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SCREAMING AT WINNING A RONDO!

30 Apr 2024 Leave a comment

by screamingsoup in Uncategorized Tags: 2023, 2024, animated, awards, best, Billy, cartoon, classic horror, cowboy, Deadwest, documentary, facebook, horror, host, killer tomatoes, monster, movie, retrospective, review, rondo, rondo hatton, screaming, Screaming Soup!, skeleton, soup, twitter, win, winner, youtube

Howdy there, Scream Freaks! What has two thumbs and just won themselves a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award? Screaming Soup! Presents the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective, that’s what!

Yee-haw! We did it!! After all these years, we finally snagged ourselves one of the toughest, most sought after awards in the horror community, and it’s all thanks to y’all. Seriously — without yer votes and help wranglin’ in others’ support, there’s no way we could have taken home the award fer Best Documentary of 2023!

This recognition means more to us than we can express. With Svengoolie practically dominatin’ the Favorite Horror Host category since the Rondo’s earliest days, we had to get creative with other ways fer obtainin’ one of these coveted busts of undeniable achievement, and we still can’t believe it paid off. Skewin’ our sights fer horror host gold toward other categories we could be represented in, we felt we had a fightin’ chance in Best Documentary with our be-all end-all retrospective on the Killer Tomatoes franchise, and that gut instinct luckily proved to be more than just ingestion.

While it ain’t specifically “the” Rondo fer horror hostin’, we still see it as a horror host win, ’cause the documentary’s presented in that format with us front and center through the whole shebang, animated shenanigans and all. Yessir, whatever shade of gray ya paint it, no one can deny we’re in the club now, and we’re proudly checkin’ this sucker off our bucket list!

Shout out to all our amigos and their Rondo achievements this year — Mr. Lobo and Mummy and the Monkey’s Honorable Mention fer Favorite Horror Host, Dinosaur Dracula’s Honorable Mention fer Best Website, Jessica Dwyer’s Honorable Mention fer Best Interview, and Movie Dumpster’s Runner-up fer Best Podcast. Congrats, partners!

Aside from all the latest awards, big stuff has been happenin’ behind the scenes as we steadily bring our next episode together. While animatin’ a noodle ticklin’ encounter with the mummy as Count Ted‘s next monstrous addition to his gang, we’ve been workin’ with a fang-tastic journalist wantin’ to feature Screaming Soup! in an upcomin’ issue of Lost Anarchy Magazine (more on that soon) and dippin’ our toes into the adult collectibles market as freelance concept artists fer an up and coming company specializing in the manufacturing of pop culture related collectibles. So, busy in the best way as usual, and we’ll have lots more to share on those updates in future posts as they ‘come further ‘long in their progress.

Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, purchase exclusive merch, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .

See ya later, Scream Freaks!

SCREAMING AT THE RONDOS!

06 Mar 2024 Leave a comment

by screamingsoup in Uncategorized Tags: 1, 2023, 2024, animated, award, best, Billy, cartoon, comic, cowboy, Deadwest, documentary, facebook, horror, host, killer, killer tomatoes, monster, movie, retrospective, review, rondo, rondo hatton, rondo hatton award, screaming, Screaming Soup!, skeleton, soup, TOMATOES, twitter, vote, youtube

Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Ya know, they say ya put good things out in the world, you can expect good things back, and that’s never truer than with our latest update!

It’s time again fer the annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, and fer ya’ll who don’t know, this is essentially the Oscars of horror entertainment. Every year, the Rondos provide fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite horror flicks, books, comics, mags, horror hosts, and more from the previous year, and in our case —- Best Documentary! Yessir, our Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective is officially nominated fer one of these coveted recognitions, and we’re hot to win!

But we can’t do this without you, Scream Freaks! ‘Cause ‘member — the Rondos are decided by fans for fans, so we need yer help in achievin’ this highest of horrific honors!

All it takes is a quick email!

Email: taraco@aol.com
Subject: Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
Message: (Your Name) + Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective for Best Documentary.

Can it be any simpler?

And of course, there’s more to the Rondo’s ballot with numerous artists, actors, writers, etc. in other horror categories lookin’ fer a win, so take a peek at anything else ya wanna give yer two cents on in that same email. ‘Member, you can vote on as many of the categories as ya want, so help make others’ nightmares come true. Find the rest of the ballot at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards site HERE. Voting ends 4/16/24 at midnight!

Speakin’ of awards, be sure to catch us Sunday night 3/10/24, as we once again present the award for Best Horror Animation of 2023 at the Ahh Scares!, sponsored by our amigos, the Horror Addicts! We’ll once ‘gain be joined by one helluva line-up of new and returnin’ horror entertainers recognizin’ last year’s top shelf picks from movies to video games, books, actors, and more, so don’t miss out! Click HERE to watch the LIVE premier, and tell ’em Deadwest sent ya!

See ya later, Scream Freaks!

SCREAMING AT RONDO AWARDS VOTING!

04 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by screamingsoup in Uncategorized Tags: 18, 2020, animated, award, cartoon, classic, comic, cowboy, Deadwest, facebook, hatton, horror, host, monster, movie, review, rondo, screaming, Screaming Soup!, skeleton, soup, twitter, vote, youtube

Howdy there, Scream Freaks! We’ve got some great news this week. Thanks to y’all’s amazin’ support to help us gain more recognition as the web’s #1 animated horror host show, our screams have been heard, and Screaming Soup! has been officially nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Favorite Horror Host.

We did it!

But while we consider that nomination a big win for us, the toughest part has just begun as we gotta now rally y’all once more to send in yer votes so we can take home that beautiful bald head of a status symbol. And it’s fierce competition, let us tell ya. Not only are we up ‘gainst Svengoolie’s nine year winnin’ streak, but other big name hosts like Joe Bob Briggs and Elvira, not to mention friends like Mr. Lobo and Mummy and the Monkey. Yessir, there’s ‘nough room in the coffin fer all horror hosts, but only one Rondo Award!

So, let’s ride out and conquer, Scream Freaks! Read the directions below and let the Rondo Awards know the future of horror hostin’ is here!!

Other than that, be sure to catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74!

VOTE for Deadwest as yer favorite horror host for the 18th annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards! Simply copy paste “Favorite Horror Host: Deadwest from Screaming Soup!” into an email with your name and shoot that vote to taraco@aol.com by 3/29/20. To vote in the other award categories, check out the full ballot HERE.

See ya later, Scream Freaks!

SCREAMING AT THE RONDO AWARDS!

17 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by screamingsoup in Uncategorized Tags: 18, 2019, animated, cartoon, cowboy, Deadwest, facebook, horror, host, monster, movie, review, rondo, rondo hatton classic horror awards, screaming, Screaming Soup!, skeleton, soup, twitter, vote, youtube

Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Rockin’ and a rollin’ through these first weeks into the new year, we’re continuin’ to work our tails off to deliver the best animated horror host show to yer faces, and we’re comin’ closer and closer to releasin’ the next excitin’ episode as we speak. In the meantime, contemporaries of ours have alerted us it’s time ‘gain for one of the most coveted award seasons in the horror community – the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards or Rondos for short!

For those of ya in the dark, the Rondo is a prestigious symbol of acclaim ‘mong horror fans that’s been honorin’ a crazy spread of top shelf talent associated with classic horror since 2002. Modelin’ it’s awards after actor Rondo Hatton’s malformed mug (specifically from his role as the Creeper in Universal’s House of Horrors, but y’all probably recognize him best as the inspiration for Lothar’s make-up in The Rocketeer), these mini-busts are essentially love messages from fans, ’cause they’re the ones who vote on who they think is most deservin’ of these babies. Votin’ by an open ballot, fans have successfully helped creative individuals win in categories that include best movie commentary, magazine cover, comic book, toy, website . . . and the whole reason we’re bringin’ all this up – favorite horror host!

You already know what we’re gonna say, Scream Freaks, so scream it with us – Let’s get us a Rondo!

Elvira’s got one, Count Gore De Vol’s got one, Svengoolie’s got a record breakin’ coffin full of ’em as the favorite host of this past decade practically . . . it’s time Screaming Soup! step in the arena and shake things up and show ’em how we’re reinventing horror hostin’ for the 21st century!

First things first. To be part of the ballot, we have to be nominated. Luckily, this is easy ‘nough. All anyone has to do is visit the Rondo’s Classic Horror Film Board (click HERE to go directly to it), take a minute to sign up with Taptalk so ya can comment on the forum, and when all that’s set-up, leave the board a message sayin’ ya want to nominate Deadwest from Screaming Soup! for favorite horror host and be sure to include our site address, ScreamingSoup.com, and a reason why ya want to nominate us as yer favorite. We only have ’til the end of January to get Rondo’s attention for addin’ us to the official ballot fans will be openly votin’ on 2/2/20, so giddy up, Scream Freaks and thank ya fer everythin’ ya do!

See ya later, Scream Freaks!