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

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, 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

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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.''Monster Kid Radio''
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David Colton and the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
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, a cult-classic figure in low-budget horror films who also has been paid homage to in media including the 1991 Disney film ''

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'', with the character Lothar, and the comic book series '' 2000 AD'' in which the character

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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

designed the sculpt for the award, a bust of Hatton's character from the movie ''

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'' (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

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'' likened The Rondo Award to a "horror Oscar". The Award is a "coveted" prize in the horror community. One

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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 ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, the UK's

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, and the ''

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'', 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

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and James Warren for ''

'' magazine * Movie props and makeup preservationists Bob and Kathy Burns * TV horror hosts

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(John Zacherle) and Vampira (Maila Nurmi) Monster Kid of the Year: Arnold Kunert, who successfully campaigned for special effects artist

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to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

2004

* Special effects artist

* Author

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* Special effects makeup artist

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* Historian

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(posthumously) * Brother filmmakers Richard Gordon and (posthumously)

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Monster Kid of the Year: ''

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'' writer, director, and star

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2005

* Artists

Basil Gogos Basil Gogos (March 12, 1929 – September 13, 2017) was an American illustrator best known for his portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Basil G ...

and

James Bama James Elliott Bama (April 28, 1926 – April 24, 2022) was an American artist known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects. Life in Wyoming led to his comment, "Here an artist can trace the beginnings of Western history, see ...

* Filmmaker

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

* Musician

Bobby "Boris" Pickett Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007), known also by the name Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and comedian known for co-writing and performing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash". B ...

* ''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

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* Painter

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Monster Kid of the Year: Toy collector Ray Castile

2007

* Museum curators Cortlandt Hull and Dennis Vincent * Artist

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* Artist

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* Writer-editor Archie Goodwin (posthumously) * TV horror host

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* Actor Ben Chapman Monster Kid of the Year: Sony Pictures executive Michael Schlesinger

2008

* Actor

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* Married ''Monsters from the Vault'' publishers Jim and Marian Clatterbaugh * Painter Ken Kelly * ''

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'' publisher Calvin Beck (posthumously) * Musician Lux Interior (posthumously) * TV horror host Bob Wilkins Monster Kid of the Year: Producer and

friend, adviser, and caregiver Joe Moe

2009

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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

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* ''

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:

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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

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and his wife and business partner, Donna Lucas * Historian Tom Weaver * Fantasy artist

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* Poster collector and historian Ron Borst * Filmmaker George A. Romero * Mask maker

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(posthumously) Monster Kids of the Year: Historian and writer Gary Gerani; screenwriter, author, and ''

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'' archivist

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2011

* ''Filmfax'' editor Michael Stein * ''Photon'' fanzine editor Mark Frank * Actor George Stover * Horror scholar David J. Skal * Actress

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* Horror host

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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 * ''

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''/''Mondo Cult'' publisher/editor

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* 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 * ''

'' writer & editor

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(posthumously) * Artist & publisher

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(posthumously) * Something Weird Video founder Mike Vraney (posthumously) Monster Kid of the Year: Paul Larson, for discovering lost

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PBS footage

2014

* '' Psychotronic'' editor-publisher

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historian Gary Don Rhodes * Sara Karloff, daughter of actor

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* Actor

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, a.k.a. the movie character and TV horror host

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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

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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:

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, daughter of actor

, "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

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* Film memorabilia collector Robert Taylor * Film creature sculptor Mike Hill * Actor

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(posthumously) * Voice actor

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(posthumously) Monster Kid of the Year:

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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

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* Convention organizer Ron Adams * Actresses Martine Beswicke,

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and

Caroline Munro Caroline Munro (born 16 January 1949)McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. p. 538; is an English actress, model and singer known for her many appearances in horror, ...

Monster Kid of the Year: Film critic and actor John Irving Bloom a.k.a.

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2019

* Author Robert Bloch * Historian

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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

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(The Ghoul) (posthumously) and Keven Scarpino (

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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

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a.k.a.

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Monster Kid of the Year:

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film archivist Scott MacQueen

2021

* Comedian

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(posthumously) * French film historian Jean-Claude Michel, the first foreign correspondent for ''

'' * Attorney and California Celebrities Rights Act instigator Bela G. Lugosi, son of the late horror star

* Artist and director Frank Dietz * Film journalist and preservationist Laura Wagner * Horror host Erik Lobo a.k.a.

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* Cultural critic

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External links

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