Review of Scarecrows (1988) by Brad W — 06 Jun 2008

Intensely creepy and original horror flick. The scarecrows themselves are not corny at all, but straight out of a nightmare.

This review of Scarecrows (1988) was written by Brad W on 06 Jun 2008.

Scarecrows has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Bryan G (631) on 06 Sep 2009

Scarecrows is one of the best horror flicks that I have seen interesting fact though it took me awhile to locate this film and it was worth the wait…

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By Elise H (386) on 26 May 2008

The acting is kinda shitty and some of the effects are too but for some reason, this film pulls it off…

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By Starla M (32) on 18 Oct 2008

This movie had such potential. The scarecrow imagery at the beginning was awesome. The scarecrow imagery in the middle was awesome…

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By Jack T (264) on 03 Dec 2009

Horrible acting. The story was really stupid and not very entertaining. The movie was pretty short. The scarecrows were not that scary…

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By Julie G (404) on 02 Oct 2008

Just gave this one another look this evening…

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By Daniel H (1,174) on 17 Aug 2008

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By Alex R (2,581) on 09 Jun 2013

Scarecrows is a good film, but one that could definitely have used a few rewrites to make it a much better horror film…

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