Scarecrow (Video 2002)

A high school outcast who lives in a trailer with his mother finally meets a friend. He wants to ask her if they can go the next step, but then sees her kissing another boy at a party. He ... See full summary »

Director:

Emmanuel Itier

Writers:

Bill Cunningham, Emmanuel Itier,

Stars:

Tim Young, Todd Rex, Tiffany Shepis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Young	...	Lester Dwervick
Todd Rex	...	The Scarecrow
Tiffany Shepis	...	Judy Patterson
Jen Richey	...	Morgan
Roxanna Bina	...	Stephanie
John Moore	...	Chad
Richard Elfman	...	Sheriff Patterson / Hewitt (as Aristide Sumatra)
Jason Simon	...	Eddie Barclay
Mark Irvingsen	...	Farmer Hailey / Burt
Belinda Gavin	...	Rhonda
Sonja Ecker	...	Mrs. Melton
Derrick Bishop	...	Mitch (as Armont Casale)
Anthony C. Ferrante	...	Jake
Skyler Caleb	...	Tiger
Anil de Mello	...	Greg

Storyline

A high school outcast who lives in a trailer with his mother finally meets a friend. He wants to ask her if they can go the next step, but then sees her kissing another boy at a party. He runs home only to find his mother having sex with a drunk. He starts yelling, but is countered by the drunk when he suffocates him and makes him look like he hung himself. The scarecrow comes in when the boy's soul is pushed into it. He goes out for revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | scarecrow | party | sex | cornfield | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore, language and some drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 March 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Vingança do Espantalho

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Asylum, The, Wonderland Entertainment Group, York Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original actor who was going to play Chad dropped out because he didn't want to do a stunt and asked for a stunt double instead. The budget could not effort a stunt man so the production replaced the actor.

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Goofs

In a scene driving down a street early in the film, the camera and the van it's housed in are shown reflected in windows as they drive by some buildings.

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Crazy Credits

Film is dedicated to Dario Argento.

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Connections

Followed by Scarecrow Slayer (2004)

User Reviews

Pleasantly surprised

In general I don't see the point of horror movies but I was shocked to find myself actually enjoying "Scarecrow." Alot of the humor is tongue-in-cheek and I found the gore to be absurdly entertaining. The plot, I imagine, is somewhat secondary in B-movies like this but compared to Troema and Roger Corman's stuff I thought "Scarecrow" was great!