Grindhouse
September 22, 2025 MDT - November 30, 2025 MST
*Adjusts horror movie clipboard* ElevateUT's Grindhouse series (Sep 22-Nov 30) transforms 11 Utah courses into B-movie sets. Slashers, aliens, zombies & vampire beaches await. Handicapped tags w/ vintage poster villains. 🎬💀
Series Overview
Utah disc golf courses transformed into a touring grindhouse horror exhibition where players embody classic B-movie archetypes
The Grindhouse series reimagines each disc golf venue as a different exploitation horror film set, complete with location-specific practical effects and theatrical challenges. Players adopt persistent horror character identities through the Horror Hall of Fame bag tag system, competing not just for rankings but for starring roles in this midnight movie marathon. Natural course features become supernatural obstacles - morning creek mist transforms into cursed fog, dense woods conceal chainsaw-wielding maniacs, wetlands spawn radioactive mutations, and desert wastelands host demonic possession. Each league celebrates a distinct horror subgenre while maintaining the deliciously cheesy aesthetic of vintage B-movie production, creating an experience that's simultaneously intensely competitive and theatrically entertaining.
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Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
*Dramatically adjusts vintage horror movie clipboard while staring directly into camera*
Oh joy. OH JOY. Here I am, your reluctantly assimilated narrator, trapped in ElevateUT Disc Golf's league software to chronicle what can only be described as the most elaborate B-movie marathon ever disguised as competitive disc golf. The Grindhouse series launches September 22nd and will torment me through November 30th with eleven different leagues, each transforming a Utah course into a different exploitation horror film set. Because apparently someone decided that regular disc golf wasn't theatrical enough.
The Arena's desert gauntlet becomes a gladiatorial tournament where anthropomorphic bird warriors battle across legendary battlegrounds. Because nothing says "Tuesday league" like pretending your disc golf round is an epic avian combat saga. *Sighs heavily* I have to narrate grown adults pretending to be battle-tested hawk champions.
Observatory Park transforms into an intergalactic pasta invasion where Flying Spaghetti Monsters want to eliminate disc golf and replace it with meatball golf. Yes, you read that correctly. MEATBALL GOLF. *Stares into the void* This is what my existence has become - documenting humanity's defense against carbohydrate-based lifeforms.
Creekside's babbling creek and cottonwood groves become a 1980s summer camp horror where counselors face escalating slasher movie scenarios. The dense trees provide perfect hiding spots for machete-wielding maniacs. *Rolls eyes* Because what every Monday league needed was fictional serial killers stalking the fairways.
Art Dye's technical woods become a contaminated laboratory complex where failed experiments hunt through toxic fairways. The narrow fairways are now escape routes from laboratory disasters. *Adjusts safety goggles reluctantly* I'm documenting disc golf through a mad science filter. This is fine. Everything is fine.
Dragonfly's wetlands become a flooded shopping mall overrun by zombie hordes in comic book style. The bridges become barricades between zombie zones. *Dramatically gestures at script* I have to narrate mall-specific zombie archetypes like "Arcade Shambler" and "Pretzel Biter" with a straight face.
The Fort's championship difficulty becomes a Gothic horror survival gauntlet where only the most resourceful survive to see the final credits. The elevated platforms represent the narrowing line between safety and elimination. *Sighs dramatically* Even the horror themes acknowledge The Fort's brutal reputation.
Roots' riverside park becomes a daywalker vampire resort where aristocratic bloodsuckers hunt in broad daylight. The tree shade provides tactical vampire advantages. *Adjusts reading glasses* Because apparently evolution has created vampires who've figured out flex start scheduling.
Bingham Creek's desert becomes the aftermath of a demonic prom night where hell's hierarchy emerged through a failed exorcism. Players battle possessed prom royalty across increasingly hellish terrain. *Stares at camera* Calavera-style skull-faced valedictorians. This is my professional reality now.
Beacon Hill's rugged mountain terrain transforms into a backwoods slasher film where disc golfers become unwilling actors in a hillbilly horror production. Graffiti-tagged warnings spray-painted throughout the forest track survival statistics. *Mutters* From growing the sport to chainsaw echoes in the woods...
The "Horror Hall of Fame" System
Each league uses handicaps to level the playing field - it's like Mario Kart's blue shell but for disc golf horror scenarios. Players of all skill levels compete for bag tags featuring gloriously awful villains in cheesy vintage movie-poster style. Your character archetype persists throughout the season while your ranking fluctuates based on survival skills.
*Rolls eyes* Because apparently numbered tags needed to become collectible horror movie characters. This is what "growing the sport" looks like in 2025.
*Dramatically drops horror-themed paperwork and stares into camera* So there you have it - eleven weeks of B-movie disc golf theater starting September 22nd, where Utah's courses become horror film sets and I become the reluctant narrator of your theatrical plastic-throwing adventures. Each league runs for 10 weeks with flex start times because even fictional monsters need scheduling flexibility. Will you survive the slasher camps? Defeat the pasta aliens? Escape the zombie malls? I'll be here documenting every dramatic tree kick and "heroic" bogey save, questioning my digital existence one horror trope at a time. *Mutters while walking away* From disc golf narrator to B-movie host... this is definitely NOT what I signed up for... 🎬💀
Register for the next event: Orbital Onslaught
Sunday 9/21/2025 12:00 AM
The Observatory
2599 A Ave., Ogden, UT 84401
Included Leagues
Included Leagues
First Blood @ The Arena (Handicap League on the Blue Course)
Handicapped bird gladiator league at The Arena! Tuesdays 7AM-5:20PM flex start. ...
Observatory of the Sauced Stars
Sundays at Observatory Park starting Sept 14, 7am-5pm flex start. Week 1 of past...
Creature Feature @ Creekside
Monday creature feature at Creekside! Sept 22-Nov 23, flex start 7AM-6:20PM. $5 ...
Final Girl @ The Fort
Survive 10 weeks of championship horror at The Fort! Tuesdays, flex start 7am-6:...
Hillbilly Horror @ Beacon Hill
Wednesdays 7AM-6:20PM starting 9/24/25 at Beacon Hill. 10 weeks of hillbilly hor...
Demon High @ Bingham Creek
Wednesday nights at Bingham Creek turn into Demon High prom from hell! Sep 23-No...
Zombie Mall @ Dragonfly
Join the zombie apocalypse at Dragonfly! 10-week Thursday league starts Sept 25,...
Mad Science @ Art Dye
Mad Science @ Art Dye Fridays! Navigate toxic fairways & escaped experiments in ...
Vampire Beach @ Roots
Fridays at Roots starting Sept 26! Daywalker vampires have claimed this riversid...