Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Genre: Thriller / Horror
Duration: 96 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Frank De Felitta
Stars: Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons and Tonya Crowe
IMDb score:
6,7 (10.360)
Releasedate: 24 October 1981
Dark Night of the Scarecrow plot
"The Original Classic"
A retarded man has been wrongly accused of murdering a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, but is found and shot. Some time later, the people who found him are killed one by one by a scarecrow...
Actors and actresses
Otis P. Hazelrigg
Bubba Ritter
Skeeter Norris
Philby
Harless Hocker
Marylee Williams
Mrs. Ritter
D.A. Sam Willock
Judge Henry
Mrs. Willams
Reviews & comments
dutchtuga
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- 16970 messages
- 4101 votes
Extremely atmospheric TV film with a great structure. How you sympathize with Bubba's situation (Darkman!) and how you're going to hate Charles Durning. He plays a strong role here. Rarely does retribution feel as good as it does in this film. Great TV production. They are no longer made that way.
4*
Translated from Dutch · View original
klara
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- 814 messages
- 20367 votes
After hesitating between a 3.5 and a 4.0, I gave it a 4.0 rating. You would really be villains
cannot name four 'perpetrators', although Charles Durning plays more or less as the leader of it
quartet quite a fearless bastard (The 3 others are crybabies who soon get the better of them
gain hips). The film is more of a mysterious thriller than a horror film with hardly any blood
is shed. In one scene I was waiting for the obligatory blood splatter, but no, nothing
and I thought it was a plus. This is not a Fulci, Argento or Bava film, but a film
where it's more about the tension than the gore. Also occasionally moving in connection with the
relationship between the girl and the mentally handicapped or scarecrow. An attractive one
film in which the settlements have been expertly executed.
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