Scarecrow (2013)

Six high school kids come face to face with an evil entity as they serve their detention before the town scarecrow festival.

Director:

Sheldon Wilson

Writer:

Rick Suvalle

Stars:

Lacey Chabert, Robin Dunne, Nicole Muñoz

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Lacey Chabert	...	Kristen
Robin Dunne	...	Aaron
Nicole Muñoz	...	Maria
Brittney Wilson	...	Beth
Carlo Marks	...	Eddie
Reilly Dolman	...	Daevon
Iain Belcher	...	Calvin
Richard Harmon	...	Tyler
Julia Maxwell	...	Nicki
Kevin O'Grady	...	Officer Morris
Jerry Wasserman	...	Murphy
Lanie McAuley	...	Marcy
Keenan Tracey	...	Chad

Storyline

For generations, it was an urban legend that lived in the nightmares of children. Now, the season to rejuvenate the tale will revive a town's darkest fears. With the Scarecrow Festival on the horizon, school teacher Aaron Harris is doling out punishment for six students serving detention, including the moody Tyler, Goth girl Nikki, wrestling team captain Daevon, and straight-A student Jun. Their task: help Aaron's ex-girlfriend Kristen fix her family farm before it's sold. But the cornfields circling the farm come with a legend-and Tyler takes macabre delight in recounting the tale: It never sleeps, it never dies, it can't be stopped, hear their cries. The Scarecrow lives to kill us all. Keep it buried in the fall... When the kids play a terrifying game of cat and mouse in the cornfield with what they believe is a wild animal, Kristen tries to convince them that the Scarecrow is a very real creature of fierce strength and power, rejuvenated by the blood of its prey-and proof comes all...

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Plot Keywords:

scarecrow | farm | detention | teacher | high school | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Release Date:

5 October 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Espantalho Assassino

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brightlight Pictures, Lighthouse Pictures, RHI Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Did You Know?

Quotes

[character Kristen arrives to greet teacher Mr. Harris and the bus of students outside of the Miller's barn]
Kristen: Hey.
Aaron: Hi.
Kristen: So, did you find it okay?
Aaron: Yeah... how could I not?
Kristen: Good.
Aaron: Wow, you, uh... you look...
Kristen: What, broke?
Aaron: No, I was going to say, great. You look great.
Kristen: Thanks. Look at you, you're like, mister big-time teacher now.
[...]

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Connections

References Scared Straight! (1978)

User Reviews

Didn't Scare Me

Two horny teenagers go in to a barn for some you know what . The horny female falls from a ladder which causes a deep cut and this causes a scarecrow to come to life and embark on a purge against horny teenagers

Stop laughing because that premise is exactly as I described it . As you might expect it's yet another teenagers in peril from a violent blood thirsty monster where sex equates with being killed by the said blood thirsty monster

" Hey Theo I think I might have seen this type of movie before . Tell me what's different about it "

Not much except it's got a killer scarecrow in it . I did think perhaps it was going to totally rip off JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 but lets face it plagiarising a film by Victor Salva isn't a good marketing ploy so the film does go its own way slightly even though it remains painfully generic . The eponymous Scarecrow itself is very scary looking and the director tries to make use of sound effects but it fails to gain an extra mark due to being too obviously CGI created

In summary SCARECROW only appeals to horror junkies