Online voting has begun for the 18th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. You’re invited to vote for your favorites in any or all 30 categories. Click the link for instructions and the complete ballot. The deadline to participate is midnight March 29.

As a teaser, here are the Best Movie, Best Television Presentation, and Best Website finalists. Yes, Best Website – because guess who’s blog is smack dab in the middle of the list?

 1) BEST FILM OF 2019

• AD ASTRA
• ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE
• ANNABELLE COMES HOME
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME
• BLACK CHRISTMAS
• BRIGHTBURN
• CHILD’S PLAY
• CRAWL
• THE DEAD DON’T DIE
• DOCTOR SLEEP
• GLASS
• GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS
• HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U
• IT: CHAPTER TWO
• JOKER
• THE LIGHTHOUSE
• MIDSOMMAR
• PARASITE
• READY OR NOT
• SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
• SHAZAM!
• SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
• STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER
• US
• ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP

2) BEST TV PRESENTATION

• AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984, ‘Camp Redwood,’ 9.18.19, FX.  Season nine kicks off with homages to the 80s. ‘This is the site of the greatest summer camp massacre of all time.’
• ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK, ‘Submitted for Approval,’ 10.11.19, Nickelodeon. A new member joins the Midnight Society. ‘Nothing bad is gonna happen on this ride. Just relax.’
• BLACK MIRROR, ‘Smithereens,’ 6.5.19, Netflix. An Uber driver has another destination in mind. ‘Do you mind if I follow an alternate route?’
• THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA, ‘An Exorcism in Greendale,’ 10.26.19, Netflix. A demon inhabits Uncle Jesse. ‘Mephistopheles, save us from the dramatics of a teenage witch.’
• CREEPSHOW, ‘The Man in the Suitcase,’ 10/10/19, Shudder. An unexpected visitor has magical powers. ‘An unfortunate condition causes me to produce gold when I am in pain.’
• DOCTOR WHO, ‘Resolution,’ 12.31.19, BBC. The 13^th Doctor confronts the Daleks. ‘Don’t take that with alcohol, you’ll grow an extra head.’
• EVIL, ‘October 31,’ 10.24.19, CBS.  Halloween and an exorcism are a deadly combination. ‘Kindness is hypocrisy.’
• INTO THE DARK, ‘All That We Destroy,’ 5.3.19, Hulu. For Mother’s Day, an experiment with clones and family. ‘How many times has he killed me?’
• THE MANDALORIAN, ‘Chapter Two: The Child,’ 11.15.19, DIsney+. Baby Yoda uses the Force to save his protector. ‘May it survive and bring you a handsome reward.’
• MARIANNE. ‘You Left Her’  9.13.19, Netflix. Friends return to an old school for a ritual.  ‘She’s a witch. I wrote these books to fight against her.’
• NOS4A2, ‘The Gas Mask Man,’ 6.2.19, AMC. A sinister Christmas is coming at the school. ‘He’s hunting you.’
• STAR TREK DISCOVERY, ‘Such Sweet Sorrow’ 4.11.19, CBS Access. The saga of Captain Pike ends where it began. ‘There’s a whole galaxy out there full of people who will reach for you.’
• STRANGER THINGS 3: ‘The Battle of Starcourt,’ 7.4.19, Netflix. The Mind Flayer comes for El. ‘The hurt is good. It means you’re out of that cave..’
• SUPERNATURAL, ;Atomic Monsters,’ 11.7.19. Final season finds Sam and Dean on the road again. ‘You’ve got to stop calling yourself “The Meat Man”. It doesn’t mean what you think it means.’
• THE TWILIGHT ZONE, ‘Replay,’ 4/1/19, CBS Access. A camcorder rewinds time on a racist cop. ‘Only by embracing her past could she protect her son’s future.’
• THE WALKING DEAD, ‘We Are the End of the World,’ 10.13.19, AMC. The origins of Alpha and Beta.  ‘There is clarity in the chaos. Do you doubt me?’
• WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, ‘The Trial, 5.8.19, FX. Vampires stand accused by a tribunal of their peers. ‘We might have floated the idea of murdering him, but we didn’t do it. Did we??’

18) BEST WEBSITE

• Anatomy of a Scream  Inclusive horror views and Grim magazine.
• Birth.Movies.Death Where movies are everything.
• Bloody Disgusting  Tracking the latest across all of horror’s platforms.
• The Bloody Pit of Rod  Musings on horror and monsters.
• Collinsport Historical Society  Keeping Barnabas Collins and friends eternal.
• Daily Dead  Breaking news and an all-service horror site.
• Diabolique The magazine alive in a digital world.
• Dread Central  Horror’s front page.
• Dr. Gangrene’s Mad Blog  Nashville’s multilmedia horror host.
• File 770  Long established science fiction fandom and scholarship site.
• Final Girl  Stacey Ponder’s cinema survival guide.
• George E. Chastain’s Monster Pieces  The amazing artwork of a true Monster Kid.
• Graveyard Shift Sisters Women of color embrace horror.
• Haunted Cinema  Articles and interviews of horror.
• Horror and Sons From classics to modern horrors, reviews and more.
• The Horrors of It All  Horror comics of the 50s lurk here.
• It Came From … Musings by David Weiner, nostalgia curator.
• Latarnia Fantastique International Home of Euro and world horror.
• Kindertrauma  The things that scared you as a kid, reborn.
• Mondo Cult Horror is just part of the edgy culture here.
• Monster Kid Clubhouse  A gathering place for classic horrors.
• Monsters After Midnight  Interviews and profiles.
• Ravenous Monster   Devouring all things monstrous.
• Scared Silly  Paul Castiglia’s tribute to classic horror comedies.
• SciFi Japan  Many experts at Earth’s kaiju headquarters.
• Sin Street Sleaze  John Harrison walks the backstreets of horror.
• Terror from Beyond the Dave  A singular version of horror madness.
• Terror Universal  Daria Lavia’s monster site in Argentina (Spanish and English)
• Universal Horror & Classic Creatures A Facebook page with rare photos and more.
• Universal Monster Army  Ultimate destination for models, toys, collectibles.
• Video WatchBlog  Tim Lucas on the magic of cinema, music and life.
• Women in Horror Month  Resources and links reach far beyond February.
• World of Monsters  Formerly Monster Magazine World