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Scarecrow

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(11)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

The movie was grade Z budget. They used that junky digital camera stuff to make it. I rented it because it had a cool cover but when I saw the first few seconds and saw how cheap it was I almost shut it off. But I didn't and was strangely entertained by it. The last half hour was dumb but if they had a budget and a little more talent this movie might have been pretty good. The Scarecrow looked cool though.

Scarecrow a number of things to like in it. The colorful lighting and cinematography pay a reverential nod to Dario Argento, and scream queen Tiffany Shepis is always nice to see, but the film would have been better if the scenes with the Scarecrow had been played straighter and not been so jokey with the kills. That said, Scarecrow is a competent little B-flick with a few fine performances, most notably from the aforementioned Shepis and Richard Elfman, in a dual role as Sheriff Patterson and the redneck named Hewitt.

this is a good little B slasher flick. it has plenty of flaws but not enough to over shadow some pretty good murder scenes (the teacher's death was awsome!!!)the main actress CAN act!the scarecrow's costume was pretty spooky,and the storyline was pretty decent with a neat little ending. all & all it was a good B scary movie.the only thing that really desturbed me about the movie was the stupid looking flips,jumps&kicks that the scarecrow would do,that stuff is just tooooo dummmm!!! but there is really not enough of it to ruin the movie. anyway get the dvd,it has a neat little documentry on making the movie.and real B movie fans will get this just because it might be hard to find soon!!!! ITS CORNEY BUT ITS GOOD!!!

I think there have been a handful of these death-animated slasher-scarecrow movies, all of which seem to come complete with a whole mass of acting and continuity problems. This one is no exception. As far as shooting, casting and special effects went, this movie reminded me of Bloody Murder 2, and it even had this chick from Bloody Murder 2. There are a scatter of hot-looking girls, which is cool. And another good thing is that, in this movie, you look forward to seeing just about everyone die.

There's this skinny high school kid that's constantly getting picked on by all of the nancy-boy bullies; this part of the movie is familiar enough. But they went overboard. The ridicule is just a little over the top, complete with a teacher that calls the kid white trash in front of a whole classroom; I don't think they can really get away with that kind of stuff these days, can they? Anyway, the little chick from Bloody Murder 2 is the only one that defends the guy. And he's in love with her. Then, the skinny kid sees the Bloody Murder chick kissing the pudgy football punk that ridicules him the most. Enraged, the kid goes home, and promptly walks in on his lowlife mother and some pot-bellied slouch fornicating like dogs. The slouch ends up killing the kid, and his soul jumps into the body of a very horror-movie-looking scarecrow.

This could have been cool, but they just messed it up. For some reason, the Scarecrow, armed with two small scythes, has to enter every scene with a spinning Power Rangers flip. Uggh. And, they gave him this stupid Freddy voice complete with a full arsenal of cheap one-liners. Uggh #2. Now, this is an area in which the time-honored techniques of the main man, Vorhees, divide the neophyte johnny-come-lately slashers from the true masters. Vorhees just goes in and does his thing, never stopping for some kind of jerkweed Freddy comment, just getting business done. Yeah baby. But, the Scarecrow does kill the football punk by cramming an ear of corn into his ear, and he does another creep with the let-you-see-your-heart-before-you-die trick. So, I mean, the movie does have its moments. However, next time, I'd go with alot more Vorhees and ALOT less Freddy.

The Bloody Murder chick ends up burning the Scarecrow, but it seems that he now has the ability to soul-transfer at will. Ostensibly, he can't be destroyed---so I guess his ghost haunts the images of a sequel yet to come. Maybe they'll get the formula straightened out by then.

As many have mentioned, director (?) Emmanuel Itier claims he has been influenced by Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Troma, and George Romero. Can you arrest someone for directing under the influence?
SCARECROW is Carrie reborn. The put upon young geek who nobody likes but one girl, naturally..and even she's not sincere to the heart. But anyway said geek gets killed by mom's disgusting lover, and his soul goes into a scarecrow and the revenge begins. Handled with a little more style and originality, it could have been passable entertainment. But the Matrix jumps, the Freddy attempts to be funny, and the unrelenting gore plummet this movie into the depths of the B bin. Tim Young as Lester looks like he's 30 years old; the teacher makes the wicked witch of the west look saintly, and the overall acting is essentially rotten. I have never seen so many wasted scenes of the moon, clouds racing across the sun, and other padding scenes. The musical score is relentlessly bad and boring.
No surprises, no genuine scares, and the behind the scenes documentary is a hoot.

I really wanted to be able to enjoy this flick, but alas, no such joy. The concept generally includes the outcast kid who is obviously picked on by everyone, dies, and somehow inhabits the body of a scarecrow, and thereby wreak havoc on all who wronged him. Fun idea. Sadly, though, the execution was very week. Its obviously low budget, which is not bad per se, but with the low budget comes poor directing - lots of very empty filler camera shots that go nowhere. But then the scarecrow goes very ninja - weird. Worth a rental, but that's it.

With so many reviewers getting ticked off about the scarecrow doing flips, one has to wonder if that's really the problem here. First, let's talk about a major screw up I noticed within this waste of celluloid: the actors who are portraying high school students range in age from their mid-twenties to their early thirties! I'm surprised so many reviewers didn't mention this. Once I saw the age discrepancy, I knew I was in for it.

The scarecrow costume wasn't bad and maybe the best thing about this film. In all fairness, though, the kill scenes were decent and entertaining.

I purchased the DVD that has Scarecrow and Scarecrow Slayer on one disc.

Now, don't expect phenomenal quality in terms of compression. There is some fine grain which is always present throughout the film but what do you expect from such a production. Pray this never goes to Blu-Ray.

And pray for me for I have spent a whole five dollars on this coaster, not to mention my valuable time, which is worth way more than five bucks.

Alright, this entire movie is indeed a disaster. The "kid" Lester, is awful, as is the rest of the cast. That is, except for Tiffany Shepis. She is not only beautiful, but quite good and believable in her role as Lester's only hope of ever having a friend. Unfortunately, the rest of this movie is tedious and dull to the extreme! You'd think that a vengeful, acrobatic, wise-cracking scarecrow would at least be good for some laughs. Alas, he's just as bad as the rest of this torturous pile of dog brownies! Oh well, don't say I didn't warn you...

don't think i've ever been real impressed by any of the scarecrow films even though there's only like 4 or 5 of em. they must be hard to make. this movie tried wayy to hard, the scarecrow tried to have a personality like freddie krueger but was more ridiculous than anything. was fairly entertaining and had a few cool death scenes but other than that i can't say i highly recommend this movie.

I had a blast with this movie. This movie was not intended to be taken a serious horror. This is both a tribute to and a parody of the works by low-budget horror masters like Argento, Fulci, etc. Watch the "behind the scenes" and you should pick up on this. Do not buy this expecting serious horror, but if you wanna have a good time and see a little gore, then go for it! For a movie that was shot in 8 days on a totally crapola budget, this is awesome!