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Congratulations to the 2025 Spook-A-Doodle Bracketology Tournament & Movie Club Champion mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats! Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Tokuzō Tanaka, and Bin Kato brought it all home.

Come on back for the 2026 season of Bracketology. A big messy excuse for a bunch of friends to draw random horror films and watch them together while boasting about "wins" and crowning a "champion."

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Chainsaws & Spaceships Conference
- Chainsaws & Spaceships 15 Seed Play In: (Kangra’s True Detective) Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room def (Darth’s Team Anime Blender) Nakamura Keito’s Hell Target
- Chainsaws & Spaceships 16 Seed Play In: Aldo Lado’s Who Saw Her Die? def Sergio Martino’s Slave of the Cannibal God
- 14. (Demonio Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Tai Katō’s I, the Executioner def 3. Koji Shiraishi’s Ju-rei: The Uncanny
- 6. Terence Fisher’s The Curse of Frankenstein def 11. (Goat’s Bracketology Redux) Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy
- 4. Roger Corman’s It Conquered the World def 13. (twernt’s Revenge of the ghost of the remake's creature's bride) Oliver Hirschbiegel’s The Invasion
- 5. (Goat’s Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities) Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eyes def 12. (Darth’s Team Parts of the Body) Charles Saunders’ The Woman Eater
- 16. Aldo Lado’s Late Night Trains def 1. Tobe Hooper’s Dance of the Dead
- 8. (Goat’s All Hail Stephen King) Rob Reiner’s Misery draw 9. (Darth’s Team Japanese Whimsy) Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Cute Devil
- 15. (Kangra’s True Detectives) Jeremy Saulnier’s Murder Party def 2. (Weapon X’s In Space No One Can Hear You Stream) Rob Lieberman’s Fire in the Sky
- 10. (Darth’s Team Killer Kiddies) Lew Lehman’s The Pit def 7. (Goat’s Ladies Night) Jill Gevargizian’s The Stylist
- 4. Roger Corman’s Attack of the Crab Monsters draw 5. (Goat’s Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities) Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos
- 8. (Goat’s All Hail Stephen King) Frank Darabont’s The Mist def 9. (Darth’s Team Japanese Whimsy) Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Legend of the Cat Monster and 16. Aldo Lado’s Short Night of Glass Dolls
- 15. (Kangra’s True Detective) Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin def 10. (Darth’s Team Killer Kiddies) Pascal Franchot’s Milo
- 6. Terence Fisher’s The Man Who Could Cheat Death draw 14. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Kwon Cheol-hwi’s The Public Cemetery Under the Moon

Demons & Dolls Conference
- Demons & Dolls 15 Seed Play In: (Darth’s Team Almost Mainstream) Rodman Flender’s Idle Hands def (Weapon X’s The Zombie Brothers) Rob Zombie’s The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
- Demons & Dolls 16 Seed Play In: (Darth’s Team Kookies with Nuts) Ed Hunt’s Bloody Birthday def Noboru Iguchi’s Tomie: Unlimited
- 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Yoshihiro Ishikawa’s Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit def 14. Alexandre Aja’s Oxygen
- 6. Lucio Fulci’s The Black Cat def 11. (Dearth’s Team Drowning in Atmosphere) Lawrie Brewster’s The Unkindness of Ravens
- 13. (Weapon X’s Teamsidious) Adam Robitel’s Escape Room def 4. Lamberto Bava’s Dinner with a Vampire
- 12. Jack Hill’s Isle of the Snake People def 5. Ratno Timoer’s The Devil's Sword
- 1. Wes Craven’s Scream 3 def 16. (Darth’s Team Kookies with Nuts) Chris Walas’ The Vagrant
- 8. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: The Americas) Arch Hudson’s Tortured Females def 9. (Kangra’s It's Fun to be a Vampire) Wolfgang Groos’ Vampire Sisters
- 2. Ishirō Honda’s King Kong Escapes def 15. (Darth’s Team Almost Mainstream) Rodman Flender’s Eat Brains Love
- 7. (Weapon X’s Acolytes of Corman) James Cameron’s The Terminator def 10. (Darth’s Team Ladies Love Cruel Jams) Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane
- 8. (Demonio Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: The Americas) Sidney Drew’s A Florida Enchantment def 1. Wes Craven’s Vampire in Brooklyn
- 12. Jack Hill’s Blood Bath def 13. (Weapon X’s Teamsidious) James Wan’s Saw
- 2. Ishiro Honda’s Matango draw 7. (Weapon X’s Acolytes of Corman) Monte Hellman’s Beast from Haunted Cave
- 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Bin Kato’s The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing draw 6. Lucio Fulci’s Ænigma

[b]Monsters and Dollhouse Conference[/b]
- Monsters and Dollhouse 15 Seed Play In: (Kangra’s Koreans Gone Global) Park Chan-wook’s Stoker def (Weapon X’s Empire International Pictures All-Stars) George Pavlou’s RawheadRex
- Monsters and Dollhouse 16 Seed Play In: (Goat’s Yas Queen) Lucky McKee’s May def (Weapon X’s Freddy's Nightmares) Rachel Talalay’s Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- 4. (Goat’s The Magical Muppet Wizardry of Jim Henson and Friends) John Cherry’s Ernest Scared Stupid def 13. Jack Sholder’s 12 Days Of Terror
- 12. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Europe) Massimo Pupillo’s Terror-Creatures from the Grave def 5. (Darth’s Team Gems from the Video Store) Andy Ruben’s Club Vampire
- 3. Dario Argento’s Phenomena def 14. Roy Ward Baker’s Scars of Dracula
- 11. (Goat’s Lewton Bus) Jacques Tourneur’s The Comedy of Terrors def 6. (Opopanax’s Contemporary Weirdos) Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness
- 1. (Basebf’s Monsters, Monsters, and More Monsters) John Frankenheimer & Richard Stanley’s The Island of Dr. Moreau draw 16. (Goat’s Yas Queen) Chris Siverston & Lucky McKee’s All Cheerleaders Die
- 8. (Darth’s Team Those Damn Teens!) The Craft def 9. John Carl Buechler’s Watchers Reborn
- 15. (Kangra’s Koreans Gone Global) Kim Jee-woon’s A Tale of Two Sisters def 2. (Class3KillStorm’s Chucky and His Pals) John Lafia’s Monster!
- 7. Larry Fessenden’s Blackout def 10. Lloyd Kaufman’s The Toxic Avenger Part II
- 16. (Goat’s Yas Queen) Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day 2U def 1. (Basbef’s Monsters, Monsters, and More Monsters) Nathan Juran’s Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and 8. (Darth’s Team Those Damn Teens!) Peter R. Simpson and Ron Oliver’s Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
- 4. (Goat’s The Magical Muppet Wizardry of Jim Henson and Friends” Jim Henson’s The Cube def 12. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Europe) Massimo Pupillo’s Bloody Pit of Horror
- 3. Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage def 11. (Goat’s Lewton Bus) Jacques Tourneur’s The Leopard Man
- 7. Larry Fessenden’s Depraved def 15. (Kangra’s Koreans Gone Global) Lee Chang-dong’s Burning

Bodices & Bugs
- 15 Seed Play In: (Goat’s Scream Queens) Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin’s Abigail def (Kangra’s A Crate of Crichton Fright Freight) Mike Hodges’ Black Rainbow
- 16 Seed Play In: (Weapon X’s The Shyamalan’s) M Night Shyamalan’s Old def Tommy Wirkola’s Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead
- 3. (Steve's Monster Blockbusters) Steven Spielberg’s Jaws def 14. Hideo Nakata’s The Incite Mill
- 6. (Goat’s Horror Noire) William Crain’s Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde def 11. (twernt’s Wyrd Woods and Macabre Magick) Erik Blomberg’s The White Reindeer
- 4. Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder! def 13. (Goat’s The Enemies of Horror) Brea Grant’s Torn Hearts
- 5. (ReAnimated) Jim Stenstrum, Kazumi Fukushima, Hiroshi Aoyama’s Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island def 12. Charles Band’s Ooga Booga
- 16. (Weapon X’s The Shyamalans) M. Night Shyamalan’s Split def 1. Freddie Francis’ Son of Dracula
- 9. (Darth’s Team Cute Surprises) Howard R. Cohen’s Saturday the 14th def 8. (twernt’s Sharksploitation) Misty Talley’s Zombie Shark
- 15. (Goat’s Scream Queens) Ti West’s Maxxxine def 2. Takashi Miike’s Detective Story
- 7. (Darth’s Team Special Directs) Dennis Muren’s The Equinox def 10. The Soska Sisters’ American Mary
- 4. Alfred Hitchcock’s State Fright def 5. (twernt’s ReAnimated) Alberto Vázquez’s Unicorn Wars
- 9. (Darth’s Team Cute Surprises) Howard Storm’s Once Bitten def 16. (Weapon X’s The Shyamalans) M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap
- 3. (Basebf’s Steve's Monster Blockbusters) Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane draw 6. (Goat’s Horror Noire) Tim Story’s The Blackening
- 15. (Goat’s Scream Queens) Ti West’s The House of the Devil def 7. (Darth’s Team Special Directs) Tom Savini, Michael Fischa, and Jeff Monahan’s Deadtime Stories

Sweet Sixteen
- 5. (Goat’s Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities) Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army def 4. Roger Corman’s The Little Shop of Horrors and 8. (Goat’s All Hail Stephen King) Mike Flanagan’s Oculus
- 14. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Satsuo Yamamoto’s The Bride from Hardes def 6. Terence Fisher’s The Earth Dies Screaming and 15. (Kangra’s True Detective) Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark
- 8. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: The Americas) Peter Perry Jr.’s Honeymoon of Terror draw 12. Jack Hill’s Fear Chamber
- 2. Ishirō Honda’s The Mysterians draw 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Tokuzō Tanaka’s Haunted Castle draw 6. Lucio Fulci’s A Cat in the Brain der 7. (Weapon X’s Acolytes of Corman) Sean S. Cunningham, Ken Russell, John Gaeta, Joe Dante, and Monte Hellman’s Trapped Ashes
- 3. Dario Argento’s Trauma def 7. Larry Fessenden’s Wendigo
- 4. (Goat’s The Magical Muppet Wizardry of Jim Henson and Friends) Kirk R. Thatcher’s Muppet’s Haunted Mansion def 16. (Goat’s Yas Queen) Lucky McKee’s Old Man
- 3. (Basebf’s Steve's Monster Blockbusters) Steven Soderbergh’s Presence def 6. (Goat’s Horror Noire) -Sweetheart and 15. (Goat’s Scream Queens) Ti West’s X
- 16. (Weapon X’s The Shyamalan’s) Knock at the Cabin def 4. Alfred Hitchcock’s Easy Virtue

Elite Eight
- 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Yoshihiro Ishikawa’s The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond def 2. Ishirō Honda’s All Monsters Attack and 6. Lucio Fulci’s A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and 8. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: The Americas) Jack Hill and John Lamb’s Mondo Keyhole and 12. Jack Hill’s The Host
- 14. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Tai Katō’s The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost def 5. (Goat’s Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- 4. (Goat’s The Magical Muppet Wizardry of Jim Henson and Friends) Bill Watterson’s Dave Made a Maze def 3. Dario Argento’s The Mother of Tears
- 16. (Weapon X’s The Shyamalan’s) M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village def 3. (Basebf’s Steve's Monster Blockbusters) Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects

Final Four
- 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Tokuzō Tanaka’s The Snow Woman def 4. (Goat’s The Magical Muppet Wizardry of Jim Henson and Friends) Frank Oz’s The Stepford Wives
- 14. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Kiyohiko Ushihara’s The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen def 16. (Weapon X’s The Shyamalan’s) Ishana Night Shyamalan’s The Watchers

Championships
- 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Tokuzō Tanaka’s The Snow Woman def 14. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Tai Katō’s I, The Executioner
- 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Yoshihiro Ishikawa’s Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit def 14. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Tai Katō’s The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost
- 3. (mbd’s Mostly Japanese Ghost Cats) Tokuzō Tanaka’s The Demon of Mount Oe draw 14. (Demonia Azul’s The Forgotten Heroes of Garbage: Asia) Kwon Hyeok-Jin’s Space Monster Wangmagwi