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PAN'S LABYRINTH, GODZILLA AND ADDAM'S FAMILY
TAKE TOP HONORS IN RONDO HATTON CLASSIC HORROR AWARDS
Basil Gogos retrospective named Best Book; Dracula voted Best Restoration; Raymond Castile is Monster Kid of Year
MARCH 24, 2007
ARLINGTON, VA -- The wartime fantasy of PAN'S LABYRINTH took top honors Sunday in the Fifth Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, named best film in a year dominated by nostalgia for monsters past.
The online survey of nearly 1,500 classic horror enthusiasts named GOJIRA, the original 1954 Japanese version of Godzilla, as the Best DVD of 2006, and Universal's brightening of the 1931 DRACULA with Bela Lugosi as the Best Restoration of the year.
In a showdown of TV monster comedies, the first season of THE ADDAMS FAMILY beat out documentaries about THE MUNSTERS as Best Classic TV DVD of 2006. An episode of the British revival of DR. WHO was named Best TV Presentation, besting favorites such as HEROES and LOST.
Book of the Year went to FAMOUS MONSTER ART OF BASIL GOGOS by Kerry Gammill and J. David Spurlock, a color-splashed celebration of the artist who illustrated the covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland during the "horror boom" of the 1960s.
And toy collector Ray Castile was named "Monster Kid of the Year" for helping to create a museum-quality monster toy exhibit which toured horror conventions in the summer of 2006.
The Rondo award program, named after 1940s character actor Rondo Hatton, is an email survey of the classic horror fan community sponsored by the Classic Horror Film Board. Now in its fifth year, it is the biggest survey of its kind. By the final weekend, 1,480 classic horror fans and pros had emailed choices in 25 categories.
"The strength of this year's vote shows the classic horror community remains alive and well, and quite discerning when it comes to deciding which projects best capture the spirit of the black-and-white and Technicolor thrills we all grew up with,'' said David Colton, organizer of the event.
Among other winners:
-- A 16-page article in SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE by Bob Statzer on the making and lingering mysteries behind DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN as each film turns 75 was voted Best Article.
-- A startling portrait of a vampire from BLOOD OF DRACULA by Joe "Sorko" Schovitz, which fronted MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #21, was voted Best Cover of 2006.
-- Awards also went to Christopher Lee and others on THE WICKER MAN (Best Commentary); to a documentary on Universal Horror (Best DVD Extra); and to Famous Monsters' magazine co-founder Forrest J Ackerman's 90th birthday party in Los Angeles (Best Fan Event).
In a year of grue-curdling horror films such as SAW III and a remake of THE HILLS HAVE EYES, Rondo voters instead turned to Guillermo Del Toros' Academy Award-winning PAN'S LABYRINTH as Best Genre Film of 2006. The film drew 259 votes, more than double its nearest competitor, THE DESCENT.
And a documentary about the founding icons of horror fandom called THE SCI-FI BOYS was the clear choice in the very competitive Best Independent Production category.
The vote was marked by some controversy in that the film received a boost when Universal tied it to Jackson's KING KONG release (Jackson is one of the "boys"), and marketed the DVD exclusively at Best Buy. The other films lacked that kind of push, but Colton called SCI-FI BOYS, produced by Paul Davids and containing rare home footage, had all the earmarks of an independent production. "It was an indie that made good,'' Colton said.
SCI-FI BOYS won despite a very strong field of indies, including Mark Redfield's hallucinogenic reverie, THE DEATH OF POE; a screen test for a hoped-for biopic called KREATING KARLOFF; longtime fan Don Glut's 8mm compilation, I WAS A TEENAGE MOVIE-MAKER; Ted Newsom's send-up of 50s sci-fi films, THE NAKED MONSTER; a documentary, THE WITCH'S DUNGEON, celebrating 40 years of thrills at a Connecticut museum dedicated to recreating classic monsters; and a public-domain comedy combining new footage with vintage Karloff, Chaney and Lugosi called TERROR IN THE TROPICS.
In other categories, Tim and Donna Lucas saw their magazine, VIDEO WATCHDOG, win top magazine honors for a fifth straight year; Lucas' spin-off blog, VIDEO WATCHBLOG, was voted Best Website.
Lucas was also named Best Writer 0f 2006, with many voters naming both his magazine and website as factors in their selection. Lucas is the first three-time winner in a single year.
Legendary horror host Zacherley won Best CD for INTERMENT FOR TWO, a collection of songs and TV and radio spots in New York in the 60s and 70s.
A series of detailed bobblehead dolls of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man called the Headknockers from NECA, was voted Best Toy, Model or Collectible.
The Monster Bash, a family-friendly horror convention in suburban Pittsburgh, was named Best Convention for the fourth time, and Dark Horse Comics took the Best Horror Comic award for its collection of adaptations called UNIVERSAL MONSTERS CAVALCADE OF HORROR.
Frank Dietz, a fan-favorite who exhibited his charcoal and oil paintings of classic monsters in Los Angeles this summer, was voted Best Artist.
Asked to name the most controversial aspect of the last year in classic horror, voters picked the closing of Tower Records and the end of two long-running genre magazines, Cult Movies and Psychotronic, as evidence that there is increasingly "nowhere to browse.''
The voters, despite voicing satisfaction with the new DRACULA transfer from Universal, nonetheless expressed anger that more classic films are not receiving better treatment and upgrades as they are released and re-released.
The most votes of all -- 358 -- went to a call to release on DVD the long-unavailable classic, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, with Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi as the "Sayer of the Law.''
Casa Negra, which has released several legendary Mexican horror films, including THE VAMPIRE and THE VAMPIRE'S COFFIN, was named Best DVD Company, an indication that voters are eager for more of the Mexican film industry's vinatge films.
Finally, six new members were chosen for the Monster Kid Hall of Fame. The new inductees are:
-- Paul and Jackie Blaisdell, who created a series of unforgettable science fiction icons in the 1950s, including the Saucermen, the She Creature and "Beulah,'' the giant vegetable that tried to conquer the earth.
-- Don Glut, a lifelong horror and science fiction fan and filmmaker whose research into Frankenstein and other monsters helped build the foundation for today's horror scholarship.
-- Jack Davis, the pioneering comic book artist, illustrator and master caricaturist whose work in EC Comics, CREEPY and other publications revealed that fear could come with a smile.
-- Director Joe Dante, whose films such as MATINEE, GREMLINS and THE HOWLING and newer work continue to celebrate the best of classic horror sensibilities and fun.
-- German Robles, the Mexican horror star who helped define the look and menace of modern vampires.
-- Frank Frazetta, the legendary artist who found beauty and classicism in the pulp fantasies of the last century.
The awards announced Sunday will be followed by a Rondo presentation at WonderFest in Louisville over Memorial Day weekend.
Many of the winners will receive Rondo Hatton statuettes, sculpted by Kerry Gammill (monsterkid.com), and cast by Tim M. Lindsey (tmlindsey.com).
Voting for next year's winners will take place in January 2008. More information can be found at www.rondoaward.com, the official home of the Rondo awards.
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--- BREAKDOWN OF THE TOP VOTES IN EACH CATEGORY ---
(First and second place vote totals are in parentheses; also listed are top honorable mentions in each category)
BEST FILM
PAN'S LABYRINTH (259 votes)

Runner-up: THE DESCENT (101 votes)
Honorable mention: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
DEAD MAN'S CHEST
BEST TV PRESENTATION
DOCTOR WHO: 'The Girl in the Fireplace' (180 votes)

Runner-up: HEROES: 'Genesis' (166)
Honorable mention: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA:
'Resurrection Ship'
BEST CLASSIC DVD
GOJIRA/GODZILLA (189 votes)

Runners-up: FORBIDDEN PLANET (149);
MGM'S LEGENDS OF HORROR (141)
BEST CLASSIC TV DVD

ADDAMS FAMILY Vol. 1 (191 votes)
Runner-up: ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (155)
Honorable mention: MUNSTERS: First Family of Fright
BEST RESTORATION
75th ANNIVERSARY DRACULA (221 votes)

Runner-up: SUPERMAN II: The Richard Donner Version (211)
BEST DVD EXTRA
UNIVERSAL HORROR Documentary included with
75th Anniversary Frankenstein and Dracula (241 votes)

Runner-up: Deleted scenes from Peter Jackson's KING KONG (179)
BEST DVD COMMENTARY
THE WICKER MAN: Christopher Lee, Ed Woodward,
Director Robin Hardy and Mark Kermode (230 votes)

Runner-up: Steve Ryfle, Ed Godziszewski,
GOJIRA/GODZILLA (109)
Honorable mention: Greg Mank, MASK OF FU MANCHU
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
THE SCI-FI BOYS (240 votes)

Runner-up: THE DEATH OF POE (190)
Honorable mentions: KREATING KARLOFF;
I WAS A TEENAGE MOVIE-MAKER
BEST BOOK
FAMOUS MONSTER MOVIE ART OF BASIL GOGOS,
by Kerry Gammill and J. David Spurlock (287 votes)

Runner-up: THE ART OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN by
Harryhausen and Tony Dalton (196)
Honorable mentions: THE FILMS OF TOD BROWNING,
by Bernd Herzogenrath;
GOOD NIGHT, WHATEVER YOU ARE, by Richard Scrivani
BEST MAGAZINE
VIDEO WATCHDOG (158 votes)

Runner-up: MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT (140)
Honorable mentions: FANGORIA, RUE MORGUE,
SCARY MONSTERS, FILMFAX
BEST ARTICLE
DRACULA & FRANKENSTEIN: 75 Years of Fear,
by Bob Statzer, SCARY MONSTERS #60 (145 votes)

Runner-up: 'Edgar Wallace and the Paternity of King Kong,'
by Tim Lucas, VIDEO WATCHDOG #126 (128 votes)
Honorable mentions: 'Hammer and Universal: A Marriage of
Monsters,' by Bill Cooke in VIDEO WATCHDOG #127;
'Forbidden Experience,' by Tom Weaver in STARLOG #351;
'Whatever Happened to Fay Wray,' by Terry Pace
in MONDO CULT #1;
'Universal Weekly: House Organ of Horror,' by Gary Don
Rhodes and Galen Wilkes, MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #21-22;
and 'Ape Fiends of the Silent Era, Part 1,'
by Gary L. Prange, MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #22.
BEST COVER
MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #21 by Joe Schovitz (149 votes)

Runner-up: MONSTER BASH #5 by Kerry Gammill (143)
Honorable mentions: FILMFAX #109 by William Stout;
LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #18 by Bruce Timm;
RUE MORGUE #62 by Gary Pullin and David Cremasco;
and SCARY MONSTERS #57 by Terry Beatty.
BEST WEBSITE
VIDEO WATCHBLOG (108 votes)

Runner-up: Count Gore de Vol's Creature Features (100)
Honorable mentions: DVD Drive-In;
Dr. Gangrene's Chiller Cinema;
Universal Monster Army Yahoo Group.
BEST CONVENTION OF 2006
MONSTER BASH (152 votes)

Above: Actress Susan Gordon and Bashmaster Ron Adams.
Runner-up: WonderFest (116)
Honorable mention: Chiller
BEST FAN EVENT
FORREST J ACKERMAN CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY (203 votes)

Runners-up: Universal Monster Army Traveling
Toy Exhibit (114); Dr. Gangrene's Tingler Show
at WonderFest (113)
Very honorable mention: Godzilla fans present plaque
at California elementary school where Godzilla
scenes were filmed.
BEST CD
ZACHERLEY: INTERMENT FOR TWO (137 votes)

Runners-up: THIS ISLAND EARTH (125), and MIGHTY JOE
YOUNG (114), both from Monstrous Movie Music.
Honorable mentions: MOON-RAYS: Sinister Surf;
Exotic Ones: Go Ape Wild
BEST HORROR COMIC
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS CAVALCADE OF
HORROR (231 votes)

Runner-up: HAUNT OF HORROR by Richard Corben (85)
Honorable mentions: GRAPHIC CLASSICS: EDGAR ALLAN POE;
THE GOON: NOIR; Peter Bregman's THE TRAP-DOOR MAKER
BEST MODEL OR COLLECTIBLE
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS HEADKNOCKERS (NECA) (119 votes)

Runner up: Marvel Legends Monsters (114)
Honorable mention: Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows set;
Karloff as Ardeth Bey 1:1 bust
COUNT ALUCARD'S CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR
NOWHERE TO BROWSE: Tower Records closes,
genre magazines struggle (207 votes)

Runner-up: Needless remakes of recent horror films (193)
Honorable mention: Classics released without proper restoration
BEST DVD COMPANY
CASA NEGRA (123 votes)

Runner-up: Anchor Bay (120)
Honorable mention: Universal, Criterion
CLASSIC MOST IN NEED OF DVD RELEASE
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (358 votes)

Runner up: CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (79)
Honorable mention: MAN-MADE MONSTER
Writer of the Year (write-in category)
TIM LUCAS

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (write-in category)
FRANK DIETZ

SPECIAL RONDO AWARDS
Monster Kid of the Year
RAY CASTILE

For the Universal Monster Army Yahoo Group's traveling
toy exhibit. a museum-quality presentation of monster
collectibles and fun from the 1950s and beyond.
From monster Soakies to flip books, crowds marveled
at what was behind the glass. In addition,
Raymond landed a part in the new Coffin Joe film.
A true monster kid. Raymond Castile is Rondo's choice for 2006!
MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME
Six new inductees -- joining Forrest J Ackerman, James Warren, Bob and Kathy Burns, Vampira, Zacherley, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Richard Gordon, the late Alex Gordon, Rick Baker,
the late William K Everson, Roger Corman, James Bama, Gary and
Sue Svehla, Dick Klemensen, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and Basil Gogos -- are:


Paul and Jackie Blaisdell, makers of monsters
Joe Dante, a director for all of us

Don Glut, the ultimate monster fan

Jack Davis, master of horror with a wink

Frank Frazetta, who gave the beasts soul and grace

German Robles, Mexico's vampire of vampires

And there you have it! Check out the rondoaward.com website for the latest, and thank you for all the support. All should be aware that virtually all fan and creativity nominees received substantial support, even if not listed above. Thanx for everyone's great work this year. Long live Rondo!
david

PAN'S LABYRINTH, GODZILLA AND ADDAM'S FAMILY
TAKE TOP HONORS IN RONDO HATTON CLASSIC HORROR AWARDS
Basil Gogos retrospective named Best Book; Dracula voted Best Restoration; Raymond Castile is Monster Kid of Year
MARCH 24, 2007
ARLINGTON, VA -- The wartime fantasy of PAN'S LABYRINTH took top honors Sunday in the Fifth Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, named best film in a year dominated by nostalgia for monsters past.
The online survey of nearly 1,500 classic horror enthusiasts named GOJIRA, the original 1954 Japanese version of Godzilla, as the Best DVD of 2006, and Universal's brightening of the 1931 DRACULA with Bela Lugosi as the Best Restoration of the year.
In a showdown of TV monster comedies, the first season of THE ADDAMS FAMILY beat out documentaries about THE MUNSTERS as Best Classic TV DVD of 2006. An episode of the British revival of DR. WHO was named Best TV Presentation, besting favorites such as HEROES and LOST.
Book of the Year went to FAMOUS MONSTER ART OF BASIL GOGOS by Kerry Gammill and J. David Spurlock, a color-splashed celebration of the artist who illustrated the covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland during the "horror boom" of the 1960s.
And toy collector Ray Castile was named "Monster Kid of the Year" for helping to create a museum-quality monster toy exhibit which toured horror conventions in the summer of 2006.
The Rondo award program, named after 1940s character actor Rondo Hatton, is an email survey of the classic horror fan community sponsored by the Classic Horror Film Board. Now in its fifth year, it is the biggest survey of its kind. By the final weekend, 1,480 classic horror fans and pros had emailed choices in 25 categories.
"The strength of this year's vote shows the classic horror community remains alive and well, and quite discerning when it comes to deciding which projects best capture the spirit of the black-and-white and Technicolor thrills we all grew up with,'' said David Colton, organizer of the event.
Among other winners:
-- A 16-page article in SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE by Bob Statzer on the making and lingering mysteries behind DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN as each film turns 75 was voted Best Article.
-- A startling portrait of a vampire from BLOOD OF DRACULA by Joe "Sorko" Schovitz, which fronted MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #21, was voted Best Cover of 2006.
-- Awards also went to Christopher Lee and others on THE WICKER MAN (Best Commentary); to a documentary on Universal Horror (Best DVD Extra); and to Famous Monsters' magazine co-founder Forrest J Ackerman's 90th birthday party in Los Angeles (Best Fan Event).
In a year of grue-curdling horror films such as SAW III and a remake of THE HILLS HAVE EYES, Rondo voters instead turned to Guillermo Del Toros' Academy Award-winning PAN'S LABYRINTH as Best Genre Film of 2006. The film drew 259 votes, more than double its nearest competitor, THE DESCENT.
And a documentary about the founding icons of horror fandom called THE SCI-FI BOYS was the clear choice in the very competitive Best Independent Production category.
The vote was marked by some controversy in that the film received a boost when Universal tied it to Jackson's KING KONG release (Jackson is one of the "boys"), and marketed the DVD exclusively at Best Buy. The other films lacked that kind of push, but Colton called SCI-FI BOYS, produced by Paul Davids and containing rare home footage, had all the earmarks of an independent production. "It was an indie that made good,'' Colton said.
SCI-FI BOYS won despite a very strong field of indies, including Mark Redfield's hallucinogenic reverie, THE DEATH OF POE; a screen test for a hoped-for biopic called KREATING KARLOFF; longtime fan Don Glut's 8mm compilation, I WAS A TEENAGE MOVIE-MAKER; Ted Newsom's send-up of 50s sci-fi films, THE NAKED MONSTER; a documentary, THE WITCH'S DUNGEON, celebrating 40 years of thrills at a Connecticut museum dedicated to recreating classic monsters; and a public-domain comedy combining new footage with vintage Karloff, Chaney and Lugosi called TERROR IN THE TROPICS.
In other categories, Tim and Donna Lucas saw their magazine, VIDEO WATCHDOG, win top magazine honors for a fifth straight year; Lucas' spin-off blog, VIDEO WATCHBLOG, was voted Best Website.
Lucas was also named Best Writer 0f 2006, with many voters naming both his magazine and website as factors in their selection. Lucas is the first three-time winner in a single year.
Legendary horror host Zacherley won Best CD for INTERMENT FOR TWO, a collection of songs and TV and radio spots in New York in the 60s and 70s.
A series of detailed bobblehead dolls of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man called the Headknockers from NECA, was voted Best Toy, Model or Collectible.
The Monster Bash, a family-friendly horror convention in suburban Pittsburgh, was named Best Convention for the fourth time, and Dark Horse Comics took the Best Horror Comic award for its collection of adaptations called UNIVERSAL MONSTERS CAVALCADE OF HORROR.
Frank Dietz, a fan-favorite who exhibited his charcoal and oil paintings of classic monsters in Los Angeles this summer, was voted Best Artist.
Asked to name the most controversial aspect of the last year in classic horror, voters picked the closing of Tower Records and the end of two long-running genre magazines, Cult Movies and Psychotronic, as evidence that there is increasingly "nowhere to browse.''
The voters, despite voicing satisfaction with the new DRACULA transfer from Universal, nonetheless expressed anger that more classic films are not receiving better treatment and upgrades as they are released and re-released.
The most votes of all -- 358 -- went to a call to release on DVD the long-unavailable classic, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, with Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi as the "Sayer of the Law.''
Casa Negra, which has released several legendary Mexican horror films, including THE VAMPIRE and THE VAMPIRE'S COFFIN, was named Best DVD Company, an indication that voters are eager for more of the Mexican film industry's vinatge films.
Finally, six new members were chosen for the Monster Kid Hall of Fame. The new inductees are:
-- Paul and Jackie Blaisdell, who created a series of unforgettable science fiction icons in the 1950s, including the Saucermen, the She Creature and "Beulah,'' the giant vegetable that tried to conquer the earth.
-- Don Glut, a lifelong horror and science fiction fan and filmmaker whose research into Frankenstein and other monsters helped build the foundation for today's horror scholarship.
-- Jack Davis, the pioneering comic book artist, illustrator and master caricaturist whose work in EC Comics, CREEPY and other publications revealed that fear could come with a smile.
-- Director Joe Dante, whose films such as MATINEE, GREMLINS and THE HOWLING and newer work continue to celebrate the best of classic horror sensibilities and fun.
-- German Robles, the Mexican horror star who helped define the look and menace of modern vampires.
-- Frank Frazetta, the legendary artist who found beauty and classicism in the pulp fantasies of the last century.
The awards announced Sunday will be followed by a Rondo presentation at WonderFest in Louisville over Memorial Day weekend.
Many of the winners will receive Rondo Hatton statuettes, sculpted by Kerry Gammill (monsterkid.com), and cast by Tim M. Lindsey (tmlindsey.com).
Voting for next year's winners will take place in January 2008. More information can be found at www.rondoaward.com, the official home of the Rondo awards.
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--- BREAKDOWN OF THE TOP VOTES IN EACH CATEGORY ---
(First and second place vote totals are in parentheses; also listed are top honorable mentions in each category)
BEST FILM
PAN'S LABYRINTH (259 votes)

Runner-up: THE DESCENT (101 votes)
Honorable mention: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
DEAD MAN'S CHEST
BEST TV PRESENTATION
DOCTOR WHO: 'The Girl in the Fireplace' (180 votes)

Runner-up: HEROES: 'Genesis' (166)
Honorable mention: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA:
'Resurrection Ship'
BEST CLASSIC DVD
GOJIRA/GODZILLA (189 votes)

Runners-up: FORBIDDEN PLANET (149);
MGM'S LEGENDS OF HORROR (141)
BEST CLASSIC TV DVD

ADDAMS FAMILY Vol. 1 (191 votes)
Runner-up: ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (155)
Honorable mention: MUNSTERS: First Family of Fright
BEST RESTORATION
75th ANNIVERSARY DRACULA (221 votes)

Runner-up: SUPERMAN II: The Richard Donner Version (211)
BEST DVD EXTRA
UNIVERSAL HORROR Documentary included with
75th Anniversary Frankenstein and Dracula (241 votes)

Runner-up: Deleted scenes from Peter Jackson's KING KONG (179)
BEST DVD COMMENTARY
THE WICKER MAN: Christopher Lee, Ed Woodward,
Director Robin Hardy and Mark Kermode (230 votes)

Runner-up: Steve Ryfle, Ed Godziszewski,
GOJIRA/GODZILLA (109)
Honorable mention: Greg Mank, MASK OF FU MANCHU
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
THE SCI-FI BOYS (240 votes)

Runner-up: THE DEATH OF POE (190)
Honorable mentions: KREATING KARLOFF;
I WAS A TEENAGE MOVIE-MAKER
BEST BOOK
FAMOUS MONSTER MOVIE ART OF BASIL GOGOS,
by Kerry Gammill and J. David Spurlock (287 votes)

Runner-up: THE ART OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN by
Harryhausen and Tony Dalton (196)
Honorable mentions: THE FILMS OF TOD BROWNING,
by Bernd Herzogenrath;
GOOD NIGHT, WHATEVER YOU ARE, by Richard Scrivani
BEST MAGAZINE
VIDEO WATCHDOG (158 votes)

Runner-up: MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT (140)
Honorable mentions: FANGORIA, RUE MORGUE,
SCARY MONSTERS, FILMFAX
BEST ARTICLE
DRACULA & FRANKENSTEIN: 75 Years of Fear,
by Bob Statzer, SCARY MONSTERS #60 (145 votes)

Runner-up: 'Edgar Wallace and the Paternity of King Kong,'
by Tim Lucas, VIDEO WATCHDOG #126 (128 votes)
Honorable mentions: 'Hammer and Universal: A Marriage of
Monsters,' by Bill Cooke in VIDEO WATCHDOG #127;
'Forbidden Experience,' by Tom Weaver in STARLOG #351;
'Whatever Happened to Fay Wray,' by Terry Pace
in MONDO CULT #1;
'Universal Weekly: House Organ of Horror,' by Gary Don
Rhodes and Galen Wilkes, MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #21-22;
and 'Ape Fiends of the Silent Era, Part 1,'
by Gary L. Prange, MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #22.
BEST COVER
MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #21 by Joe Schovitz (149 votes)

Runner-up: MONSTER BASH #5 by Kerry Gammill (143)
Honorable mentions: FILMFAX #109 by William Stout;
LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #18 by Bruce Timm;
RUE MORGUE #62 by Gary Pullin and David Cremasco;
and SCARY MONSTERS #57 by Terry Beatty.
BEST WEBSITE
VIDEO WATCHBLOG (108 votes)

Runner-up: Count Gore de Vol's Creature Features (100)
Honorable mentions: DVD Drive-In;
Dr. Gangrene's Chiller Cinema;
Universal Monster Army Yahoo Group.
BEST CONVENTION OF 2006
MONSTER BASH (152 votes)

Above: Actress Susan Gordon and Bashmaster Ron Adams.
Runner-up: WonderFest (116)
Honorable mention: Chiller
BEST FAN EVENT
FORREST J ACKERMAN CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY (203 votes)

Runners-up: Universal Monster Army Traveling
Toy Exhibit (114); Dr. Gangrene's Tingler Show
at WonderFest (113)
Very honorable mention: Godzilla fans present plaque
at California elementary school where Godzilla
scenes were filmed.
BEST CD
ZACHERLEY: INTERMENT FOR TWO (137 votes)

Runners-up: THIS ISLAND EARTH (125), and MIGHTY JOE
YOUNG (114), both from Monstrous Movie Music.
Honorable mentions: MOON-RAYS: Sinister Surf;
Exotic Ones: Go Ape Wild
BEST HORROR COMIC
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS CAVALCADE OF
HORROR (231 votes)

Runner-up: HAUNT OF HORROR by Richard Corben (85)
Honorable mentions: GRAPHIC CLASSICS: EDGAR ALLAN POE;
THE GOON: NOIR; Peter Bregman's THE TRAP-DOOR MAKER
BEST MODEL OR COLLECTIBLE
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS HEADKNOCKERS (NECA) (119 votes)

Runner up: Marvel Legends Monsters (114)
Honorable mention: Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows set;
Karloff as Ardeth Bey 1:1 bust
COUNT ALUCARD'S CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR
NOWHERE TO BROWSE: Tower Records closes,
genre magazines struggle (207 votes)

Runner-up: Needless remakes of recent horror films (193)
Honorable mention: Classics released without proper restoration
BEST DVD COMPANY
CASA NEGRA (123 votes)

Runner-up: Anchor Bay (120)
Honorable mention: Universal, Criterion
CLASSIC MOST IN NEED OF DVD RELEASE
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (358 votes)

Runner up: CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (79)
Honorable mention: MAN-MADE MONSTER
Writer of the Year (write-in category)
TIM LUCAS

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (write-in category)
FRANK DIETZ

SPECIAL RONDO AWARDS
Monster Kid of the Year
RAY CASTILE

For the Universal Monster Army Yahoo Group's traveling
toy exhibit. a museum-quality presentation of monster
collectibles and fun from the 1950s and beyond.
From monster Soakies to flip books, crowds marveled
at what was behind the glass. In addition,
Raymond landed a part in the new Coffin Joe film.
A true monster kid. Raymond Castile is Rondo's choice for 2006!
MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME
Six new inductees -- joining Forrest J Ackerman, James Warren, Bob and Kathy Burns, Vampira, Zacherley, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Richard Gordon, the late Alex Gordon, Rick Baker,
the late William K Everson, Roger Corman, James Bama, Gary and
Sue Svehla, Dick Klemensen, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and Basil Gogos -- are:


Paul and Jackie Blaisdell, makers of monsters
Joe Dante, a director for all of us

Don Glut, the ultimate monster fan

Jack Davis, master of horror with a wink

Frank Frazetta, who gave the beasts soul and grace

German Robles, Mexico's vampire of vampires

And there you have it! Check out the rondoaward.com website for the latest, and thank you for all the support. All should be aware that virtually all fan and creativity nominees received substantial support, even if not listed above. Thanx for everyone's great work this year. Long live Rondo!
david

