Coming at you twice a day (after today, where there will just be one) until the winner of the Best Blog award is unveiled next Tuesday, it’s time for the 2009 LAMMY Awards gala!

As I mentioned in the intro on the poll, any votes cast by ineligible voters would be discarded (eligible voters were LAMBs #1-282). There were 13 such ineligible voters; while I appreciate the effort, rules are rules. As a result, the outcomes of some of the races have been altered. On the bright side, at least this might snap some mystery back into seeing who won and lost. Anyway, on to the awards!

Best Random LAMB Banner
This was tied for the most active category, with 56 votes, and was one of the closest races, resulting in a tie for first place and a tie for 3rd place.

3rd place (tie): Reel Whore and The Flesh Eating Blog (10 votes)

And the winners, with 13 votes are…

Anchorwoman in Peril! and Evil on Two Legs

LAMMY Banners will be emailed to the winners and runner-ups after all the awards have been presented (in this case, there will be no runner-up banner; just the two winners will get one). Congratulations!

* Evil on Two Legs is giving away some free stuff in their “name-that-movie-super-amazing-fun-time contest.” Basically that boils down to them giving away a free copy of Clive Barker’s Jericho (xbox360) and a eo2l t-shirt (or mousepad, or coffee mug, or whatever the winner would like) to whomever can name all the movies in the 18 screenshots listed.

* It’s almost over, but Joseph Demme is hosting the Unseen DVD Blog-a-Thon over at Cinexcellence. Click the link for more details.

* For August, the Movie Fanatic will be doing a blog-a-thon of sorts that involve reviews and news about selected French movies with emphasis on actors/actresses we feature prominently at our site- Romain Duris, Clemence Poesy, Gaspard Ulliel, Louis Garrel, Malik Zidi and Ludivine Sagnier.

With special focus also on the movies of Francois Ozon.

* Starting August 11th and going through August 20th, Invasion of the B Movies will be hosting a guilty pleasures blog-a-thon, about those movies that most of society deem unworthy, stupid, or whatever, but DAMMIT you can’t help but love.

If anybody wishes to participate, just list 10 guilty pleasures on your blog and send Jason a link email (invasionofthebmovies at gmail dot com).

Got something to plug? An upcoming blog-a-thon, an independent film or a film festival in your area that’s looking for exposure? Send me the details (please keep it short) and I’ll include it as part of this semi-regular feature.

(Editor’s note: A special thank you to Corey from Evil on Two Legs for providing me with a javascript file that finally allows me to link the Random LAMB Banners to their respective sites. I’ve updated all the code to reflect this, making them that much more effective. Thanks!)

URL: http://www.evilontwolegs.com/

Site Name: Evil on Two Legs

What is the main focus of your site (reviews, editorials, news, lists, etc.)?
Our site is primarily focused on slasher films from the 70s and onwards, but anything horror related is fair game. Occasionally we review obscure films or do things like review films in haiku format, but usually we try to stay away from news and traditional reviews because… well, that’s what bloody-disgusting and rotten tomatoes are for, right? Normally we try to write about films we love or hate from a less obvious angle (e.g., A Nighmare on Elm Street: 10 Pointless Observations, Fan Art Field Trip: Friday the 13th Edition, and Top 10 Reaosns Horror Fans Should Be Poetry Fans).

What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
I write because I love the horror genre and love writing about it. One of the more unique aspects of evilontwolegs.com is that it’s written by two people; I enjoy writing for the site so much because my co-author and I are constantly pushing each other to improve our writing which consistently leads to better and better posts. We never publish anything until the other has had a chance to properly insult, belittle and offer the occasional constructive comment on whatever article is in-progress. I don’t think either of us would enjoy it as much if the other wasn’t there to say “that sucks, start over” when necessary.

Do you prefer an interactive ‘community’ for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers are the students?
Funny you should say ‘teacher’ as my co-writer (Jon) is actually an English professor (which is why some of our posts sometimes turn to disgustingly academic topics like horror in poetry or the history of horror during the dawn of cinema). Some of his students actually read our site… However, I think he’d agree that our site is definitely community-based and anyone who has found our little site knows just as much about horror as we do. We simply like to draw attention to things people might not have noticed (or forgotten about) or try to look at things we’re all familiar with from a different perspective. We love discussions that break out in our own comments section and we try to visit and leave comments at other quality, similarly themed blogs as regularly as we can.

How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
I originally started EvilOnTwoLegs in 2001, but it vanished into internet obscurity for several years… but, like all great horror franchises, it eventually returned bigger, meaner and with a higher body count. The current site went live August, 2007. We spend a lot of time researching/editing our posts and they tend to be lengthy and filled with pictures and/or videos, so posting daily is not usually an option. We attempt to update the site twice a week.

Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
Corey: Halloween (1978), Evil Dead 2, Friday the 13th part VII: The New Blood
Jon: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Frankenstein (1931), Halloween (1978)

How did you hear about the LAMB?
At the definitive site in our little sub-genre… Final Girl.

Any additional comments, or give yourself an interview question that’s not listed above.
The scariest thing I’ve written about is definitely the world of slasher film fan art. I expected blood, guts and crudely drawn interpretations of my favorite horror icons… how was I to know that I’d encounter things far scarier than contained within any film — things like a pregnant jason voorhees, a my little pony jason, or jason getting molested by a female cat furry. Neither the Hostel nor Saw franchises contains anything that disturbing.