Bad Movie Thursday

Date Watched: 9/14/23

Starring: Robert North, Deke Slade

Plot: Somewhere in New Jersey, a killer lawnmower stalks a small town’s golf course. (From IMDB)

Rules:

• Lawnmower Vision
• “Roy Kent”
• “Deke Slade”
• Roy Kent Drinking

Quotes:

• “Simpkin – Appendages Assorted”
• “With a swift and successful completion of the maniac hunt here at Tall Grass…”
• “I guess I woke up one morning and realized I was dropping little white balls in little green holes.”
• “I was always good at drinking. I just got better at it then my iron game.”
• “Well alright, miss. You bring a handkerchief to wave bye-bye to us.”

Viewer Quotes

• “Lots of character building for a killer lawnmower story.” – “That’s why it’s an hour and forty minutes.”

Things We Learned:

• Golf courses sell drinks with golf balls in them.
• Golf pros are responsible for all crimes that happen on their golf courses.

Final Take:

This was a strange one. It felt like the movie couldn’t decide whether it was a spoof or not. At times it was a straight up rip-off of Jaws, which I think was the intent. But then it would get way too serious about itself and ruin all the good-will it had built up. If you take it as a spoof then you may like it, but it will require you looking past about 45 minutes of too much character exposition.