The Greenskeeper (2002)

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.

Directors:

Kevin Greene, Adam Johnson

Writers:

Kevin Greene, Alex Weir

Stars:

Allelon Ruggiero, Bruce Taylor, Ron Lester

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Allelon Ruggiero	...	Allen Anderson
Bruce Taylor	...	John Anderson
Ron Lester	...	Styles
Steve Rickman	...	Chas
Thomas Merdis	...	Otis Washington
John Rocker	...	The Greenskeeper / George Anderson
Melissa Ponzio	...	Elena Rodriguez
Jamie Renell	...	Champ
Allison Kulp	...	Mary Katherine
Michael Short	...	Chet
Christi Taylor	...	Mary Jane
Patrick Donovan	...	Stu
Stephanie Bingham	...	Mary Beth
John Judy	...	Officer Cox
Kevin Greene	...	Chip

Storyline

When someone starts using the business end of a pair of hedgeclippers on the more snobbish patrons of a posh country club, rumors fly the slice-n'-dice handiwork is the signiture of The Greenskeeper, a serial killer long thought dead from an explosion years ago. Allen, whose mother owns the country club, begins having nightmare visions where he is haunted by The Greenskeeper. Allen begins to suspect he may have a connection to The Greenskeeper he never dared imagine. Meanwhile, the beautiful jetsetters of the club decide to sneak in after hours for some skinny-dipping, partying, and sex-on-the-green. Unfortunately for the teens, The Greenskeeper decides to crash the party, and armed with golf equipment and landscaping tools, begins picking off Izods one by one. Joining forces with his new love interest Elena, Allen races to the club to try to save his friends. He and Elena must play a deadly game of cat and mouse to survive, because when you have a tee time with The Greenskeeper, it's...

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Plot Keywords:

country club | golf | bong | 

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Taglines:

It's Par for the Corpse

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, drug content and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

May 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Campo Sangrento

Filming Locations:

Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ghost Man on Third Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Despite the party occurring at the country club at night, various shots are shown of the exterior of the building and it is clearly daylight.

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Connections

References Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

User Reviews

Beware cut version

IMDb lists this as 90 minutes, but the version I saw on a British DVD (in a boxed set of individually unsellable horror films) barely got to 77 minutes. Was it cut? Since the boxed set had an 18 rating anyway (strictest in the UK apart from porn films) it's hard to know what the motivation for cutting it could be. Like censors anywhere, those in the UK can be a bit crotchety, but policies are pretty liberal nowadays and it's hard to believe that they could have found thirteen minutes' worth of cuts that needed to be made.

Well, cut or not, what was this like? The last few minutes – and especially a silly and gruesome joke about a lawn sprinkler – just start to hint at a comic inventiveness that is miserably lacking from the rest of the film. Other than that, the reviews of the various people here who "hated it" look pretty accurate to me, and they were probably seeing a longer film. British viewers, check out the box. If it says 77 minutes, I certainly can't recommend this.