Showing posts with label My First Trip Abroad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My First Trip Abroad. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

13th Annual Rondo Awards | The Vincent Price Journal nominated for a second year

Now in its 13th year, The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards will be held on Sunday 19 April, and the polls are now open for your vote and support.

This year, there are six categories in which fans have embraced the legacy of Vincent Price; with my own blog The Vincent Price Journal (aka My First Trip Abroad) being nominated a second year in a row. As it was the winner last year, I'm not expecting to win again, however if you do want to vote for me again, then I thank you so much!

As for the other Vincent Price-related nominees, I've listed them below for your consideration (the numbers represent the order they appear in the poll). Of course, you should check out the full list as there are lots of worthy treats on offer.




4. BEST DVD/BLU-RAY COLLECTION
– The Vincent Price Collection: Volume 2 (Scream Factory).
 

5. BEST RESTORATION OR UPGRADE
– Theatre of Blood (Arrow). Check out my review (here)

6. BEST COMMENTARY
– Return of the Fly (Shout!). With David del Valle and actor Brett Halsey.
– Tomb of Ligeia (Shout!). With historian Constantine Nasr. 

7. BEST DVD EXTRA
– Pit and the Pendulum: Behind the Swinging Blade (Arrow). Directed by Calum Waddell. Check out my review (here)

19. BEST BLOG OR ONLINE COLUMN OF 2014
– The Vincent Price Journal (aka My First Trip Abroad). This is my real-time travel blog based on Vincent's 1928 hand-written journal. 

23. BEST MULTIMEDIA (PODCAST OR STREAMING) OF 2014
– The Fantastic Films of Vincent Price. A chronological video review series by Dr Gangrene. 

HOW TO VOTE: All voting is by e-mail only. Simply copy the ballot (click here for the full one) and send an e-mail with your picks to, David Colton, at taraco@aol.com by Sunday night at midnight (US time), April 19.




Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | My First Trip Abroad wins Best Blog 2013



The undying legacies of Edgar Allan Poe and Vincent Price prevailed in the 12th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, announced May 12 after an online vote by fans and genre professionals worldwide.

Projects linked to Poe, Price or Roger Corman’s adaptations collected six Rondo awards in all, including Best DVD Collection, Best DVD Commentary, Best DVD Extra and Best Magazine Issue.  The trend carried over to a Poe radio podcast and even to a blog, devoted to Price’s 1928 trip to Europe, reproduced in the young actor’s hand-written journal, which won Best Blog 2013.




The Rondo Awards, named after Rondo Hatton, an obscure B-movie villain of the 1940s, celebrate the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation. This year’s e-mail vote, conducted by the Classic Horror Film Board, a 19-year old online community, drew nearly 3,400 ballots. The 35-category ballot is the largest survey of the classic horror genre held each year, and nominees and winners tilt decidedly toward horrors of the 1920s-60s.

For more on this year’s winners, check out the full press release [here]

A NOTE OF THANKS: I'm really chuffed that my blog, My First Trip Abroad, has won Best Blog 2013 at this year's Rondos and I would like to thank everyone of you who supported me in maintaining Vincent Price's legacy online. Now, do please pass on the link onto your friends and kin, so that they to can experience the ride back to 1928: http://vincentpricejournal.wordpress.com/

Yours
Peter Fuller