Congratulations to the 2021 Champions MacheteZombie’s The One n Dones!
(Charles Laughton, Kathryn Bigelow, Bill Gunn, James Bond III, Na Hong-jin, & Lesley Manning)
Ghostwatch, Near Dark, Night of the Hunter, Ganja ’N Hess, The Wailing, and Def By Temptation

💀🧑‍💻Spook-A-Doodle Bracketology Tournament & Movie Club Master List👩‍💻💀

Last year in the midst of all the madness of pandemics, shutdowns, racism, and autocrats a small rainbow appeared in what started as a pretty routine "lets do a tournament" thing and became a movie club with new friends. Months of watching new horror movies and revisiting old ones with the same people and discussing them because a bonding and therapeutic experience. And I'm lucky to be able to help keep it going with Bracketology II where we'll spend much of another year watching more horror movies together. And really there may be nothing in 2021 I'm looking more forward to.

Play-ins
- Italy #15 Seed: (STAC Goat’s Radio Silence) Joe Swanberg’s Silver Bullets def Ruggero Deodato’s Last Cannibal World and Mary Lambert’s Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
- Tokyo #16 Seed: (Franchescanado’s Team Vulgær) Gaspar Noé’s I Stand Alone def Charles Band’s Corona Zombies and (married but discreet’s Top Giallo Schmorgasboard) Duccio Tessar’s The Bloodstained Butterfly
- Doubles #16 Seed: (Tarnop's Predation) Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin def (married but discreet's Giallo B Team) Emilio Miraglia’s The Red Queen Kills Seven Times and M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening
- Italy #16 Seed: (TrixRabbi's Andrzej Żuławski & Other Poles) Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s Mother Joan of the Angels def (Debbie Does Dagon's Silent Scream) Teinosuke Kinugasa’s A Page of Madness and (STAC Goat's In Russia Doodle Spook You) Svyatoslav Podgaevsky’s The Bride
- American Slasher #16 Seed: (STAC Goat's Block Party) Ernest R. Dickerson’s Bones def (Tarnop's Lost & Found) Erik Kristopher Myers’s Butterfly Kisses and Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds

Field of 64
- 4. Lucio Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters def 13. (married but discreet’s Austrian Oscar Winners Who Also Do Horror) Michael Haneke’s Time of the Wolf
- 5. (Debbie Does Dagon’s Queer as in Fuck You) Nikos Nikolaidis’ Singapore Sling def 12. Larry Cohen’s See China and Die
- 4. (Franchescanado’s Femme Fatale) Claire Denis’ Trouble Every Day def 13. (STAC Goat’s Team “More 👏 Women 👏 Directors”) The Soska Sisters’ Rabid
- 5. (STAC Goat’s Team Grindhouse) Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty def 12. (TrixRabbi’s Spoof Comedy) Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters II
- 4. (MacheteZombie’s The One n Dones) Lesley Manning’s Ghostwatch def 13. (STAC Goat’s Team… I don’t know… Cat People?) Robert Wise's Audrey Rose[/b]
- 5. (married but discreet’s Wuxia Horror) Sun Chung’s Human Lanterns def 12. Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep
- 4. Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator def 13. (STAC Goat’s Just Two Weirdos Writing About Quirky Ladies Clumsily) Lucky McKee’s The Woods
- 5. (Debbie Does Dagon’s The NYC Grime Connection) Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 def 12. (Debbie Does Dagon’s Bon Appetit!) Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
- 3. (Irony or Death’s Team David) David Lynch’s Eraserhead def 14. Don Coscarelli’s John Dies At The End
- 11. (STAC Goat’s Team Universal) Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man def 6. Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell
- 3. Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce def 14. Terence Fisher’s Brides of Dracula
- 6. (Irony or Death’s The Nephilim) Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor def 11. (Debbie Does Dagon’s Team Deb Tricks You Into Watching Porn) Bruce LaBruce’s Otto; or, Up With Dead People
- 3. Joe Dante’s Gremlins 2: The New Batch def 14. Jack Hill’s Alien Terror
- 6. Park Chan Wook’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance def 11. (STAC Goat’s Enemies of Horror) Jeremy Gardner & Christian Stella’s After Midnight
- 3. George Romero’s Bruiser draws 14. Joel Schumacher’s Phantom of the Opera
- 6. (STAC Goat’s The Ghostbeaters) Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead def 11. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Seance
- 2. Shinya Tsukamoto’s Hiruko the Goblin def. 15. Jean Rollin’s The Demoniacs
- 7. (STAC Goat’s Creature Features) André Øvredal’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe def. 10. Herschell Gordon Lewis’s A Taste of Blood
- 15. Brian Yuzna’s Beneath Still Waters def 2. (STAC Goat’s Daddy Issues) Christopher Landon’s Scouts Guide to the Apocalypse
- 7. (A Conglomerate of People Who Hate Me’s Team It's Not A Cartoon, Mom! It's Art! 😫) Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue def 10. (STAC Goat’s Team XX) Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body
- 2. Wes Craven’s Cursed def 15. Lloyd Kaufman’s Return to… Return to Nuke ’Em High AKA Vol. 2
- 7. (Debbie Does Dagon’s Family Friendly) Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away def 10. (Kangra’s Team Sister Act) Andy Muschietti’s Mama
- 2. Mario Bava’s Black Sunday def 15. (STAC Goat’s Radio Silence) Glenn McQuaid’s I Sell the Dead
- 7. Roger Corman’s The Pit and The Pendulum def 10. Kôji Shiraishi’s Teke Teke
- 16. (Tarnop’s Predation) Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom def 1. (Tarnop’s Agents Provocateur) Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls
- 8. William Castle’s Mr. Sardonicus def 9. (Franchescanado’s Team Rule Breaker) Harmony Korine’s Julien Donkey Boy
- 1. John Carpenter’s The Thing def 16. (STAC Goat's Block Party) Vampires vs the Bronx
- 9. (STAC Goat’s As Seen On V/H/S) Ti West’s The Roost def 8. Ishiro Honda’s Varan- 16. (TrixRabbi's Andrzej Żuławski & Other Poles) On the Silver Globe def 1. Dario Argento’s Phantom of the Opera
- 8. (STAC Goat’s Team Ladies Night) Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid def 9. (STAC Goat’s The Silent Founders) Tod Browning’s Mark of the Vampire

Round Two!
- 4. Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead draws 5. (Debbie Does Dagon’s Queer as in Fuck You) Bertrand Mandico’s Les garçons sauvages aka The Wild Boys
- 16. (Francschendo’s Team Vulgær) Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built def 9. (Tarnop’s The Brutal Brits) Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers
- 11. (STAC Goat’s Team Universal) Jack Arnold’s Creature From The Black Lagoon def 3. (Irony or Death’s Team David) David Cronenberg’s Scanners
- 2. Shinya Tsukamoto’s Nightmare Detective draw 7. (STAC Goat’s Creature Features) Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy
- 4. (Franchescanado’s Femme Fatale) Mary Harron’s American Psycho def 5. (STAC Goat’s Team Grindhouse) Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof
- 16. (Tarnop’s Predation) Alice Lowe’s Prevenge def 8. William Castle’s I Saw What You Did
- 3. Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre def 6. (Irony or Death’s The Nephilim) Jennifer Chambers Lynch’s Chained
- 7. (A Conglomerate of People Who Hate Me’s Team It's Not A Cartoon, Mom! It's Art! 😫) Eiichi Yamamoto’s Belladonna of Sadness def 15. Brian Yuzna’s Amphibious 3D
- 4. (MacheteZombie’s The One n Dones) Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark def 5. (married but discreet’s Wuxia Horror) Ching Siu-Tung’s A Chinese Ghost Story II
- 1. John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars def 9. (STAC Goat’s W&W aka As Seen On V/H/S) Ti West’s The Sacrament
- 7. (Debbie’s Family Friendly) Don Bluth’s The Secret of NIMH def 2. Wes Craven’s Shocker
- 6. Park Chan Wook’s Thirst def 3. Joe Dante’s Burying The Ex
- 4. Stuart Gordon’s Dagon def 5. (Deb’s The NYC Grime Connection) Abel Ferrara’s Body Snatchers
- 8. (STAC Goat’s Team Ladies Night) Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night def 16. (TrixRabbi's Andrzej Żuławski & Other Pole) Andrzej Żuławski’s The Devil
- 2. Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace def 7. Roger Corman’s Tower of London
- 3. George Romero’s Land of the Dead def 6. (STAC Goat’s The Ghostbeaters) Dan O’Bannon’s The Resurrected and 14. Joel Schumacher’s The Number 23

Sweet Sixteen
- 7. (STAC Goat’s Creature Features) André Øvredal’s Troll Hunter def 2. Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo, the Bullet Man and 11. (STAC Goat’s Team Universal) Jack Arnold’s Tarantula
- 5. (Deb’s Queer as in Fuck You) Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears def 4. Lucio Fulci’s Manhattan Baby and 16. (Franchescanado’s Team Vulgær) Gasper Noe’s Enter The Void
- 3. Tobe Hooper’s Toolbox Murders def 7. (Team It's Not A Cartoon, Mom! It's Art! 😫) Hisayuki Toriumi’s Lily C.A.T.
- 16. (Tarnop’s Predation) David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows def 4. (Franchescanado’s Femme Fatale) Julia Ducournau’s Raw
- 4. (MacheteZombie’s The One n Dones) Charles Laughton’s Night of the Hunter def 1. John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness
- 7. (Deb’s Family Friendly) Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind def 6. Park Chan Wook’s Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
- 2. Mario Bava’s Shock def 3. George Romero’s Season of the Witch aka Hungry Wives
- 4. Stuart Gordon’s Stuck def 8. (STAC Goat’s Team Ladies Night) Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas’ Good Manners

Elite Eight
- 16. (Tarnop’s Predation) Gerald Kargl’s Angst def 3. Tobe Hooper’s Crocodile
- 5. (Deb’s Queer as in Fuck You) Yann Gonzalez’s Knife+Heart def 7. (STAC Goat’s Creature Features) Gullermo del Toro’s Mimic
- 2. Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath def 4. Stuart Gordon’s Eater
- 4. (MacheteZombie’s The One n Dones) Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess def 7. (Deb’s Family Friendly) Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal

Final Four
- 4. (MacheteZombie’s The One n Dones) Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing def 2. Mario Bava’s Lisa and the Devil
- 5. (Deb’s Queer as in Fuck You) Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre def 16. (Tarnop’s Predation) Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In

The Championships!
4. MacheteZombie’s The One n Dones def 5. Deb’s Queer as in Fuck You
- Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s Amer def James Bond III’s Def by Temptation
- Lesley Manning’s Ghostwatch def Nikos Nikolaidis’ Singapore Sling
- Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark def Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s The Strange Colors of Your Body