The 2009 Rondo Award winners were announced last night and there were some surprising results in some categories. A few random thoughts on the awards...
Glad to see District 9 win best film. That rocks. It was such a creative and stylistic movie. And Avatar lost. Nuff said.
The William Castle Collection looks great. I gotta pick up that set.
Glad to see the extensive horror host documentary American Scary get the recognition it deserves. Very cool!
Best Magazine/Podcast/Artist of the Year/Best Article - Rue Morgue won all of these categories. Shows they have a huge fan base. I have to say though, no one does a more rockin' podcast. Great interviews and kick ass music. Glad to see them win that one, and Gary Pullin is an amazing artist, too.
Max the Drunken Severed Head wins Best Blog - Bravo! Max rocks. His website is updated daily, packed with fun stuff, and is always an interesting read. Plus he's a great guy.
Favorite Horror Host - this category is called "Favorite Horror Host" because some of the hosts got their nose bent out of shape the first year at the term "best" - whatever you bunch of big babies - haha (I can say that cause I'm a host too). I was very happy to see Count Gore DeVol win this one. Well deserved!! Congrats Count!
LINDA MILLER AWARD FOR FAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR - a fan artist named Linda Miller passed away this year, and Dave Colton named this award, a new category added this year, after her. I thought that was a nice gesture. The winner was Robert A. Scott. Not familiar with him, but congratulations Robert. This was one category I didn't vote in, as I really find it a bit strange... what is the definition of "fan" and "pro"? Unpublished? Interesting - But nonetheless there are many talented folks out there, and this is a way to recognize more of them.
Hall of Fame - I was very disappointed that Morgus the Magnificent wasn't added to the Hall of Fame. This was his 50th anniversary as a host last year. The timing was too perfect. This was his year. The host they added to the HOF was Sammy Terry, another fine addition and a host who definitely should be in there, too. But I'm sorry, this year should have been Morgus. I don't think this category is a numbers game, like the other ones. I think this one they hand select from among those nominated. Really have to wonder why they chose Sammy instead of Morgus...
Dennis Druktenis was added to the HOF, and I am VERY glad he was added. His magazine, Scary Monsters, has the monster kid spirit more than any other magazine. Plus Dennis is a really cool guy.
Congratulations to all who won - Here's the full list of winners below:
2009 Rondo Award Winners
BEST FILM OF 2009
DISTRICT 9
BEST TV PRESENTATION
DOCTOR WHO: End of Time
BEST CLASSIC DVD
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON:
FULL MOON EDITION
BEST CLASSIC HORROR COLLECTION
WILLIAM CASTLE COLLECTION
BEST CLASSIC TV COLLECTION
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
(SEASON FOUR)
BEST RESTORATION
FAUST (1926) Restoration by Murnau Foundation
BEST DVD EXTRA
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON: 'Beware the Moon' documentary
BEST DVD COMMENTARY
Director Fred Dekker: NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM OR DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN SCARY (John Hudgens, Sandy Clark
BEST BOOK OF 2009
BELA LUGOSI AND BORIS KARLOFF: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration, by Gregory William Mank
BEST MAGAZINE
RUE MORGUE
BEST ARTICLE
'Bad Moon Rising,' by Jovanka Vuckovic (with Bruce McVicar), RUE MORGUE #93
BEST COVER
MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #26 by Daniel Horne
BEST WEBSITE
DREAD CENTRAL
BEST BLOG
THE DRUNKEN SEVERED HEAD
BEST CONVENTION
MONSTER BASH
BEST FAN EVENT
TRIBUTE TO FORREST J ACKERMAN, Hollywood, organized by Joe Moe
FAVORITE HORROR HOST
Count Gore De Vol
BEST HORROR AUDIO SITE
RUE MORGUE RADIO
BEST CD
STAR TREK II: WRATH OF KHAN (James Horner; Film Score Monthly/Retrograde)
BEST HORROR COMIC BOOK
BATMAN: GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT, by Steve Niles and Kelley Jones
BEST TOY, MODEL OR COLLECTIBLE
Twilight Zone Talking Tina (BifBamPow)
COUNT ALUCARD'S
CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR
Studios offer some classics on DVD-Rs
FILM MOST IN NEED OF DVD RELEASE OR RESTORATION
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)
WRITER OF THE YEAR
GREGORY WILLIAM MANK
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
GARY PULLIN
LINDA MILLER AWARD FOR
FAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(In memory of the late Linda Miller)
ROBERT A. SCOTT
DVD REVIEWER OF THE YEAR
KIM NEWMAN
MONSTER KID OF THE YEAR
Eliot Brodsky
Monsterpalooza convention organizer
MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME:
BILL LEMON and RAY MEYERS
Makers of Aurora monsters
DENNIS DRUKTENIS
A 'Real' Monster Kid
SAMMY TERRY
A Midwest horror legend
BILL WARREN
Chronicler of the sci-fi era
FREDERICK S. CLARKE
Cinefantastique publisher
I agree, Morgus the Magnificent should have been inducted into the HOF. Let's hope for next year.
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