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BBI INTERNAL MEMORANDUM
To: Scooter
From: Reno
Subject: 2003 Rondo Hatton Awards
Classification: BBI Confidential
Here
they are, the 2002 Classic Horror Film Board Rondo Hatton Award
nominees:
To vote, email taraco@aol.com
Here are THIS YEAR's nominess for the 2002 CHFB Rondo Hatton Awards:
-- GENRE FILM of 2002:
--BLADE II
--LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
--MINORITY REPORT
--REIGN OF FIRE
--THE RING
--SIGNS
--SPIDER-MAN
--STAR WARS II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
--THE TIME MACHINE
-- Or write in another choice:
--TV PRESENTATION OF THE YEAR:
--Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
--Enterprise
--Justice League (Cartoon Network)
--Smallville
--Taken
--Or write in another choice:
-- The Big One: The CHFB Classic Horror/SciFi DVD of 2002:
-- CURSE OF THE DEMON/NIGHT OF THE DEMON (both versions in
one
package)
-- THE GHOST BREAKERS (Hope, Goddard and wartime extras)
-- INVADERS FROM MARS (Includes British scenes and 'non-dream'
ending)
-- INVASION U.S.A. (1952 classic also includes Red Scare material)
-- IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (Skal documentary; Weaver commentary
and
extras)
-- MANIAC (Esper's 1932 oddity)
-- MGM Midnight Movies double-features
-- OUTER LIMITS box set
-- RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (Few extras, but Lugosi)
-- THEM! (Extras include how the giant ants worked; behind-the-scenes
footage)
-- Or write in another choice here:
-- Genre Restoration of the Year:
-- Kino's 'Die Nibelungen' set
-- Kino's German classics
-- METROPOLIS restoration
--Or write in another choice:
--BOOK OF THE YEAR:
--Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography,
by
John T. Soister (Bio by Pat Wilks Battle)
--Death Makes A Holiday, by David Skal
--The Frankenstein Archives, by Donald F. Glut
--Heaven and Hell to Play With: The Filming of the Night of the
Hunter, by Preston Jones
--H.G. Wells on Film: The Utopian Nightmare, by Don G. Smith
--Memories of Hammer: Transcriptions of Fanex talks
--The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film, by Susan D. Cowie and
Tom
Johnson
--Science Fiction Confidential, by Tom Weaver
--Spawnof Skull Island, by George Turner and Orville Goldner,
revised
by Michael Price and Douglas Turner
--Or write in another choice:
--ARTICLE OF THE YEAR:
-- "Boxed Turtle: The Classic GAMERA on Import DVD: Part
One," by Bill
Cooke (VIDEO WATCHDOG #86; A serious and fact-filled look at
an
underappreciated series).
-- "Buckaroo Banzai: The Full Story Declassified at Last!"
by Sean
Murphy (VIDEO WATCHDOG # 82; Everything about the cult classic's
filming and
return to DVD)
--Cinematographers of Horror's Golden age: Part IV,"
by Steve
Kronenberg (MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #14; Conclusion of series,
this one
focusing on Univeral's John J. Mescall).
--"Curse of the Demon: An Analysis of Jacques Tourneur's
Supernatural
Masterpiece," by Ronald V. Borst and Scott MacQueen. (SPFX
#10; Everything
about the two versions of the Demon)
--"Jack Pierce Interviewed," by Bob Burns as told
to Tom Weaver
(MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #14; Rare interviews with the makeup
master from
fandom's on-the-scene favorite).
--"Kay Linaker: At War with Tod Browning and James Whale,"
by Tom
Weaver (VIDEO WATCHDOG #90; Horror history gets a rewrite after
Linaker's
descriptions of the two iconic directors).
--"Left Brain/Right Brain Goes to the Movies," by
Ron Garmon and Brad
Linaweaver (CULT MOVIES #36; Liberal Garmon and conservative
Linaweaver
offer dueling takes on THE FLESH EATERS!).
-- "Lurking Upon the Rooftops: Fantomas," by David
Kalat (SCARLET
STREET #44; A retrospective on the influential French super criminal)
-- "Reflections in a Haunted Eye: The Making of THE WATCHER
IN THE
WOODS," by Paul Talbot (VIDEO WATCHDOG #88; rare insights
into Disney's
earnest horror attempt).
--"Vampire Over London: Bela Lugosi's Last Dracula Tour:
Part 7, by
Andi Brooks and Frank J. Dello Stritto (SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE
#43; More
never-before-reported facts about Lugosi's English farewell).
--"Vincent Price: The Sinister Image," by Rod Gudino
and David Del
Valle (RUE MORGUE #29 (A 15-year-old "lost" interview
gets vintage
treatment, including Price's opinions on his films, his co-stars
and his
legacy).
--"Wah Ming Chang, Master of the Monster Macabre,"
by Justin Humphreys
(FILMFAX #92; Interview and career piece on creator behind Outer
Limits,
Pal's TIME MACHINE, GRIMM, 7 FACES OF DR. LAO).
-- "We Are Controlling Transmission: the OUTER LIMITS
Arrives on DVD,"
by David J. Schow (VIDEO WATCHDOG #89; Essential information
on 32 episodes)
-- Rondo Hatton's MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR:
--Cult Movies
--Fangoria
--Filmfax
--Midnight Marquee
--Monsters from the Vault
--Phantom of the Movies
--Psychotronic
--Scarlet Street
--Scary Monsters
--Video Watchdog
--Or write-in another choice:
--CONVENTION OF THE YEAR (There's East Coast bias here, so
feel free to
write in other conventions if warranted):
--Chiller
--DragonCon
--Fanex
--Frightvision
--Monster Bash
--Or write-in another choice:
--Best OTHER Horror Board (As in, "They just don't have
award shows
like this on OTHER horror boards!"):
-- The Astounding B-Monster THE ASTOUNDING B MONSTER
<http://www.bmonster.com/index.html>
-- Creepy Classics Creepy Classics Home Page
<http://www.creepyclassics.com/scripts/shopplus.cgi?DN=creepyclassics.com&ca
rtid=143184204362&FILE=/index2.html>
-- Horror-Wood Webzine Horror-Wood Webzine -- For Classic And
Cult
Horror Movie And Monster Film Fans <http://www.horror-wood.com/>
-- Midnight Marquee Press Midnight Marquee
<http://www.midmar.com/index.html>
-- Mobius MOBIUS: Sci-Fi, Horror & Fantastic Cinema Discussion
<http://www.mhvf.net/forum/scifihorror/index.shtml>
-- Monster Kid Magazine Monster Kid Online Magazine
<http://gammillustrations.bizland.com/monsterkid/>
-- Scarlet Street ScarletStreet.com - Flash
<http://www.scarletstreet.com/>
-- Sinister Cinema (new) Sinister Cinema Movie Board - Index
<http://sinistercinema.com/cgi-bin/bb/YaBB.pl>
-- Or write in your other choice:
--FAN EVENT OF THE YEAR:
-- Ackerman eBay auction
-- Bob Burns Halloween: Recreation of The Thing
-- Gary Don Rhodes release of LUGOSI: Hollywood's Dracula on
DVD
-- Or write in your other choice:
-- Count Alucard Award for Controversy of the Year:
--Dueling Linakers
--Forry vs. Ferry
--Non-genre films in CHFB?
--Sinister Cinema meltdown
-- Or write in another choice:
-- MONSTROUS COMEBACK OF THE YEAR:
--Fanex
--Filmfax
--Forrest J Ackerman
--Sinister Cinema website
--Or write in another choice:
-- CLASSIC MOST IN NEED OF DVD RELEASE:
-- THE BLACK CAT (Karloff/Lugosi)
-- HOUSE OF DRACULA
-- KING KONG
-- MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
-- THE RAVEN (Karloff/Lugosi)
-- Or write in another choice:
-- And finally, the CHFB Writer of the Year Award, awarded
for a body
of work throughout 2002.
Here's just a sampling of the fine writers and editors in
our field.
Choose one of these, or feel free to write in another choice.
Remember,
though, this is for work in 2002, not just your favorite:
-- Michael F. Blake; Ted Bohus; Bob Burns; John Charles; David
Del
Valle; Frank dello Stritto; Vincent DiFate; Don Glut; Ken Hanke;
David
Hogan; Paul M. Jensen; David Kalat; Leonard Kohl; Steve Kronenberg;
Leila
Loban; Harry Long; Tim Lucas; Greg Mank; Mark Miller; Gary Don
Rhodes; Bryan
Senn; David Skal; Richard Scrivani; Richard Harlan Smith; John
Soister; Gary
Svehla; Sue Svehla; Sam and Rebecca Umland; Richard Valley; Bill
Warren; Tom
Weaver ... or write in your choice.
Again, vote for one category, all or just some. Email your
choice to
taraco@aol.com
We will announce the winners in January. Thanx to everyone,
monsters and
friends, and especially Rondo Hatton, without whom NONE of this
would not be
possible!
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