Scarecrows (1988)

Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.

Director:

William Wesley

Writers:

William Wesley (story), Richard Jefferies (screenplay)

Stars:

Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ted Vernon	...	Corbin
Michael David Simms	...	Curry (as Michael Simms)
Richard Vidan	...	Jack
Kristina Sanborn	...	Roxanne
Victoria Christian	...	Kellie
David Campbell	...	Al
B.J. Turner	...	Bert
Dax Vernon	...	Dax the Dog
Tony Santory	...	Jakob Fowler
Phil Zenderland	...	Norman Fowler
Mike Balog	...	Benjamin Fowler
Don Herbert	...	Radio Newscast (voice)
Howard E. Haller	...	Helicopter Pilot / Base (voice)
Dyanne DiRosario	...	Kellie (voice)

Storyline

Five people heist the Camp Pendleton payroll, kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned graveyard surrounded by strange scarecrows. Two of the team jump after their loot and their former partner. Everything happens during the course of one very dark night.

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Plot Keywords:

scarecrow | graveyard | heist | theft | airplane | 

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Taglines:

Trespassers will be mutilated.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writer/director William Wesley first met make-up artist Norman Cabrera in a comic book store.

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Goofs

When Bert watches Corbin jump from the plane through the night-vision googles, it is obvious that it daytime. Despite the film taking place at nighttime.

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Quotes

Corbin: God to Bert - your birthday has been cancelled!

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Crazy Credits

In the final credits the cast is listed in two sections: Crows and Scarecrows.

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Alternate Versions

There is an R-Rated Version and an Unrated Version of this film. The Unrated Version runs approx. four minutes longer than the R-Rated Version and features extended action and gore sequences that were trimmed for the R-Rated Version.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

User Reviews

Slightly overrated

A lot of horror fans seem to love Scarecrows, so I won't be very popular in saying that I found it to be rather boring. The idea behind it was interesting, but it seems to drag so much. I think the main problem is that it is all set in darkness. Sometimes horror films set in darkness can work (such as Humongous), but Scarecrows is in darkness for the whole film. A lot of the time it's hard to figure out what's actually happening, and although some shots of the scarecrows were creepy, most were hard to even see. If a little more lighting had been used, perhaps it could've been better.

There's not many films involving killer scarecrows to my knowledge, apart from Dark Night Of The Scarecrow, which is much better. I would recommend that over Scarecrows any day.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 1991 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Scarecrows

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$425,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Effigy Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 79 min (R-rated)

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1