Well, this was an unexpected surprise. The RONDO HATTON CLASSIC HORROR AWARDS have named THE COLLINSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY the "Best Blog" of 2012! All I hoped for was to get DARK SHADOWS mentioned somewhere in this year's award winners. I've been a big fan of Pierre Fournier's FRANKENSTEINIA and Stacie Ponder's FINAL GIRL blogs for years, and it was just a thrill to see my blog mentioned next to theirs in the list of nominees.I never dreamed this site had a chance at actually winning.
And that's not all: DARK SHADOWS was mentioned frequently throughout the award winners. Here's the complete list:
BEST BLOG
THE COLLINSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MICHAEL CULHANE, interviews Jonathan Frid and other original DARK SHADOWS cast members, FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #261
FILM MOST IN NEED OF DVD RELEASE OR RESTORATION
NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS (1971)
BEST THEMED ISSUE (tie)
MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #30 (Vincent Price Remembered)
*VIDEO WATCHDOG #169 (Dark Shadows)
BEST CLASSIC DVD
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (Blu-Ray)
Runners-up: ROSEMARY'S BABY; GOJIRA/GODZILLA (Criterion Blu-Ray)
*Honorable mentions: NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS/HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS; TWINS OF EVIL
BEST CLASSIC HORROR COLLECTION
UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION (Blu-Ray)
*Runner-up: DARK SHADOWS: Complete Original Series (131 DVDs)
BEST FILM OF 2012
CABIN IN THE WOODS
Runner-up: THE AVENGERS
*Honorable mention: WOMAN IN BLACK; DARK SHADOWS
Thanks to all of you who voted, as well as to those of you who meant to vote but forgot (I was almost among the latter, myself.) I'm also incredibly grateful to people like Will McKinley, Patrick McCray, David-Elijah Nahmod, Darren Gross, Jessica Dwyer and Bill Branch, who have pitched in over the last year to help make this website about something more than my own eccentric ramblings. The cast members of the original show have also been incredibly kind to me. Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby, Sharon Lentz and Lara Parker have all added an air of legitimacy to THE COLLINSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY by visiting with us. This site's first year has been fun and surreal ... and we're just getting started.
9 comments:
Great You really deserve this Award... You have such a wonderful Blog.... Keep up the Great work... the Doctor
Yayyy!!! Outstanding blog! It has become my morning paper.
LET'S PARTY!
We will put together a nice post at the "Crypt" of this great achievement
as will as a bit on Dark Shadows... "Papermau" and its wonderful "paper craft" projects... (Free Downloads for your crafting fun) Yours it the blog that we most enjoy ... Posting a "Shout out" on you and this great Award... It will be an Honor to do so... A great day to you and All of your followers
Bigtime Congratulations! So good to see great work suitably rewarded.
And thanks for the kind words!
Congrats! You deserve it!! Great job!
So happy to see so many Dark Shadows entries.
Especially Night of DS needing restoration!
We have been watching "Night of Dark Shadows" in segments on You Tube.... Manya Great film are still available in "segments" at You Tube.... so watch these Movie ...before You Tube Deletes them All...
proud of the hard work you have put into this...proud that we were such fans of DS and you picked up the torch and carried on...
Congratulations, Wallace! You totally deserve this honor!
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