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Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards

{{short description|Fan-based horror genre award}}

The [https://rondoaward.com/ 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,{{cite news|url=https://cbs4indy.com/news/the-outer-limits-indy-film-historian-awarded-for-preserving-long-lost-pilot-episode/|title=Indianapolis Film Historian Awarded for Saving Lost Episode of 'The Outer Limits'|first=Jeremiah|last=Beaver|date=June 23, 2019|access-date=July 21, 2021}} WTTV-TV (CBS) Bloomington, Indiana. "Held in Louisville, Kentucky earlier this month, the 'Rondos' continue to honor the best in classic horror research, creativity, and film preservation." particularly of classic horror film and their modern-day counterparts.

Named in honor of actor Rondo Hatton, 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-damn-dirty-geeks-27722264/episode/live-from-monsterpalooza-with-kirk-thatcher-28106709/|title=Live from Monsterpalooza with Kirk Thatcher & David Colton|date=April 18, 2017|access-date=July 15, 2021}} iHeart Media. and since its inception has been coordinated by Colton, who serves as their presenter annually at the fantasy/horror convention WonderFest.

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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.[https://monsterkidradio.libsyn.com/monster-kid-radio-366-david-colton-and-the-rondo-hatton-classic-horror-awards Monster Kid Radio] Episode #366: "[https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/2/f/3/2f398fa38b4840ec/Episode366.mp3?c_id=20493512&cs_id=20493512&destination_id=139943&expiration=1626390521&hwt=532ee25adc9d132640b6d9f8ef91fa30 David Colton and the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards]". At 24:30. The awards took their name from the character actor Rondo Hatton, a cult-classic figure in low-budget horror films.

Comic book artist and illustrator Kerry Gammill designed the sculpt for the award, a bust of Hatton's character from the movie House of Horrors (1946).{{cite news|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/Hillsborough-High-honors-courage-of-horror-star-alumnus-The-Creeper_161957996/|title=Hillsborough High honors courage of horror-star alumnus The Creeper|work=Tampa Bay Times|first=Paul|last=Guzzo|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=July 15, 2021}}

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.Monster Kid Radio [https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/2/f/3/2f398fa38b4840ec/Episode366.mp3?c_id=20493512&cs_id=20493512&destination_id=139943&expiration=1626390521&hwt=532ee25adc9d132640b6d9f8ef91fa30 Episode #366] at 22:33.{{SPS|date=March 2023}} Co-founder Colton presents the awards annually at the fantasy/horror convention WonderFest.{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderfest.com/timetable/event/rondo-awards/|title=2023 Rondo Awards|access-date=June 1, 2024}} WonderFest. 2023. "Join the Monster of Ceremonies David Colton handing out of the coveted acromegaliacs!"{{cite web|url=http://www.sketchythingsart.com/home.html|title=News: Frank Is Inducted into the Rondo Award Monster Kid Hall of Fame!|website=Sketchy Things: The Art and Films of Frank Dietz|access-date=June 1, 2024}} "I was presented the plaque by Rondo Award curator David Colton." [https://web.archive.org/web/20230330080835/http://www.sketchythingsart.com/home.html Archive link].

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."Monster Kid Radio [https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/2/f/3/2f398fa38b4840ec/Episode366.mp3?c_id=20493512&cs_id=20493512&destination_id=139943&expiration=1626390521&hwt=532ee25adc9d132640b6d9f8ef91fa30 Episode #366] at 25:34.

Significance

Entertainment Weekly likened The Rondo Award to a "horror Oscar".{{cite magazine|last=Collis|first=Clark|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/05/02/killer-pov-blumhouse-shock-waves/|title=Killer POV horror podcast team reassembles as Shock Waves|date=May 2, 2016|access-date=January 18, 2019|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The Award is a "coveted" prize in the horror community.{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31855|title= 'Pan's Labyrinth' Wins The Rondo!!! Who Else Has The Coveted Rondo?|website=Ain't it Cool News|date=March 12, 2007|author=Knowles, Harry [as "headgeek"]}} One PBS station wrote,

{{blockquote|Every year, as the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award spotlights shine on the brightest in their respective fields, the Rondo Awards honor achievements in the darker corners of entertainment, the world of classic horror movies. People working for monster magazines, spooky DVD releases and scary movie soundtracks are the types who win the internationally-known Rondo Award.{{cite web|url=https://mountainlake.org/monster-kid-of-the-year-walks-among-us/|first=Paul|last=Larson|date=February 17, 2017|access-date=July 21, 2021|title=Monster Kid of the Year Walks Among Us!}} WCFE-TV (Mountain Lake PBS, Plattsburgh, New York)}}

Horror magazines and websites, including Dread Central, regularly report on the nominations and awards lists.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/396294/here-are-the-19th-annual-rondo-award-winners/|date=May 4, 2021|title=Here Are the 19th Annual Rondo Award Winners!|first=Josh|last=Millican|website=Dread Central|access-date=July 15, 2021}}

The awards have been mentioned in such outlets as The Hollywood Reporter,{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dark-star-takes-larry-cohen-doc-king-cohen-north-america-1113634/|title=Dark Star Takes Larry Cohen Doc 'King Cohen' for North America (Exclusive)|first=Alex|last=Ritman|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=July 15, 2021|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} "King Cohen hails from Rondo Award-winning writer/director [Steve] Mitchell...." The Austin Chronicle,{{cite news|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2021-03-25/rondo-and-bob-nominated-for-a-rondo/|title=Rondo and Bob Nominated for ... a Rondo! Austin film doc up for award, and you can vote!|first=Richard|last=Whittaker|date=March 25, 2021|access-date=July 15, 2021|work=The Austin Chronicle}} Famous Monsters of Filmland,{{cite news|url=https://www.famousmonsters.com/famous-monsters-is-honored-with-3-rondo-awards/|title=Famous Monsters is Honored with 3 Rondo Awards!|date=April 15, 2016|access-date=July 15, 2021|work=Famous Monsters of Filmland}} Movieweb,{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/anna-and-the-apocalypse-t-shirts-merchandise-cavity-colors/|title=Anna and the Apocalypse Merch Collection Unveiled by Cavity Colors|first=Mike|last=Sprague|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=Movieweb}} MeTV,{{cite web|url=https://www.metv.com/stories/svengoolie-wins-favorite-horror-host-in-the-2020-rondo-awards|title=Svengoolie wins Favorite Horror Host in the 2020 Rondo Awards|date=May 5, 2021|access-date=July 15, 2021|author=MeTV Staff}} MeTV the UK's Horror Channel,{{cite web|url=https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=acclaimed+karloff+biography+wins+award&category=articles|title=Acclaimed Karloff Biography Wins Award|first=James|last=Whittington|date=May 22, 2012|access-date=July 15, 2021}} Horror Channel and the Tampa Bay Times, as well as scholarly journals including Psychology and Education,{{cite news|url=http://psychologyandeducation.net/pae/index.php/pae/article/view/451/278|title=Edgar Allan Poe and his influence on modern horror movies|first1=Cell|author=Dillon, Cell, Patricia L. Norman and Butsakorn Bunditdumrongkool|work=Psychology and Education Journal|volume=57|issue=9|pages=1247–1251|issn=1553-6939|date=2020|access-date=July 21, 2021}} "The movie [The Raven (2012)] was nominated for 5 awards [including the] Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards...." (Downloadable PDF) and textbooks including Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade.{{cite book|title=Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade|editor1-last=DeGiglio-Bellemare|editor1-first=Mario|editor2-first=Charlie|editor2-last=Ellbé|editor3-first=Kristopher|editor3-last=Woofter|date=December 11, 2014|publisher=Lexington Books|page=314|isbn=9781498503808|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCHfBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rondo+Hatton+Classic+Horror+Awards%22&pg=PA295}} {{ISBN|978-1498503792}}.

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=

Monster Kid of the Year: Arnold Kunert, who successfully campaigned for special effects artist Ray Harryhausen to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/rondos2003.html|title=Second Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=February 13, 2004}}

=2004=

Monster Kid of the Year: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra writer, director, and star Larry Blamire{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/2004Winners.html|title=Here Are the Winners of the Third Annual Rondo Awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=February 19, 2005}}

=2005=

Monster Kid of the Year: Monster Kid Home Movies producer Joe Busam{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/Winners2005.html|title= Here Are the Winners of the Fourth Annual Rondo Awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=February 19, 2006}}

=2006=

Monster Kid of the Year: Toy collector Ray Castile{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/Winners2006_000.html|title= Winners of the 5th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards (for 2006)|website=RondoAward.com|date=March 24, 2007}}

=2007=

Monster Kid of the Year: Sony Pictures executive Michael Schlesinger{{cite web|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterkidclassichorrorforum/here-s-the-complete-rondo-winner-list-for-2007-t15497.html|title=Here's the complete Rondo Winner list for 2007: Nosferatu, Bava and Halloween Take Top Honors in Rondo Awards|date=March 12, 2008|website=Classic Horror Film Board}}

=2008=

Monster Kid of the Year: Producer and Forrest J Ackerman friend, adviser, and caregiver Joe Moe{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/RondoVIIwinners.htm|title=Here were the winners of the Seventh Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=2009}}

=2009=

  • Aurora 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
  • Cinefantastique publisher Frederick S. Clarke (posthumously)

Monster Kid of the Year: Monsterpalooza convention organizer Eliot Brodsky{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/Rondowinners2009.html|title=Here Are the Winners, All the Nominees and Videos from the Eighth Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for the Best work of 2009!|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=2010}}

=2010=

Monster Kids of the Year: Historian and writer Gary Gerani; screenwriter, author, and The Twilight Zone archivist Marc Scott Zicree{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/RONDOIXRESULTS.html|title=Here Were The Winners In The Ninth Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards!|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=March 2011}}

=2011=

Monster Kid of the Year: Vincentennial fan festival organizer Tom Stockman{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/RondoXwinners.html|title=Vincent Price tribute, 'Island of Lost Souls' take top Rondo Award honors|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=April 2012}}

=2012=

Monster Kid of the Year: Simon Rowson, for discovering lost footage cut from original release of Hammer Studios' Dracula (1958){{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondo/rondos.html|title='Cabin in the Woods,' 'Walking Dead' and restored Universal Monster Classics take top Rondo Award honors|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=April 2013}}

=2013=

Monster Kid of the Year: Paul Larson, for discovering lost Vincent Price PBS footage{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=32|title=Here Are the Winners of Rondo XII|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=March 17, 2014}}

=2014=

Monster Kid of the Year: Frank J. Dello Stritto, author of memoir I Saw What I Saw When I Saw It

{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=168|title=The 13th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Awards|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=March 2, 2015}}

=2015=

Monster Kid of the Year: Victoria Price, daughter of actor Vincent Price, "for her tireless work preserving her late father's legacy in film."{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=224|title=Winners announced in the (Gasp!) 14th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=February 17, 2016}}

=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{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=674|title=Here Are Winners in the (Gasp!) 15th Annual Rondo Awards|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=February 26, 2017}}

=2017=

Monster Kid of the Year: Cohen Media Group executive Tim Lanza{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?page_id=830|title=Rondo XVI|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=2018}}

=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
  • Convention organizer Ron Adams
  • Actresses Martine Beswicke, Veronica Carlson and Caroline Munro

Monster Kid of the Year: Writer, film critic, TV host and actor John Irving Bloom a.k.a. Joe Bob Briggs{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=741|title=Winners of the (Gasp!) 17th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=February 19, 2019}}

=2019=

  • Author Robert Bloch
  • Historian Jonathan Rigby
  • Author, editor, podcaster and film commentator Kat Ellinger
  • Filmmaker/Blu-ray producer/film historian Constantine Nasr
  • Sinister Cinema founder Greg Luce
  • Writer George Chastain
  • Author Matthew Hays
  • Horror hosts Ron Sweed (The Ghoul) (posthumously) and Keven Scarpino (Son of Ghoul)
  • Gadfly David "The Rock" Nelson

Monster Kid of the Year: Filmmaker Jordan Peele{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1010|title=Here Are the Winners of the (Gasp!) 18th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=April 6, 2020}}

=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 a.k.a. Svengoolie

Monster Kid of the Year: UCLA film archivist Scott MacQueen{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1084|title=Rondo 19 Results Are Here|website=RondoAward.com|first=David|last=Colton|date=March 7, 2021}}

=2021=

Monster Kid of the Year: Monster Channel horror host Evan Davis a.k.a. Halloween Jack{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1270|title=Here are the Winners of the (Gasp!) 20th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=February 22, 2022}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20230201024304/https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1270 Archive link]

=2022=

  • Cult Movies magazine founder-publisher Buddy Barnett
  • Writer Frank J. Dello Stritto
  • TV historian Amanda Reyes
  • Writer-director-producer Dan Curtis (posthumously)
  • Horror host Penny Dreadful ((Danielle Gelehrter)
  • Writer, film critic, TV host and actor John Irving Bloom a.k.a. Joe Bob Briggs. Honorable mention to sidekick Diana Prince a.k.a. Darcy the Mail Girl. Briggs had been named 2018 Monster Kid of the Year.

Monster Kid of the Year: Documentarian Antonia Carlotta{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1509|title=Here are the Winners of the (Gasp!) 21st Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=May 29, 2023}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20230513013610/https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=1509 Archive link]

=2023=

Monster Kid of the Year: Online influencer Bobby Zier{{cite web|url=https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/|title=Here are the Winners of the (Gasp!) 22nd Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=RondoAward.com|date=April 30, 2024}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20240430210612/https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/ Archive link]

References

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External links

  • [https://rondoaward.com/ The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards official website]
  • [https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterkidclassichorrorforum/rondo-hatton-classic-horror-awards-f100/ The Classic Horror Film Board]
  • {{cite magazine|url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/barbara-crampton-monster-kid-hall-of-fame-rondo-hatton-awards/|title=Barbara Crampton Inducted Into Monster Kid Hall of Fame for 22nd Rondo Hatton Awards and more of this year's big winners!|first=Angel|last=Melanson|date=April 30, 2024|magazine=Fangoria}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.zomboscloset.com/interview-david-colton/|title=Interview: David Colton and the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards|website=Zombros Closet|first=JM|last=Cozzoli|date=2015-03-10}}

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