For "Video Watchdog"

For "Video WatchBlog"

For "Dr. Gangrene's Chiller Theater"

For 'Edgar Wallace and the Paternity of King Kong,' by Tim Lucas, VIDEO WATCHDOG #126

Makers of unforgettable monsters that conquered the world, the late Paul and Jackie Blaisdell brought a unique vision to 1950s science fiction. Their work and creatures will never be forgotten.

Joe Dante is the director who knows where his audience has been, and how to turn the comfortable thrills of childhood into something surprising and wise.

Before there were fans there was Don Glut, horror archivist, filmmaker, writer and scholar of monstrous worth. A walking Internet, he paved the way.

Whether at EC Comics or CREEPY, illustrator supreme Jack Davis knew the monsters had a whimsical side as well. His six-foot Frankenstein looms over us still.

Frank Frazetta brought elegance and soul to dragons and barbarians, heroes and monsters. He made our pulp fictions so real a generation of artists were inspired to try to find that same world. But only Frazetta lives there.

Mexican horror actor German Robles helped invent the modern vampire in his black- and-white films of the 1950s, inspiring Christopher Lee and his own nation to take horror seriously.