The Greenskeeper

2002 "It's Par for the Corpse."
3.7| 1h22m| R| en
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An assistant greenskeeper invites friends for a country club birthday party. A killer dressed as a greenskeeper crashes the party and kills people with golf tools.

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Ghost Man on Third Productions

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Also starring Allelon Ruggiero

Reviews

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Steve Carney The Greenskeeper is one of those films that you know will be bad before watching. Still, when nothing else is on, the film makes for entertainment to help pass a rainy day. The version I watched was included in a pack of 15 horror movies that I picked up from Wal-mart. IMDb lists the run time as 90 minutes, while the version I saw was only 82. Perhaps there is a European release that contains the extra 8 minutes? The movie was shot at 2 different country clubs in Georgia: Bridgemill Country Club (Canton, GA), and Whitewater Country Club (Fayetteville, GA). Whitewater definitely looks like an old Georgia plantation house from the Civil War era. All the exterior shots that establish the location as the fictional Summerisle Country Club in the movie use footage of Whitewater filmed during the day or at night. I imagine that most the outdoor scenes involving the pool, tennis courts, and golf course were shot at Bridgemill. I could be wrong though. I have worked as a waiter/banquet server at a country club for almost 3 years. Everything in the film makes fun of different classes, including rich vs poor, straight vs gay, and white vs minority, which is something I've seen personally. There are always stereotypes and impressions that you have about many different people when working in an industry like this, and the film does a good job of showing this, even if it does poke fun at all the drama you'd find at a country club. This includes: Latin American sisters working together to earn enough money to support their family back home, snobby yuppie members arguing over whether or not Bert and Ernie are gay, and the spoiled rich girl complaining "Daddy said I could only get the Beamer. I hate being poor," to which her friend remarks: "Yeah Beamers are so last century," just to name a few. I don't want to say that this film is so bad it's good, because it made more than a decent effort to actually have a good story (it's more than just a greenskeeper killing rich kids having sex at a country club). The special effects were impressive, featuring a sprinkler and a lot of fake blood, and the costumes and sets were very accurate for the setting. It wouldn't win any awards, and has probably never aired on television, but The Greenskeeper is without a doubt, a very watchable and entertaining movie. It's got a few suspenseful scenes, reminiscent of Wes Craven's 1984 classic Invitation to Hell, more than a few laugh out loud funny parts, similar to Caddyshack, and the plot borrowed heavily from the 1981 "summer camp slasher" flick The Burning.
jesusforsale This movie is brilliant, it's the best movie ever made. The actors are crap and retarded. They should make a sequel as soon as possible. It's definitely worth buying or at least rent it. You won't be disappointed! If you like this film I would recommend the great film 'Så some i Himmelen' starring the award winning actor Mikael Nyqvist. The beginning of the movie is really captivating with great performances from the actors. Should Zidane had been in it it would have been an even better film, I would have liked to have seen him in the role of the killer. I would also have liked to have seen Elijah Wood in this film as he is the greatest actor ever...unfortunately he was busy making films about some hobbit. I loved it!
trey333 I Don't know what to think about this one, first off the acting is kinda split, there are some okay actors and others are bad, but I would not call it good acting. I actually thought the directing was "good" and the script wasn't bad either, so there are some pluses! But one thing I didn't like at all was the ending I thought it was way to much like a scobby doo ending instead of a horror movie ending. This movie didn't have wonderful character development either, I really didn't care about the characters. There are some funny parts, so that helps out the movie. It is a bit gory also, nothing shockingly gory but it has its gory moments! So on a final note I'm going to give this movie a 5.5/10 MAYBE a 6 but probably a 5.5/10
Sergeant D The world of low budget horror movies is infamous for turning out movies that are supposed to be funny and scary, yet in actuality just turn out to be disappointing. The Greenskeeper shatters this mold. The movie delivers a great deal of that good old slasher carnage, yet actually holds a plot and makes you laugh all the way through. The Greenskeeper's Murderous tactics all involve golf course tools. You may not have ever suspected a golf course to be a dangerous place, but this movie will surely make you laugh and think of promiscuous teens getting killed whenever you step onto a golf course from now on. It's par for the corpse!