Big congrats to all the 22nd annual Rondo Hatton Awards winners! More than 6,500 ballots arrived this year, shattering previous records. Our very own Scene Queen, Barbara Crampton, will be inducted into the Monster Kid Hall of Fame. Something about write-in/advisory votes carries a special weight of added honor. The Monster Kid of the Year and Monster Kid Hall of Fame categories both fall in this camp, and the voters have spoken. Barbara is a national treasure and a Monster Kid Hall of Famer! Congrats, Queen!
Fango is humbled to win the Best Magazine (modern) category, with our pals at Rue Morgue snagging the runner-up spot and Horrorhound, Delirium, and Scream rounding out the honorable mentions. Congratulations to all our peers and colleagues on their wins and noms! Read on for more highlights below.
The Best Film of 2023 is a heavy-hitter category. Godzilla Minus One stomped its way to the top for ultimate victory. This year’s runners-up were Poor Things and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, with honorable mentions going to Renfield, Evil Dead Rise, and Last Voyage of the Demeter, starring Fango fam and Monster Kid David Dastmalchian.
Speaking of Renfield— Greg Mank’s article “Dwight Frye and the Curse of Renfield from FANGORIA #19 and “Leatherface: How the Legendary Trailer Came to Be” by Amanda Reyes, which appeared in FANGORIA #18, each received an honorable mention for Best Article. “Black Sabbath: 60 Years of Nightmares” by Ernie Rockelman for HORRORHOUND #99 took home the honor.
Scene Queen by Barbara Crampton and Exordium by Michael Gingold, were runners up for Best Column! Kim Newman’s Dungeon (The Dark Side) was awarded this year’s Best Column trophy.
Gary Pullin’s cover art for FANGORIA #18 was an honorable mention in the Best Cover category, which went to Scary Monsters #133 by Scott Jackson featuring some of horror’s most iconic vampires.
Big congratulations to our Fango Fam and everyone on this year’s ballot! We are so proud and honored to feature the work of so many incredible contributors. We say it all the time, but just looking at this year’s ballot, we can’t help but say it again. Damn, it’s a good time to be a horror fan. Cheers to celebrating good folks creating wonderful work around the genre we all love.
Find a full list of winners and the original 22nd Rondo Hatton Awards ballot on their official website. A Rondo Awards Ceremony will be held June 1 at the WonderFest Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
