Dark Harvest (Video 2004)

A group of teenagers go to the family farm of one of them only to be attacked by a killer scarecrow.

Director:

Paul Moore

Writer:

Paul Moore

Stars:

Don Digiulio, Jeanie Cheek, Jennifer Leigh

Cast

Cast overview:
Don Digiulio	...	Sean
Jeanie Cheek	...	Darcy
Jennifer Leigh	...	Angela
B.W. York	...	Bryan
Jessica Dunphy	...	Alex
Paul Bugelski	...	Elijah
J.P. Linkous	...	Sheriff
Ralph Baber	...	Store Owner
Bootie Chewning	...	Maggie
Mike Murdock	...	Justin
Jen Diciccio	...	Felicia
Jeff Wilson	...	Deputy
Paul Moore	...	Hargrove
Jason Eldridge	...	Scarecrow #1
Joshua Dodrill	...	Scarecrow #2 / Scarecrow #3

Storyline

A group of teenagers go to the family farm of one of them only to be attacked by a killer scarecrow.

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Plot Keywords:

scarecrow | farm | killer scarecrow | female nudity | nudity | 

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Taglines:

You reap what you sow...

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, language, some sexual content and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

storm catcher films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

El espantapájaros del diablo

Filming Locations:

Barboursville, West Virginia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$130,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stormcatcher Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the calendar visible in the general store, the action of this film takes place during the month of July 2002.

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Goofs

Sean's hair goes from being cut and well kept to longer and shaggy between shots near the end of the film.

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Crazy Credits

The end credits abruptly stop several times, and they insert scenes from some sort of blooper reel, then the end credits start again, then stop again and another deleted scene appears. Several scenes of fire stunts which didn't work, several different takes of one of the scarecrows getting his hand cut off are shown. Also, there is no copyright date at the end of this film.

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Connections

Followed by The Maize: The Movie (2004)

User Reviews

Don't be fooled by the box cover

I picked up this flick because the cover interested me. Boy was I mistaken. For a low budget movie it started out OK. Your standard group of horror movie teens go to a isolated house and get hacked up. At some points I thought that this film would come up with something new. No chance of that. Not even the skinny dipping scene could save this flick.

I knew it was a bad omen when I saw that the writer was also the director, OK that's not the bad part. Some writers work good as directors of their own work(this isn't one of them). The bad part is that the costume designer and I think the director of photography both share the last name of the writer/director. Now I'm all for using family on a film if they can do the job but come on. First of all the scarecrows looked as if their masks were bought at the local costume shop and weren't even scary(more like laughable). Second the camera work was really bad. In the first scene in the present day, when the lawyer gets up the shake the kids hand the camera stays in place and shoots his torso for a moment. Come on.

On the plus side(not a lot of plus's). The gore FX were not bad. Their is a nice shot of a scythe coming threw a door and threw a guy's shoulder. Hey, if you want a laugh watch the end credits, they show all the bloopers(which is what the whole movie seemed to be to me). The "hero" with his tragic past tries to come across with some cool one liners but they just made me laugh.

Somewhere in this flick was a good story but I couldn't find it. In the end I felt that I wasted $2.00 and 90 minutes that I won't get back.