WasAnnon
Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Per Myrhill
It feels like they couldn't decide between making an action or a horror movie. Sometimes it also feels like they try to bend the story to match a specific scene. They should have used Bergmans motto: "kill your darling" and cut out some of the "talking" -scenes that doesn't fit in or move the story forward.The main actors couldn't deliver a line if their life depended on it. Try not to smile next time you scream Help! and Stop! And I really hate when they feel the need to set the scene with lines such as; it feels scary! instead of letting the scene play out more naturally and give the actors some more room to act? Several times it actually felt like I was watching two or three movies at the same time. I really liked the sound and music score though.
nightwatch4773
I remember going to my local video store in the summer of 1988 and renting a copy of scarecrows on VHS. Certain rental nights just stick with you when your young and this was one of them. It was a hot humid night with all the windows open and I was watching scarecrows in the pitch dark and just loving it. Creeeeeeeeeeeepyyyyyy is the word for this movie and it hit all the right marks as far as horror goes. 20 years later I bought the DVD and fell in love with this film all over again. Being able to see this in widescreen was a delight. This film is very obscure even though it has a cult following so seek it out. Finally if you love scarecrow horror check out the superior Husk from Afterdark, it will terrify you and I wouldn't be surprised if the director of Husk used Scarecrows as his catalyst. Enjoy!!!
FlashCallahan
Five people rob 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 night.....If you yearn for Army versus Scarecrows, you've got the movie you wished for. Everybody else, this is a mundane excuse for a horror film, and probably one of the first instances where gore favours the scares.To be honest the film is really pants and nothing happens. Every five or ten minutes we are treated to a decent shot of a scarecrow, and someone gets killed or stuffed. Repeat this for eighty minutes and you have a bad, boring, bland film, with only a dog with cataracts as the redeeming part of the film.
swk845
Maybe I went in expecting too much. I read a review of this film on here where the guy gave it a 10/10. He stated that it was much better than any Halloween or Friday the 13th any day. I admit, most Friday the 13th movies blow. This movie was equally horrific. It is slow paced, dark, and not filled with many quality kill scenes. It also has an ending that will make you want to blow yourself up with a grenade. There has to be a better way to end the movie. Give me the budget for this film and I will at least generate a legit 5/10 movie. I have seen hundreds of cheesy horror films, especially ones from the 80's. Comparatively this one ranks way low on my list.
