2024 Rondo Awards Nominees

Online voting has begun for the 22nd Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. You’re invited to vote for your favorites in any or all 28 categories. Click the link for instructions and the complete ballot. The deadline to participate is midnight April 16.

Don’t be shy about voting for Steve Vertlieb’s “Subversion of Innocence: Reflections on ‘The Black Cat’” from File 770, a Rondo nominee for Best Article! (Congratulations, Steve!)

And as a teaser, below are the Best Film and Best TV Presentation nominees.

BEST FILM OF 2023

Includes wide release, video-on-demand and streaming

  • THE CREATOR
  • EVIL DEAD RISE
  • THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER
  • FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S
  • GODZILLA MINUS ONE
  • INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
  • KNOCK AT THE CABIN
  • LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER
  • LEAVING THE WORLD BEHIND
  • M3GAN
  • NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU
  • THE NUN II
  • RENFIELD
  • SCREAM VI
  • TALK TO ME

BEST TV PRESENTATION

  • AHSOKA, Disney+ Reluctant Jedi encounters the ghost of Anakin Skywalker. ‘Let’s just say I didn’t follow standard Jedi protocol.’
  • CHUCKY, SyFy. There’s a new visitor to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. ‘How do we get into the White House?’
  • CREEPSHOW, Shudder. Anthology series in its fourth season. ‘See you around the graveyard, kid.’
  • DOCTOR WHO BBC/Disney+ In series of specials, the 13th Doctor regenerates into a familiar 14th, and then a 15th. ‘I know these teeth.’
  • THE FALLOF THE HOUSE OF USHER, Netflix. Mike Flanagan connects a modern world of Poe adaptations.  ‘In this little pill is a world without pain. This world needs changing.’
  • FOUNDATION, Apple+ Isaac Asimov’s epic trilogy brought to life, with psychohistory twists. ‘I’ve met Hari Seldon. I’m used to fame.’
  • THE LAST OF US, HBO. A young girl is immune to the violent infection that has decimated the world. ‘Bomb this city and everyone in it.’
  • MONARCH: Legacy of Monsters. AppleTV+. Prequel series with Godzilla and the Titans. ‘If you want to save millions of lives, we can use some help.’
  • STAR TREK: PICARD Paramount+. Every crew member of Next Generation unites against the Borg. ‘What began over 35 years ago ends tonight.’
  • THE WALKING DEAD: Daryl Dixon, AMC. Fifth spinoff takes Daryl to Paris where zombie virus began. ‘If I don’t make it back, I want them to know I tried.’
  •  WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, FX. The misadventures of four vampires who live on Staten Island. ’Being a vampire is no different than being a human. We’re all just doing what it takes to survive.’

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2 thoughts on “2024 Rondo Awards Nominees

  1. That list of nominees is going to cost me money. I see a lot of things I want to buy. Movies, documentaries, nonfiction… Today I learned there’s a short documentary about “I, Monster”!

    Congrats to Steve Vertlieb for the nomination.

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