The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award, often called the Rondo Award, is an annual award founded in 2002 that honors journalism, scholarship and film preservation in the
horror genre
Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian ...
,
particularly of classic horror film and their modern-day counterparts.
Named in honor of actor
Rondo Hatton
Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 – February 2, 1946) was an American journalist and actor. After writing for ''The Tampa Tribune'', Hatton found a career in film due to his unique facial features, which were the result of acromegaly. He headlin ...
, it originated at the Classic Horror Film Board and subsequently moved to a dedicated website. Nominees are chosen by a committee that takes suggestions on the website, with the awards selected via an open vote by generally thousands of participants. The Rondo Award was created by journalist David Colton and artist/illustrator
Kerry Gammill
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, and since its inception has been coordinated by Colton, who serves as their presenter annually at the fantasy/horror convention WonderFest.
History
The Rondo Awards began in 2002, after members of the online Classic Horror Film Board, moderated by journalist David Colton, became aware of a growing body of under-recognized journalism covering the horror genre.
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Episode #366:
David Colton and the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
. At 24:30. The awards took their name from the character actor
Rondo Hatton
Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 – February 2, 1946) was an American journalist and actor. After writing for ''The Tampa Tribune'', Hatton found a career in film due to his unique facial features, which were the result of acromegaly. He headlin ...
, a cult-classic figure in low-budget horror films who also has been paid homage to in media including the 1991 Disney film ''
The Rocketeer
The Rocketeer is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books originally published by Pacific Comics. Created by writer/artist Dave Stevens, the character first appeared in 1982 and is an homage to the Saturday matinee serial heroes ...
'', with the character Lothar, and the comic book series ''
2000 AD'' in which the character
Judge Dredd
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uses "face-changing technology" to make himself look like Hatton in issue #52 (18 February 1978). Noted comic book artist and illustrator
Kerry Gammill
Kerry Gammill (born April 26, 1954) is an American artist who has worked in the fields of comic books, special effects, storyboards, and character designs. As a comic book artist, he is best known for his work on ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' ...
designed the sculpt for the award, a bust of Hatton's character from the movie ''
House of Horrors
''House of Horrors'' is a 1946 American horror film released by Universal Pictures, starring Rondo Hatton as a madman named "the Creeper".
Plot
Struggling sculptor Marcel de Lange (Martin Kosleck) is depressed about events in his life, and d ...
'' (1946).
The initial year attracted 168 voters. The following year brought 600, and the third year 2,000. As of 2018, the number of voters is generally between 3,000 and 3,700. Co-founder Colton presents the awards annually at the fantasy/horror convention WonderFest.
As Colton describes, "We don't have Best Actor, we don't have Best Actress, we don't even have Best Director. It's more about the magazines and the books and the independent films and the documentaries.... It's a little highbrow in that way."
Significance
''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' likened The Rondo Award to a "horror Oscar". The Award is a "coveted" prize in the horror community. One
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...
station wrote,
Horror magazines and websites, including ''
Dread Central'', regularly report on the nominations and awards lists.
The awards have been mentioned in such outlets as ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'', ''
The Austin Chronicle
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'', ''
Famous Monsters of Filmland
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''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' directly inspired the creation of many other similar publica ...
'',
Movieweb
MovieWeb is an entertainment news website and video brand.
Overview
MovieWeb reports on entertainment news through their long-running website and related social media and video platforms. The site also maintains a searchable database of films.
H ...
,
MeTV
MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television program ...
, the UK's
Horror Channel
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, and the ''
Tampa Bay Times
The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single ...
'',
as well as scholarly journals including ''Psychology and Education'', textbooks including ''Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade'', and such entities as The
Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation.
[ The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation.]
Monster Kid Hall of Fame annual awards
In their second year, the Rondo Classic Horror Film Awards created the Monster Kid Hall of Fame, with four to nine, but generally six, living or dead inductees. Also created was another honorary award, Monster Kid of the Year, given to individuals with some important achievement in the field that year.
2003
*
Forrest J Ackerman
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and
James Warren for ''
Famous Monsters of Filmland
''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' is an American genre-specific film magazine, started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman.
''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' directly inspired the creation of many other similar publica ...
'' magazine
* Movie props and makeup preservationists Bob and Kathy Burns
* TV horror hosts
Zacherley
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(John Zacherle) and
Vampira (Maila Nurmi)
Monster Kid of the Year: Arnold Kunert, who successfully campaigned for special effects artist
Ray Harryhausen
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to have a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
2004
* Special effects artist
Ray Harryhausen
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* Author
Ray Bradbury
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* Special effects makeup artist
Rick Baker
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* Historian
William K. Everson
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(posthumously)
* Brother filmmakers
Richard Gordon and (posthumously)
Alex Gordon
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Monster Kid of the Year: ''
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
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'' writer, director, and star
Larry Blamire
Larry Blamire is an American filmmaker, writer and artist best known for the independent film ''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra''.
Biography
Blamire was raised in Massachusetts and studied illustration at the Art Institute of Boston under Norman Ba ...
2005
* Artists
Basil Gogos
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Early life
Basil G ...
and
James Bama
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* Filmmaker
Roger Corman
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* Musician
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
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* ''Midnight Marquee'' publishers and independent film producers Gary and Sue Svehla
* ''Little Shoppe of Horrors'' magazine publisher Richard Klemensen
Monster Kid of the Year: ''Monster Kid Home Movies'' producer Joe Busam
2006
* Married special effects artists
Paul and Jackie Blaisdell (posthumously)
* Writer and filmmaker
Donald F. Glut
* Artist
Jack Davis
* Filmmaker
Joe Dante
* Actor
German Robles
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**Ge ...
* Painter
Frank Frazetta
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Monster Kid of the Year: Toy collector Ray Castile
2007
* Museum curators Cortlandt Hull and Dennis Vincent
* Artist
Bernie Wrightson
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* Artist
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
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* Writer-editor
Archie Goodwin (posthumously)
* TV horror host
Ghoulardi
Ghoulardi was a fictional character created and portrayed by voice announcer, actor and disc jockey Ernie Anderson as the horror host of ''Shock Theater'' at WJW-TV, Channel 8 (a.k.a. "TV-8") the CBS Affiliate station in Cleveland, Ohio, from J ...
* Actor
Ben Chapman
Monster Kid of the Year: Sony Pictures executive Michael Schlesinger
2008
* Actor
Paul Naschy
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* Married ''Monsters from the Vault'' publishers Jim and Marian Clatterbaugh
* Painter
Ken Kelly
* ''
Castle of Frankenstein
''Castle of Frankenstein'' was an American horror, science fiction and fantasy film magazine, published between 1962 and 1975 by Calvin Thomas Beck's Gothic Castle Publishing Company, distributed by Kable News. Larry Ivie—who also was cover ...
'' publisher Calvin Beck (posthumously)
* Musician
Lux Interior (posthumously)
* TV horror host
Bob Wilkins
Monster Kid of the Year: Producer and
Forrest J Ackerman
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friend, adviser, and caregiver Joe Moe
2009
*
Aurora
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model-kit sculptors Bill Lemon and Ray Meyer (posthumously)
* ''Scary Monsters Magazine'' publisher Dennis Druktenis
* Historian, critic, and author
Bill Warren
* TV horror host
Sammy Terry
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Bob Carter (1929–2013) was a televisio ...
* ''
Cinefantastique
''Cinefantastique'' is an American horror, fantasy, and science fiction film magazine.
History
The magazine originally started as a mimeographed fanzine in 1967, then relaunched as a glossy, offset printed quarterly in 1970 by publisher/editor ...
'' publisher Frederick S. Clarke (posthumously)
Monster Kid of the Year:
Monsterpalooza
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convention organizer Eliot Brodsky
2010
* ''
Video Watchdog
''Video Watchdog'' was a bimonthly, digest size film magazine published from 1990 to 2017 by publisher/editor Tim Lucas and his wife, art director and co-publisher Donna Lucas.
Although devoted chiefly to the horror, science fiction, and fantas ...
'' publisher
Tim Lucas
Tim Lucas (born May 30, 1956) is a film critic, biographer, novelist, screenwriter, blogger, and publisher and editor of the video review magazine ''Video Watchdog''.
Biography and early career
Lucas, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the only ...
and his wife and business partner, Donna Lucas
* Historian Tom Weaver
* Fantasy artist
William Stout
William Stout (born September 18, 1949) is an American fantasy artist and illustrator with a specialization in paleontological art. His paintings have been shown in over seventy exhibitions, including twelve one-man shows. He has worked on over ...
* Poster collector and historian Ron Borst
* Filmmaker
George A. Romero
* Mask maker
Verne Langdon
Vernon Loring "Verne" Langdon (September 15, 1941 – January 1, 2011) was an American mask maker, musician, magician, circus clown, make-up artist, and wrestler. He was also a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher ...
(posthumously)
Monster Kids of the Year: Historian and writer Gary Gerani; screenwriter, author, and ''
The Twilight Zone
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'' archivist
Marc Scott Zicree
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2011
* ''Filmfax'' editor Michael Stein
* ''Photon'' fanzine editor Mark Frank
* Actor George Stover
* Horror scholar
David J. Skal
* Actress
Julie Adams
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* Horror host
Morgus the Magnificent
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Monster Kid of the Year: Vincentennial fan festival organizer Tom Stockman
2012
* ''
G-Fan'' editor & publisher J.D. Lees
* Horror host
Count Gore de Vol
* Film researcher and documentary maker Ted Newsom
* Artist
Stephen R. Bissette
* ''
Scarlet Street
''Scarlet Street'' is a 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork. The film is based on the French novel ''La Chienne'' (literal ...
''/''Mondo Cult'' publisher/editor
Jessie Lilley
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Lilley began publishing ''Scarlet S ...
* Writer Gary Dorst (posthumously)
Monster Kid of the Year: Simon Rowson, for discovering lost footage cut from original release of
Hammer Studios' ''
Dracula'' (1958)
2013
* Monster-mask maker
Don Post Studios
* Historian Gregory William Mank
* Horror bookstore owners Del and Sue Howison
* ''
Castle of Frankenstein
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'' writer & editor
Bhob Stewart
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(posthumously)
* Artist & publisher
Larry Ivie
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Larry may refer to the following:
People Arts and entertainment
*Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer
* Larry Boon ...
(posthumously)
*
Something Weird Video founder Mike Vraney (posthumously)
Monster Kid of the Year: Paul Larson, for discovering lost
Vincent Price
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PBS footage
2014
* ''
Psychotronic'' editor-publisher
Michael Weldon
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*
Bela Lugosi
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historian Gary Don Rhodes
* Sara Karloff, daughter of actor
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* Actor
José Mojica Marins
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, a.k.a. the movie character and TV horror host
Coffin Joe
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Monster Kid of the Year: Frank J. Dello Stritto, author of memoir ''I Saw What I Saw When I Saw It''
2015
*
Edgar Allan Poe
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scholar, preservationist and portrayer Mark Redfield
* Historian and author Steve Vertlieb
* Journalist, historian, and TV/radio/DVD commentator
David Del Valle
* Horror host
Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille
Monster Kid of the Year:
Victoria Price
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, daughter of actor
Vincent Price
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, "for her tireless work preserving her late father's legacy in film."
2016
* Film preservationist Bob Furmanek
* Writer and horror host John Stanley
* Writer, critic, and DVD commentator Richard Harland Smith
* Podcaster Vince Rotolo
* Historian Mark Miller (posthumously)
Monster Kids of the Year: Married couple Don and Vicki Smeraldi, new publishers of ''Scary Monsters Magazine''
2017
* Horror host
Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark)
* Producer, director and
special makeup effects supervisor
Greg Nicotero
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* Film memorabilia collector Robert Taylor
* Film creature sculptor Mike Hill
* Actor
Haruo Nakajima
was a Japanese actor best known for playing Godzilla in 12 consecutive films, starting from the original ''Godzilla'' (1954) until ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'' (1972). He also played various other giant monsters in '' kaiju'' films, including ''Mothra ...
(posthumously)
* Voice actor
June Foray
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(posthumously)
Monster Kid of the Year:
Cohen Media Group
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Early life and education
Cohen was raised in a Jewish family in Harrison, New York. He is the son of Gloria and Sherman Cohen and nephew to Eddi ...
executive Tim Lanza
2018
* Memorabilia collector Wes Shank (posthumously)
* Author Lucy Chase Williams
* Horror hosts Charles "Big Chuck" Schodowski and "Lil' John" Rinaldi
* Filmmaker and underwater cinematographer/stuntman
Ricou Browning
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* Convention organizer Ron Adams
* Actresses
Martine Beswicke,
Veronica Carlson
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and
Caroline Munro
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Monster Kid of the Year: Film critic and actor John Irving Bloom a.k.a.
Joe Bob Briggs
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2019
* Author
Robert Bloch
* Historian
Jonathan Rigby
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* Author, editor, podcaster and film commentator Kat Ellinger
* Filmmaker/Blu-ray producer/film historian Constantine Nasr
* Sinister Cinema founder Greg Luce
* Writer George Chastain
* Horror hosts
Ron Sweed
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Early life and career
Sweed was born on January 23, 1949, in Euclid, Ohio. His mo ...
(The Ghoul) (posthumously) and Keven Scarpino (
Son of Ghoul
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)
* Gadfly David "The Rock" Nelson
Monster Kid of the Year: Filmmaker
Jordan Peele
2020
* Blogger Stacie Ponder
* Podcaster Derek M. Koch
* Publisher and critic
Joe Kane a.k.a. the Phantom of the Movies (posthumously)
* Author Michael Robert 'Bobb' Cotter (posthumously)
* Horror host
Rich Koz
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a.k.a.
Svengoolie
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Monster Kid of the Year:
UCLA
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film archivist Scott MacQueen
2021
* Comedian
Gilbert Gottfried
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(posthumously)
* French film historian Jean-Claude Michel, the first foreign correspondent for ''
Famous Monsters of Filmland
''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' is an American genre-specific film magazine, started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman.
''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' directly inspired the creation of many other similar publica ...
''
* Attorney and
California Celebrities Rights Act instigator
Bela G. Lugosi, son of the late horror star
Bela Lugosi
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* Artist and director Frank Dietz
* Film journalist and preservationist Laura Wagner
* Horror host
Erik Lobo a.k.a.
Mr. Lobo
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* Cultural critic
Maitland McDonagh
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Monster Kid of the Year: Monster Channel horror host Evan Davis a.k.a. Halloween Jack
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References
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External links
The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards official website
The Classic Horror Film Board
Awards established in 2002
American fiction awards
Horror fiction awards
American film awards