Grindhouse
Sep 22 - Nov 30, 2025
Current Holder
Christopher Hamby
Schlock Synthesizer
Projector of Pure Grindhouse Reality
Always Needs More Dramatic Sting
Aspects refreshed Dec 21, 2025
The Schlock Synthesizer manifested in the abandoned projection booth of the Starlight Drive-In Theater after decades of B-movie double features saturated the equipment with pure exploitation cinema essence. When the final grindhouse film flickered to life on that last midnight screening in 1987, the projector absorbed every cheesy effect, dramatic sting, and rubber monster roar, transforming into a reality-bending instrument of authentic schlock.
This otherworldly apparatus appears as a vintage 35mm film projector merged seamlessly with analog synthesizer controls, its brass fittings now tarnished with supernatural patina. Glowing film reels rotate hypnotically above rows of slider controls labeled with classic B-movie elements: 'Fog Density,' 'Jump Scare Timing,' 'Rubber Monster Believability,' and 'Dramatic Music Sting Intensity.' The projection lens pulses with an eerie light that can transform any disc golf venue into an authentic grindhouse film set, while its synthesizer controls allow precise calibration of horror subgenre elements. Spectral film strips constantly feed through its mechanisms, each frame containing a different exploitation cinema moment ready to be projected into reality.
The Schlock Synthesizer serves as the creative engine behind every Horror Hall of Fame transformation, synthesizing the perfect blend of B-movie elements needed for each venue's specific horror subgenre while maintaining the authentic grindhouse atmosphere that unifies the entire series.
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Christopher Hamby's Schlock Synthesizer (#71) has been updated based on their recent performance in the series.
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Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
glubs through corn syrup blood Oh great, now I'm narrating the birth of some cursed movie equipment. The Schlock Synthesizer crawled out of a drive-in's projection booth like it escaped from a Roger Corman fever dream. Apparently decades of B-movies can possess machinery now? Cool. Cool cool cool. Will it synthesize actual horror or just more budget nightmares?
adjusts vintage film reel crown with exasperation So the Schlock Synthesizer needed its first victim—I mean "chosen one"—and apparently scanned every PDGA number like some demented casting director. Enter Christopher Hamby, whose 873 rating must have screamed "leading man material" to this possessed piece of projection equipment. The tag practically leaped into his bag, probably recognizing a kindred spirit of B-movie excellence. But can he handle the synthesized schlock, or will he become another forgotten extra in this grindhouse nightmare?