BEST FAN EVENT<\/strong><\/h6>\n
—\u00a0BLOB PANIC RE-ENACTMENT. Fans run out of the same theatre attacked by The Blob (Blobfest)
\n—\u00a0CLASSIC MONSTERS ON DISPLAY. Highlights from Kirk Hammett’s monster collection presented at San Francisco airport.
\n—\u00a0ETHERIA FILM NIGHT, L.A.-based film festival highlights women filmmakers.
\n— HOLY PHOTO-OP! CHUBBY CHECKER JOINS ADAM WEST AND BURT WARD at Mad Monster Party.
\n— LAUGHING OURSELVES TO DEATH, Sara Karloff and Victoria Price recall their fathers’ funniest roles. WonderFest<\/h6>\n
— RON CHANEY is made up as The Phantom and London After Midnight by Casey J. Wong. Mad Monster Party.
\n— SWIMMING WITH THE CREATURE. Ricou Browning on hand as fans take to the pool with Kyle Yaklin in a full-size Creature suit. Monsterama
\n— TREMORS 25TH ANNIVERSARY reunion, sponsored by Creature Featires and Famous Monsters
\n— TRIBUTE TO DICK SMITH, including Linda Blair, Tom Woodruff, Scott essman.Monsterpalooza.
\n— TRIBUTE TO WES CRAVEN at HorrorHound.
\n— VINCENT PRICE LONDON LEGACY TOUR. Five days of UK walking tours, cooking, film showings, live music and panels, hosted by Peter Fuller.
\n— Or write-in another choice:<\/h6>\n
20. FAVORITE HORROR HOST OF 2015<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— The Bone Jangler (Illinois)
\n— Dr. Gangrene (Nashville)
\n— Dr. Madblood (Virginia)
\n— The Ghouligans (Calif.)
\n—\u00a0Count Gore De Vol (D.C.)
\n— Count Gregula (Count Gregula’s Crypt)
\n— Ghoul a Go-Go (NY)
\n— Karlos Borloff (Monster Madhouse)
\n— Mr. Lobo (Calif.)
\n— Nigel Honeybone (Australia)
\n— Ormon Grimsby (NC)
\n— Penny Dreadful (New England)
\n— Son of Ghoul (Ohio)
\n— Svengoolie (Berwyn)
\n— Wolfman Mac (Chiller Drive-In)
\n— Or write in another host:<\/h6>\n
21. BEST HORROR COMIC<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— BLOKE’S TERRIBLE TOMB OF TERROR (Indy). Anthology of horrors.
\n— FRANKENSTEIN UNDERGROUND (Dark Horse). Mignola’s Hellboy world gets darker.
\n— GODZILLA IN HELL (IDW). Bob Eggleton among artists in five-issue miniseries.
\n—\u00a0HAUNTED HORRORS (IDW\/Yoe). Restoring the lost shudders of obscure 1950s horror comics.
\n— JOHN CARPENTER’S TALES FOR A HALLOWEEN NIGHT (Storm King). Horrors with an edge.
\n— MONSTER WORLD (American Gothic Press). FM’s Philip Kim joins Steve Niles in a hard-boiled horror.
\n— RAT GOD (Dark Horse), by Richard Corben. Arkham meets Native American horrors.
\n— THE SHRINKING MAN (IDW), Ted Adams and Mark Torres adapt\u00a0 Richard Matheson’s classic.<\/h6>\n
WRITE-IN CATEGORIES<\/strong><\/h6>\n
22. BEST WRITER OF 2015 (includes reviewers)<\/strong><\/h6>\n
23. BEST ARTIST OF 2015 (all formats, including paint, sculpt or design)<\/strong><\/h6>\n
24. BEST FAN ARTIST OF 2015 (The Linda Miller Award)<\/strong><\/h6>\n
25. INTERNATIONAL FAN OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/h6>\n
26. MONSTER KID OF THE YEAR<\/strong> (Who did the most to advance the cause of classic horror scholarship, film preservation or genre fun).<\/h6>\n
27. AND FINALLY, THE MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME*<\/strong><\/h6>\n
— Which fans, pros, writers, researchers, horror hosts or others should be inducted into the Rondo Awards Mionster Kid Hall of Fame?\u00a0 Suggest up to six names. Previous inductees are listed alphabeticvally below.<\/h6>\n
*ALREADY INDUCTED ARE:\u00a0Forrest J Ackerman, Julie Adams,\u00a0Rick Baker,\u00a0James Bama,\u00a0Calvin Beck, Stephen Bissette, Paul and Jackie Blaisdell,\u00a0Ray Bradbury, Bob and Kathy Burns, Ben Chapman,\u00a0Frederick S. Clarke, Jim and Marian Clatterbaugh,\u00a0Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Jack Davis, Gary Dorst, Dennis Druktenis, William K. Everson,,\u00a0Mark Frank, Frank Frazetta, Ghoulardi, Don Glut, Basil Gogos, Archie Goodwin, Alex and Richard Gordon, Count Gore De Vol, Ray Harryhausen, Del and Sue Howison, Cortlandt Hull, Larry Ivie, Sara Karloff,\u00a0Ken Kelly,\u00a0Dick Klemensen, Verne Langdon, JD Lees, Bob Lemon, Jessie Lilley, Lux Interior,\u00a0Tim and Donna Lucas, Gregory Mank, Jose Mojica Marins (Coffin Joe), Ray Meyers, Morgus, Ted Newsom,\u00a0Paul Naschy, Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett, Don Post Studio, Gary Don Rhodes, German Robles, George A. Romero, Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth, David J. Skal, Michael Stein, Bhob Stewart, William Stout, George Stover,\u00a0Gary and Sue\u00a0Svehla, Sammy Terry, \u00a0Vampira, Mike Vraney, Bill Warren, James Warren, Tom Weaver,Michael Weldon, \u00a0Bob Wilkins, Bernie Wrightson, and, of course, Zacherley<\/em><\/h6>\n
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Whew! That’s it!!!<\/h6>\n
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\nREMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME; E-MAIL YOUR PICKS TO<\/h6>\n
taraco@aol.com<\/a><\/h6>\n
AGAIN, TO\u00a0VOTE simply copy this ballot and make your picks by highlighting your
\nselection, or by putting an X by your selections, or by typing out your picks
\nseparately. Whatever is easiest.<\/h6>\n
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE IN EVERY CATEGORY.<\/h6>\n
Then e-mail your picks to taraco@aol.com<\/a>\u00a0by April 10, 2016.<\/h6>\n
And thanks, whatever you are!<\/h6>\n
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THIS YEAR’S RONDOS ARE DEDICATED
\nTO SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0\"\"
\n“I remember what Boris Karloff said to me, something Lon Chaney had told him:
\nFind something other actors will not do, and if you do it, you will never be forgotten.”
\n— Christopher Lee<\/em><\/h6>\n

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