8th Rondo Horror Awards (2010)

BEST FILM OF 2009

• ZOMBIELAND
• STAR TREK

• TRICK 'R TREAT
• AVATAR

BEST TV PRESENTATION

• LOST
• BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

BEST CLASSIC DVD

• MAD MONSTER PARTY: SPECIAL EDITION
• FAUST (1926)

BEST CLASSIC HORROR COLLECTION

BEST CLASSIC TV COLLECTION

BEST RESTORATION

• BUCK ROGERS
• REPULSION

BEST DVD EXTRA

BEST DVD COMMENTARY

• Barbara Steele, Ian Ogilvy: THE SHE BEAST
• Steve Ryfle, Ed Godziszewski: MOTHRA

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM OR DOCUMENTARY

• EVERY OTHER DAY IS HALLOWEEN
• FAMOUS MONSTER
• BOB BURNS' HALLOWEEN

BEST BOOK

• UNIVERSAL STUDIOS MONSTERS, by Michael Mallory
• THE TWILIGHT AND OTHER ZONES: The Dark Worlds of Richard Matheson, edited by Stanley Wiater, Matthew Bradley and Paul Stuve
• ROMANCING THE VAMPIRE by David J. Skal

BEST MAGAZINE

• VIDEO WATCHDOG
• MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT
• SCARY MONSTERS
• FILMFAX

BEST ARTICLE

• 'The Most Famous Monster of Them All: A Personal Remembrance of Forrest J Ackerman,' by Steve Vertlieb, THUNDER CHILD Website
• 'Boris Karloff at Warner Brothers, 1935-1939,' by Gregory Mank, MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #26
• 'Video Invasion: 'Remembering the VHS Boom,' Parts 4-9, by Matt Moore, HORRORHOUND #15-20

• 'Lost Nightmare: The Mystery of the Missing Spider Pit Sequence, Part 3' by Gary Vehar, FILMFAX#120
• 'Tales from the Crypt: A Horror Hound Retrospective,' by Nathan Hanneman, HORRORHOUND #18

BEST COVER

• RUE MORGUE #90 by Gary Pullin
• HORROR HOUND #20 by Nathan, Thomas Milliner #20

• MAD SCIENTIST #20 by Pete Von Sholley
• LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #22 by Mark Maddox

BEST WEBSITE

• E-Gor's Chamber of TV Horror Hosts
• Monster Kid Online Magazine

BEST WEBSITE

• Count Gore De Vol Creature Feature
• Universal Monster Army

• Trailers from Hell
• Horror Society
• Classic-Horror.com
• Famous Monsters of Filmland

BEST BLOG

• Frankensteinia
• Video Watchblog

• Vault of Horror
• Final Girl
• The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla

BEST CONVENTION

• Rue Morgue's Festival of Fear
• WonderFest
• Horror Hound Weekend

• Cinema Wasteland
• Monsterpalooza
• Chiller

BEST FAN EVENT

• Blob panic re-enactment at Blobfest
• Ron Chaney as Wolf Man at Monster Bash
• Dr. Gangrene's Horror Hootenanny
• Boris Karloff Blog-a-thon

FAVORITE HORROR HOST

• Penny Dreadful
• Svengoolie

• Dr. Gangrene
• Karlos Borloff
• Wolfman Mac

BEST HORROR AUDIO SITE

• Fangoria Radio
• Cult Radio A-Go-Go!

BEST CD

• 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (Prometheus)
• NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (La-La Land)

• ESCAPE FROM PLANET OF THE APES (Varese)
• DRACULA A.D. 72 (GDI/BSX)

BEST HORROR COMIC BOOK

• HELLBOY: THE WILD HUNT
• CARNIVAL OF SOULS
• THE GOON

BEST TOY, MODEL OR COLLECTIBLE

• Karloff (Executive Replicas)
• Monster Scenes (Moebius)

• Horror Host trading cards (Horror Host Graveyard)
• Creature (Ultratumba)

COUNT ALUCARD'S CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR

FILM MOST IN NEED OF DVD RELEASE OR RESTORATION

WRITER OF THE YEAR (write-in category)

• Tom Weaver
• Tim Lucas

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (write-in category)

• Joel Robinson
• Jeff Carlson
• Kerry Gammill

• Basil Gogos
• Daniel Horne
• Frank Dietz

DVD REVIEWER OF THE YEAR

• Tim Lucas
• Glenn Erickson
• George Reis

LINDA MILLER AWARD FOR FAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR

(In memory of the late Linda Miller)

• Jerrod Brown
• Belle Dee Bibrey
• Roger Koch

SPECIAL AWARDS

MONSTER KID OF THE YEAR

Eliot Brodsky

In an industry town where monsters are just part of a day's work, Eliot Brodsky's Monsterpalooza convention reminded everyone in the creative arts just how magical, talented and cool it is to be a Monster Kid, especially in Hollywood.

Everyone was a fan that weekend, giving the horror genre an infusion of West Coast energy that's still being felt a year later.

For capturing the spirit of imagination that brought everyone to Hollywood in the first place, Eliot Brodsky's tireless work on his gathering of gods and monsters earns him the award as Monster Kid of 2009.

MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME
The six newest inductees are:

• BILL LEMON and RAY MEYERS (Makers of Aurora monsters)
  > The late Bill Lemon and Ray Meyers (right, with his Godzilla), are the sculptors of the original Aurora monster models who made us all, for just 99 cents, the makers of monsters.
• DENNIS DRUKTENIS (A 'Real' Monster Kid)
  > Dennis Druktenis, editor and publisher of Scary Monsters Magazine (The only REAL Monster magazine), has chronicled in a very real way the complete street-level history of the horror craze.
  > Like few others, Dennis gets what the shock is all about.
• SAMMY TERRY (A Midwest horror legend)
  > Robert 'Bob' Carter, better known as Sammy Terry, kept Indianapolis awash in monsters, TV creeps and nervous laughter. He still prowls today, a true monster original.
• BILL WARREN (Chronicler of the sci-fi era)
  > The ultimate 1950s science fiction fan, Bill Warren worked with Forrest J Ackerman and produced one of the genre's essential works, the mammoth Keep Watching the Skies, a film by film account of every sci-fi movie from 1950-1962.
  > An irascible online presence, Warren is one of the original Monster Kids.
• FREDERICK S. CLARKE (Finding the fantastic)
  > His Cinefantastique kicked monster magazines into a new level of sophistication unmatched even today. Along the way he gave a new generation of writers a testing ground. Tortured and dead too young at 51, we will remember always Frederick S. Clarke.