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
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (191 votes)
Runner-up: ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (155)
Honorable mentions: THE MUNSTERS: First family of Fright; WILD WILD WEST
BEST RESTORATION
75th ANNIVERSARY DRACULA (221 votes)
Runner-up: SUPERMAN II: The Richard Donner Version (211)
BEST DVD EXTRA
UNIVERSAL HORROR documentary with Dracula and Frankenstein DVDs (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
# Runner-up: THE ART OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN by
Ray 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;
- '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 DeVol's Creature Features (100)
Honorable mentions: Dr. Gangrene's Chiller Theater; Universal Monster Army Yahoo Group
BEST CONVENTION
MONSTER BASH (152 votes)
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 '56
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
- Eric Powell's 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 YEAR
'NOWHERE TO BROWSE' Closing of Tower, loss of genre magazines, threatens hobby (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 NEEDED ON DVD
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 AWARDS
MONSTER KID OF THE YEAR
RAYMOND CASTILE
For the Universal Monster Army's traveling monster toy exhibit at WonderFest and Monster Bash, a museum-level experience for a new generation of monster kids, for his inexhaustible energy and for landing a part in the new Coffin
Joe movie, too!
Well done, Raymond!
MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME
(Inductees based on emailed suggestions)
Paul Blaisdell
Jackie Blaisdell
Joe Dante
Don Glut
Jack Davis
Frank Frazetta
German Robles
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