Review of Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) by Jason D — 28 Sep 2008
Even as a TV movie, the highly underrated Dark Night of the Scarecrow manages to chill you to the very bone moreso than any other dribble that is gracing the movie theaters at the moment. When a small right wing, good old boy, hillbilly community has no faggots, nigger, spicks, or chinks to discriminate, the next logical step would be to take on the retards, which 4 vigilante, rednecks (led by a very disturbing and creepy Charles Durning in an excellent role) do when they track down a man-child named Bubba (played well, but all too briefly by Dr.
Giggles himself, Larry Drake) who they think has killed a small girl (he actually saved her from a vicious dog). They shoot him to death while he is hiding by pretending to be a scarecrow in a field. The 4 men get acquitted of murder charges, but soon start dying at the hand of an unseen force, which they believe is Bubba come back from the dead dressed as a scarecrow.
It's a very chilling film with great atmosphere and some even creepier sounds. I loved it. This desperately needs to be put on DVD.
This review of Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) was written by Jason D on 28 Sep 2008.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow has generally received positive reviews.
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