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Scarecrow Slayer [VHS]

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

I have to admit I laughed out loud at some of the dialogue and incredibly stupid things that go on in this movie. The dumb blonde girl had some really stupid lines but delivered them so sincerely, I howled. For instance, when one of the so-called Marines says he has a bumble bee to kill the scarecrow, she lamely asks why use a bug? Is the scarecrow allergic to bees? Oh, my..and when the doctor at the seriously understaffed hospital offers cookies I about lost mine. And just who is the chick the cop is in bed with? And is his partner, Rachel, his wife? And what happens to her? The effects are ridiculous; the stuntman scarecrow's acrobatics are hilarious. There is no acting at all, and poor Tony Todd's presence does nothing to legitimize this awful (but awfully funny) travesty. I think I'll give up on these scarecrow movies now that I've been assaulted with so many bad ones. (Jeepers Creepers is an exception).

Well, after seeing the first Scarecrow, I was pretty sure they couldn't do a worse Scarecrow, but I was wrong, wrong, wrong, baby. Only Hatred of a Minute this movie from being perhaps the worst horror movie in the universe---although House of the Dud would give this movie a fine brawl. First of all, to make sure that I'm getting things straight, apparently, in the Scarecrow "Mythos", if you die within eight feet of a scarecrow---ostensibly any scarecrow---your soul will jump into the scarecrow's body. So, if you're feeling a little thin in the skin, hotfoot it to your local cornfield ASAP. Then, all you have to do is wait for some chick to kill you with fire or a garden thresher, and your soul will jump into HER body. See how it works?

What in the blue hell happened to the Candyman? Dear God. He was on the X-Files once, he was the Candyman, he was the Grim Reaper in those Final Destination movies. How did he end up here? Somebody out there call this poor guy and give him another decent role in a functioning movie. But of course, not even the Candyman, the Grim Reaper, Chuckie, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula, "the Humungus", the Tooth Fairy, Captain Kirk, Shooter McGavin or the Main Man Jason Voorhees could save this stinkbomb.

At the beginning of the movie, the Candyman has the Scarecrow trapped, lashed to a post, but was this supposed to be the Scarecrow from the first movie? Because THAT Scarecrow ended up soul-jumping into that chick with the gigantic...uh...smile. Not to mention that fact that this new Scarecrow was supposed to have killed the Candyman's father several decades earlier. You can't even keep up with this crap, although, it might be easier if you gave a flying corncob. Anyway, the main guy of the movie gets croaked, jumps into the Scarecrow, and turns all evil for whatever reason. Also, throughout all of this, there's this screwball mass acceptance of the whole Scarecrow thing as some sort of lore to which everyone is automatically privy. There's alot of this: "Hey, do you believe all those stories about the Scarecrow?" What stories, what rumors, what legends? No one cares. You can't just make a horror icon like Voorhees or Freddy. It has to happen naturally, and it also requires more than six people lined up (at their local video store) to watch the movie.

Oh yeah, something else, there is NO Scarecrow "Slayer" in this movie. I wish there were. Some huge pissed-off crow with a claymore or a harpoon gun. That might have been better. Of course, a stunt like that might have required something just a notch higher than the movie's omnipresent "computer technology", which is used instead of any kind of physically-manufactured gore. This movie just sucks on so many different levels. I don't think there's really any kind of plot. The actors couldn't have been worse even if they had bred them on some farm for crappy actors. All of the characters suck, they need to die, die, die. The Scarecrow definitely sucks. But, the movie did have adequate closing credits.

I can not explain how bad this movie is!I bought both of the scarecrow movies together for $5.50.I read the back and they sounded awseume.I made a huge mistake!This movie has horrible effects and horrible acting.I watched the first movie first and hated it.Then I watched this one and it made the first one look like a masterpiece.Thats how bad it is.I am beating my self up for waisting my money on this piece of crap!!It is so horrible and boring!Dont make the mistake I did.Dont even waist your money on renting this crap!Its awful!!

This direct-to-video garbage centers around a scarecrow that takes over a college boy's soul and turns him into a killer. This is about as bad as it gets. The actors do their best. The lighting is good. The script is ok. The only person I can blame is the director and producer. As I watched this, I kept thinking "How could you make a movie this bad? Even accidentally?". A first year film student with an IQ of 10 could produce something more watchable than this. I love cheesy horror, but this is by far THE worst movie I've seen in 2 years! Give me 500 dollars and a crew that works for free and I could create a film 1,000 times more watchable.

ok, there is 4 main charchters. the main guy wants to join some stupid ferternity club, so he has to go still a scarecrow. the farmer catches him, goes to shoot at the scarecrow because its coming to life and misses and hits the boy. the boys soul goes into the scarecrow and he becomes this psychotic scarecrow killing everbody except his girlfriend and his guy friend. anyways i got almost to the end but was so bored i turned the dumb show off and went and did something else. the whole scarecrow idea sounded really cool to me but this movie blows! the only reason i gave this pathetic excuse of a movie 2 stars is because it has some really cool/gory killings! this movie isn't cheesy, scary, or funny....just stupid! the only reason its rated R is for Horror (which is a load of bull), violence/gore, and language.

Having seen most of this flick I'm shocked that this is the 2nd in a series of about 3 films. I must get the others! But anyways the introduction to this movie is indication alone of its awesomeness. When you see the scarecrows hand moving across the floor in fast-motion you know you're in for a treat. And when you see the AMAZING effects done on the scene where the farmer gets thrown into a pitchfork (with his legs invisible for some great reason) you have already gotten what you paid for). Ok being serious now, it's f'ing sad to see Tony Todd in this film, he's an incredible actor and Hollywood needs to put better use of his talent instead of letting it go to waste. This film is like a prolonged episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark, but even that had better effects. Nothing anyone can possibly say bad about this movie can be greater than the effect the movie itself has on the viewer. Watch it for the sake of comedy at least.

My God this movie is horrible. Please people DONT buy or even rent this movie. And if you don't believe me just look at all the other reviews. There is no plot what so ever, the acting is really bad( actors not too attractive either), you can't even make out the murder scenes, the film quality is extremely bad, digital quality is extremely bad( and i don't mean that as a matter of option, i mean its bad for anybodies standards), the music is not timed right, and just an overall disaster. Hey, I know that alot of B-Movies were bad, but I didn't think I'd ever see one this bad. So please if your looking for a good slasher flick pick something else.

I was thrilled by Christopher Lambert's, "high-speed " dog sled chase...I suspended disbelief in the French Julius Caesar of Druids. I held just enough faith that there was some metephysical explanation for the vampiric bodyguards who mysteriously vanish after the first sequence of Mean Guns. Rabid Grannies have scampered across my tv screen in all their glory. Blind men are ravaged by their dogs for no reason at all in movies like Suspiria, and it's ok. I can even accept that in some bizarre world, it's possible to learn how to fly a fighter plane in some hidden passage of the Declaration of Independence to battle alien oppressors in Hubbard's delusions. Even such atrociously bad movies like Bio-zombie and Dead Alive (or...Peter Jackson original sin.) do not come close to the ...Plainly put, Scarecrow Slayer is the worst film I have ever seen...and I've run the gauntlet of even Christopher Lambert films and escaped with less trauma than I have from watching this movie. The only thing worse than having seen David Latt's "movie" was having seen it again with friends.

The acting is...check that..there is NO acting, except for perhaps Tony Todd. Why Tony Todd chose to act in this film..I can't say. One of my friends suggested that Latt must have had some pretty good dirt on Todd...I cannot imagine the Candyman waking up one day and deciding that this was a good career move unless Latt knew about the bodies in the closet. Also noteworthy is David Castro (I KNOW I've seen him somewhere else) as the nutball best friend who eventually becomes the second karate-practicing scarecrow. (pay special attention to his form as he back-kicks and flips his way through the final battle..stunt double, of course.) , and Nicole Kingston in her first starring role..I'm sure we'll be seeing Ms. Kinston many more times in the future. Of course..that's about all the cast they had money for..it almost seems like you see names appearing twice in the credits. I was half-expecting David Latt to jump in as one of the college marine kids.

It doesn't get better, of course..as one is dazzled by special effects that are worse than a two year's stick figure crayon drawings. Cell phones screech and appear to be plastered with a giant metallic sticker to show how they're going haywire in this thriller. Cars inexplicably turn up in different places then they were earlier. Hospitals are staffed with only two people. Doctors bake cookies to offer visitors before threatening to stick them with needles. Leading ladies throw themselves from second story windows so we may see them fall in slow motion. Phantom lights driving next to cars ..or sometimes appearing in the sky, flitter across the screen. And, while we're at it...since when do college kids..(even if they plan on joining the marines) have access to enough weapons to walk down the streets of Paris in conquest? And why in god's name do they put these weapons down at EVERY oppurtunity. Instead of blowing up the Scarecrow with the bazooka he somehow retrieves in the course of this convoluted tale, the best friend PUTS DOWN the bazooka, and charges the Scarecrow. Which..brings me to the Scarecrow. The saving grace..if this movie has any, is actually the decent job done of the first scarecrow costume. While not particularly scary..care was obviously taken in the making of that costume, while it was not taken in the making of this movie. Unfortunately,the same cannot be said of the second Scarecrow's..kiddie halloween-looking farce.

If, after you've seen this film, you have chance to watch the informative Behind-the-Scenes, pay no attention to any equipment strewn about the set. It obviously was not used during the making of this...movie. I almost wept as Tony Todd tried to explain his presence in the movie..wanting only to say, " It's ok..the charges won't stick." Summing up the movie perfectly, the skull-carrying ballerina crew member dances insanely during the Behind-the-Scenes portion..bringing me to the conclusion that the makers of this travesty were all on some sort of heavy hallucinogen. Anyway..I wrote this in the vain attempt that anyone reading it will take my advice and steer clear of this movie...it is bad..and not good-bad. BAD. Pay no attention to the one-star rating I gave this movie. This high school film project is not even worth that. Thanks.

I reiterate, "What the hell?".. This movie appeared to be filmed by a bunch of intoxicated highschool jocks. My friend and I rented this movie for B-movie thrills, but all we found was a bunch of retarded co-eds running from a non-scary antagonist. Speaking of the antagonist, a freaking scarecrow, and to top that, it used to be one of their friends. And the way the guy was 'possessed' by the scarecrow was utterly cheesy, but still funny. It looked like a horrible techno-rave scene by some guy trying to re-create a recent acid trip.

I wouldn't recommend renting, or buying this film unless you want to have a brain aneurism. Seriously, it's that bad. I suppose you could rent it just to make fun of it, but even then it's horrible. I could have made a better movie using MSDOS. That is really all I have to say about this pixelated crap-fest.

This movie was a lot of fun. If you're looking for an entertaining movie that doesn't take itself so seriously, check out Scarecrow Slayer. It's not all that scary but will make you laugh.

The guy playing Karl, David Castro, was the best. He was really good as Mary's creepy friend. Tony Todd was also really creepy.

Check this out one night and just sit back and enjoy it for what it is.