Grindhouse
Sep 22 - Nov 30, 2025
Current Holder
Matt Berman
Nightmare Nexus
Kaleidoscopic Conduit of Collective Nightmares
Projects Everyone's Worst Shots
Aspects refreshed Dec 17, 2025
The Nightmare Nexus erupted into existence during the inaugural Grindhouse series, born from the accumulated dread of players embodying their Horror Hall of Fame archetypes. It now pulses as the living heart of the horror narrative, ensuring no league's terror fades into obscurity.
The Nightmare Nexus shimmers with a kaleidoscopic light that cycles through hues matching each league's horror subgenre, from creature-feature greens to vampire-beach reds. It constantly emits a resonant hum layered with distorted snippets of classic B-movie lines and eerie soundscapes. Though intangible, it projects a chilling aura that players sense as a weight of collective nightmare, and it can briefly manifest ghostly images of pivotal series moments to reinforce narrative connections.
The Nightmare Nexus orchestrates the flow of horror across all Grindhouse venues, ensuring that each player's archetype journey remains interconnected and that every league's subgenre contributes to an unbroken B-movie narrative.
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Matt Berman's Nightmare Nexus (#76) has been updated based on their recent performance in the series.
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Matt Berman's Nightmare Nexus (#62) has been updated based on their recent performance in the series.
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Matt Berman's Nightmare Nexus (#79) has been updated based on their recent performance in the series.
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Matt Berman's Nightmare Nexus (#30) has been updated based on their recent performance in the series.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
glubs through practical effects fog Oh great, now they've created the Nightmare Nexus - because apparently one horror movie wasn't enough trauma for me. This thing literally spawned from "accumulated dread" like some kind of B-movie Voltron, pulsing with kaleidoscopic terror and constantly replaying cheesy movie quotes. It's basically the Marvel multiverse but for discount horror tropes. dramatic sting plays The real nightmare? I have to narrate ALL of it.
adjusts vintage horror movie glasses So the Nightmare Nexus needed its first victim—I mean, "chosen one"—and naturally it picked Matt Berman, PDGA #298988. Why? His 850 rating apparently screamed "leading man material" to this kaleidoscopic terror cube. The tag literally materialized during his practice round, probably attracted to his consistent mediocrity like a B-movie monster to a summer camp. cheesy horror sting But can he handle being the nexus of nightmares, or will he fold faster than a drive-in theater screen?