Limerculer
A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Brendon Jones
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Lachlan Coulson
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
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.
Woodyanders
A mysterious killer dressed up as a greenskeeper bumps off the stuck-up snobs at a posh country club with various golf tools. Directors Kevin Greene, Adam Johnson, and Tripp Norton, working from a blithely inane script by Greene and Alex Weir, relate the entertainingly silly story at a steady pace, maintain an affable tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, and poke affectionate fun at assorted slice'n'dice movie clichés (for example, certain characters clearly mark themselves for doom by smoking pot, snorting coke, and doing the deed). Moreover, it's acted with enthusiasm by a game no-name cast: Alledon Ruggiero makes for a likable hero as lovable loser assistant greenskeeper Allen Anderson, Thomas Merdis is likewise engaging as the easygoing Otis Washington, Ron Lester brings a laid-back charm to his role as amiable stoner Styles, and Melissa Ponzio radiates tremendous appeal as the sweet Elena Rodriguez. The inventively gory murder set pieces deliver the grisly goods. Matthew MacCarthy's sunny cinematography gives the picture an attractive bright look and offers several strikingly creepy images of the psycho greenskeeper stalking his victims. King Winger's funky-bumping score hits the right-on groovy spot. As a yummy extra plus, buxom blonde Playboy model Christi Taylor bares her beautifully bountiful breasts. An enjoyable little flick.
kevin-1840
"The Greenskeeper" is one of those movies that gets better with repeat viewings (and lots of beer). It doesn't take itself too seriously and has a nice bit of humor and gore. While a tad slow at first the movie really takes off in the 2nd and 3rd act when the Greenskeeper starts his spree. I could see Hollywood re-making a movie like this with more money and some star wattage. The setting (Country Club) was clever and the methods by which the overprivileged characters were killed were inventive. The cover box was deceptive as it was too straight up horror looking when the movie really plays more like a horror/comedy. Imagine if a poorman's "Clerks" met "The Burning". Not a great movie by any standard but definitely worth a rental or low price purchase.
scottfotos
It's really hard to tell if this a spoof or a serious slasher movie. It obviously has an attempt at humor, but the spoofs are lame and poorly directed. Not a good spoof nor a good campy feature. Baseball bigot John Rocker lumbers through a few scenes and the scenes themselves look to be nearly all first-takes. The only entertainment you'll get here is the bad dialog, bad acting, and cheapo sets. I doubt that's what they were aiming for, however. I don't believe this to be THAT clever of a film. Some of the scenes take place at the swanky country club that looks like somebody's back yard in an Atlanta suburb, and the golf course maintenance building scenes look to be a three-walled $100 set with a few cliché gardening props lying around. There's lost of drug references and local flunkie Atlanta DJ Steve Rickman attempts to create a funny country club tennis-pro character. His big scene with the automatic tennis server is minimally funny and proves that just because you're funny on the radio doesn't mean it transfers to the visual medium.
