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The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for 2022

The Rondos “have been fandom’s only classic horror awards – decided by fans, for fans.” View the results of the 21st Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards

Winner

Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic book cover

Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic

Howard Berger, Marshall Julius
Amazon

Runners up

I Was a Teenage Monster Hunter! How I Met Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing & More! book cover

I Was a Teenage Monster Hunter! How I Met Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing & More!

Sam Irvin
Amazon
Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History book cover

Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History

Roberto Curti
Amazon

Honourable mentions

Dr. Who & The Daleks: The Official Story of the Films book cover

Dr. Who & The Daleks: The Official Story of the Films

John Walsh
Amazon
Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters book cover

Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters

Graham Skipper
Amazon
Witches, Bitches and Banshees: The British Films of American International Pictures book cover

Witches, Bitches and Banshees: The British Films of American International Pictures

John Hamilton
Amazon

Other ballet options

Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us!: More Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema book cover

Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us!: More Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema

Gregory William Mank
Amazon
Chopped Meat: British Horror of the 1970s book cover

Chopped Meat: British Horror of the 1970s

Eric McNaughton, Darrell Buxton
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Christopher Lee: The Loneliness of Evil book cover

Christopher Lee: The Loneliness of Evil

Stephen Mosley
Amazon
Claude Rains: An Invisible Man book cover

Claude Rains: An Invisible Man

Toby I. Cohen
Amazon
Claude Rains: Madness, Magic & Mayhem book cover

Claude Rains: Madness, Magic & Mayhem

John T. Soister, Jessica Rains, JoAnna Jones, Donna Tattle
Amazon
Crazy Old Ladies: The Story of Hag Horror book cover

Crazy Old Ladies: The Story of Hag Horror

Caroline Young
Amazon
Fantastic Serial Sites of California: Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Locations, 1919-1955 book cover

Fantastic Serial Sites of California: Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Locations, 1919-1955

Gail Orwig, Raymond Orwig
Amazon
The Frankenstein Legend: A Tribute to Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff book cover

The Frankenstein Legend: A Tribute to Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff

Donald F. Glut
Amazon
Giant Bug Cinema: A Monster Kid’s Guide book cover

Giant Bug Cinema: A Monster Kid’s Guide

Mark Bailey
Amazon
Halloween 3: “Where the Hell is Michael Myers?” - A Definitive History of Horror’s Most Misunderstood Film book cover

Halloween 3: “Where the Hell is Michael Myers?” - A Definitive History of Horror’s Most Misunderstood Film

Tommy Lee Wallace
Amazon
The House That Hammer Built – The Complete Hinds/Carreras Years (1934-79), Volume 1: 1934-49 book cover

The House That Hammer Built – The Complete Hinds/Carreras Years (1934-79), Volume 1: 1934-49

Wayne Kinsey
Amazon
Invasion ’51: The Birth of Alien Cinema book cover

Invasion ’51: The Birth of Alien Cinema

Sean Kotz
Amazon
Jack Pierce: Hollywood’s Makeup Master book cover

Jack Pierce: Hollywood’s Makeup Master

Christopher Lock
Amazon
Karl Freund: The Life and Films book cover

Karl Freund: The Life and Films

Gavin Schmitt
Amazon
London After Midnight: The Lost Film book cover

London After Midnight: The Lost Film

Daniel Titley
Amazon
Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema of Umberto Lenzi book cover

Make Them Die Slowly: The Kinetic Cinema of Umberto Lenzi

Troy Howarth
Amazon
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts, 1915–1976 book cover

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts, 1915–1976

Gary D. Rhodes, David J. Hogan
Amazon
Queer Screams: A History of LGBTQ+ Survival Through the Lens of American Horror Cinema book cover

Queer Screams: A History of LGBTQ+ Survival Through the Lens of American Horror Cinema

Abigail Waldron
Amazon
Reign of Chucky: The True Hollywood Story of a Not So Good Guy book cover

Reign of Chucky: The True Hollywood Story of a Not So Good Guy

Dustin McNeill, Travis Mullins
Amazon
Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour book cover

Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour

Scott Skelton, Jim Benson
Amazon
Running Home to Shadows: Memories of TV’s First Supernatural Soap from Today’s Grown-Up Kids book cover

Running Home to Shadows: Memories of TV’s First Supernatural Soap from Today’s Grown-Up Kids

Jim Beard, Charles R. Rutledge
Amazon
Suspending My Disbelief: Televised Terrors (1950-1959) book cover

Suspending My Disbelief: Televised Terrors (1950-1959)

Peter H. Brothers
Amazon
This Time It’s Personal: A Monster Kid’s History of Horror Memories and Experiences book cover

This Time It’s Personal: A Monster Kid’s History of Horror Memories and Experiences

B. Harrison Smith
Amazon
Tod Browning’s The Revolt of the Dead book cover

Tod Browning’s The Revolt of the Dead

Gary D. Rhodes
Amazon
Where Does Imagination End and Reality Begin? Re-Examining the Horror Classic book cover

Where Does Imagination End and Reality Begin? Re-Examining the Horror Classic

Matthew E. Banks
Amazon

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