Rondo Hatton Award Winners for 2010 - best in classic horror

By pghhead -
From Arlington, Virginia comes news of the winners in the 9th Annual  Rondo Hatton Awards for the best in classic horror of 2010. This information provided by David Colton, a key member of the Hatton Awards organization:
BEST HORROR COMIC BOOK = THE WALKING DEAD, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard

Runner-up: BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE (Monsterverse).  Honorable mentions: VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS; HELLBOY: DOUBLE FEATURE OF EVIL; AMERICAN VAMPIRE; THE GOON

BEST MAGAZINE (mass market) = RUE MORGUE

Runner-up:  HORROR HOUND.      Honorable mentions: FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND; SCARY MONSTERS; FANGORIA; VIDEO WATCHDOG

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BEST FILM OF 2010 = THE BLACK SWAN                                                                                  

Runners-up: INCEPTION; THE WOLFMAN.     Honorable mention: LET ME IN

BEST TV PRESENTATION = THE WALKING DEAD: Days Gone Bye

Runner-up: DOCTOR WHO.     Honorable mentions: SHERLOCK; TRUE BLOOD

BEST CLASSIC DVD = THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS

Runners-up: KING KONG 1933 (Blu-Ray);   THE WOLF MAN SPECIAL EDITION.  Honorable mentions: VAMPIRE CIRCUS;  NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

BEST CLASSIC HORROR COLLECTION = THRILLER: THE COMPLETE SERIES

Runner-up: TWILIGHT ZONE (Seasons One and Two; Blu-Ray).  Honorable mentions: HAMMER FILMS: ICONS OF SUSPENSE; LON CHANEY SIX-FILM COLLECTION

BOOK OF THE YEAR = THE ART OF HAMMER:Posters from the Archive of Hammer Films, by Marcus Hearn

Runner-up: CONFESSIONS OF A SCREAM QUEEN, by Matt Beckoff.  Honorable mentions: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever, by Joe Kane .     RAY HARRYHAUSEN: Master of the Majicks, Vol. 3, by Mike Hankin.     FORRY: The Life of Forrest J Ackerman, by Debbie Painter.     HOUSE OF ACKERMAN: A Photographic Tour of the Legendary Ackermansion, by Al Astrella, James Greene

BEST WEBSITE = DREAD CENTRAL

Runners-up: Trailers from Hell; Fearnet.com; Universal Monster Army.  Honorable mentions: Dr. Gangrene's Chiller Cinema; Count Gore de Vol's Creature Features; Horrorhost Graveyard

BEST BLOG = FRANKENSTEINIA

Runners-up: The Drunken Severed Head; Terror from Beyond the Daves; Video Watchblog. Honorable mentions: The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla; Final Girl; Cinema Suicide; Monster Magazine World

The full listing and additional information can be found at:

http://www.rondoaward.com/rondo/rondos.html

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