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Bank robbers parachute from a hijacked plane into a field full of killer scarecrows.Bank robbers parachute from a hijacked plane into a field full of killer scarecrows.Bank robbers parachute from a hijacked plane into a field full of killer scarecrows.
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Michael David Simms
- Curry
- (as Michael Simms)
Don Herbert
- Radio Newscast
- (voice)
Howard E. Haller
- Helicopter Pilot
- (voice)
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Dyanne DiRosario
- Kellie
- (voice)
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Effective B-thriller/chiller with supernatural elements , suspense, blood , gore and guts
Mindless and acceptable horror thriller packed with chills , intrigue , terror and lots od interminable screams with no much sense . Including a large number of sinister scenes that usually are frightening and terrifying to spectator. Decent chiller about a gang of delinquents who hijack a plane to go to Mexico . One the the robbers flees and parachutes to a cornfield , then the others land on the location to find him . But there they are mercilessly pursued and massacred by various scarecrows . As they carry out a relentless criminal spree , an implacable slaughter on each person, one by one , with plenty of nighmarish scenes and extreme terror .
An intriguing and gory tale of terror and survival , the picture displays restless horror and great loads of screams , blood , guts and usual weird appearances by surprising scarecrows at a corrnfield , manifesting themselves with creepy threats , violent attacks , grisly murders and anything else . It is produced in limited but well used budget , including nicely recreated special effects , make-up enough and disturbing , shocking gore . The story begins little by little , but when the appearance of the eerie scarecrows takes place the films gets its adequate developing. The cast , though unknown , provides appropiate interpretations fitting to their funcional roles , such as : Ted Vernon, Michael Simms , David Campbell, Victoria Christian , BJ Turner . This Terror subgenre about Scarecrows has the best film titled "Dark night of the scarecrow" 1981 by Frank de Felitta with Charles Durning , Ernest Borgnine , Robert F Lyons , and others as "Scarecrow" 2013 by Sheldon Wilson with Lacey Charbet , Robin Dunne , " Children of corn" by Fritz Kiersch with Peter Horton , Linda Hamilton and its several sequels .
It contains a nice cinematography by Peter Deming, this cameraman has expanded a long and succesful cinematic career over thirty years . This Scarecrows 1988 is a passable terror movie being professionally written and directed by William Wesley . This director has made a few but acceptable short budget movies as Cinema as TV such as : Apolo Z , Monsters , Rout 666 and this Scarecrows at his best.
An intriguing and gory tale of terror and survival , the picture displays restless horror and great loads of screams , blood , guts and usual weird appearances by surprising scarecrows at a corrnfield , manifesting themselves with creepy threats , violent attacks , grisly murders and anything else . It is produced in limited but well used budget , including nicely recreated special effects , make-up enough and disturbing , shocking gore . The story begins little by little , but when the appearance of the eerie scarecrows takes place the films gets its adequate developing. The cast , though unknown , provides appropiate interpretations fitting to their funcional roles , such as : Ted Vernon, Michael Simms , David Campbell, Victoria Christian , BJ Turner . This Terror subgenre about Scarecrows has the best film titled "Dark night of the scarecrow" 1981 by Frank de Felitta with Charles Durning , Ernest Borgnine , Robert F Lyons , and others as "Scarecrow" 2013 by Sheldon Wilson with Lacey Charbet , Robin Dunne , " Children of corn" by Fritz Kiersch with Peter Horton , Linda Hamilton and its several sequels .
It contains a nice cinematography by Peter Deming, this cameraman has expanded a long and succesful cinematic career over thirty years . This Scarecrows 1988 is a passable terror movie being professionally written and directed by William Wesley . This director has made a few but acceptable short budget movies as Cinema as TV such as : Apolo Z , Monsters , Rout 666 and this Scarecrows at his best.
An 80s gem
Well executed production, excellent makeup and effects and some genuinely disturbing and creepy content sure to please horror fans. Absolutely worth the watch.
Not many movies scare me, but this one...
Man, what a horror movie! The idea about killer scarecrows may turn a lot of people off by sounding cheezy, but this is talented filmmaking by people who knew what to do, and, best of all, what NOT to do. The dark, quiet, breezy cornfields of a deserted-looking rural area, with no one around for who knows how many miles, is served with some great creepy atmosphere. The music helps, with a lot of the soundtrack's more sedated moments being the creepiest of all. The gore and visual shocks are very detailed and well-done, but they are kept to a minimum for a lot of the running time. Still, as they say, when it rains, it pours! The acting is great, and the writers did the right thing when they knew NOT to try to give any explanation for how the killer scarecrows came to be other than as much as the characters can figure out (a cleverly vague theory about a family that had been living on the farm who were probably in league with Satan). A lot of great powers are wielded by the scarecrows, including the exact imitation of victims' voices and the ability to reanimate their victims for use to their own fiendish means. There is some humor, but it's character-to-character banter rather than any type of comedy. This is no goofy movie by any means. It really also creeped me out about how the scarecrows move with a sort of stealth, and silently run right up behind a character and off them in seconds, without warning. I had some serious trouble sleeping after this one, but that is a compliment. Not many movies have been able to do that with me, and even fewer are ones I still found enjoyable enough to search down in a used video store and shell out ten bucks to buy. I would only recommend the unrated version, but this is one of those movies that is hard to find in its rated version, so if you come across it, it will probably be unrated. Creepy, creepy stuff, the best way to describe this sadly overlooked masterpiece of horror cinema.
So-Bad-It's-Good 80s Nonsense
"Scarecrows" is the first film from William Wesley (Route 666) about a group of criminals who are double-crossed by one of their own and have to land their getaway plane on a remote farm. There, things go from bad to worse when the group realizes that something evil is afoot.
This movie is so wonderfully bad, it's honestly one of the best unintentional comedies ever made. The audio mixing makes the blend of inner dialogue sound exactly as if the characters are talking aloud, and the acting ranges from under to over-acting. Even the practical effects are just silly, being barely worthy of direct-to-VHS hits at the time, which in a way helps secure this movie's position as a so-bad-it's-good time.
This movie is so wonderfully bad, it's honestly one of the best unintentional comedies ever made. The audio mixing makes the blend of inner dialogue sound exactly as if the characters are talking aloud, and the acting ranges from under to over-acting. Even the practical effects are just silly, being barely worthy of direct-to-VHS hits at the time, which in a way helps secure this movie's position as a so-bad-it's-good time.
A couple creepy moments, some laughs, and a lot of killer scarecrows
A Joe Pesci look alike and his military friends rob and kidnap a father/daughter combo, escaping in a jet airplane. During flight, one of the robbers grabs the loot and parachutes onto a farm haunted by demonic scarecrows. They land, and it becomes obvious that the human characters here don't matter, scarecrows are the main draw.
It's super low-budget without showing too much, and the acting is very b-movie in an enjoyable way. Unfortunately, the story is just a set up to have guys with guns get sneakily picked off by alie.. I mean predato.. I mean scarecrows.
But the simple plot works through decent effects, competent direction, and the scarecrows themselves. (They're near invulnerable, wield knives, pitchforks, cleavers, and sew people full of leaves to make them into zombified slaves.)
There's some genuinely creepy moments and some laughable schlock. If you don't go in expecting much, this can be a fun ride.
It's super low-budget without showing too much, and the acting is very b-movie in an enjoyable way. Unfortunately, the story is just a set up to have guys with guns get sneakily picked off by alie.. I mean predato.. I mean scarecrows.
But the simple plot works through decent effects, competent direction, and the scarecrows themselves. (They're near invulnerable, wield knives, pitchforks, cleavers, and sew people full of leaves to make them into zombified slaves.)
There's some genuinely creepy moments and some laughable schlock. If you don't go in expecting much, this can be a fun ride.
Did you know
- TriviaWhile in post-production, the films producer Cami Winikoff and its director William Wesley were taking the film to LA to edit it, but they went to the wrong airport and missed their flight. That flight was Delta Air Lines Flight 191, which encountered a micro-burst upon landing in DFW and crashed, ultimately killing 137 of the 163 on board. The section of the plane they were to be sitting in had no survivors.
- GoofsWhile Corbin and Kellie are making their escape towards the plane during last act of the movie (starting at around 1 hour 6 minutes in), there are many quick cuts to the plane which show it during daytime, however when the camera cuts back to the characters it is clearly the middle of the night / pitch black outside.
- Crazy creditsIn the final credits the cast is listed in two sections: Crows and Scarecrows.
- Alternate versionsThere is an R-Rated Version and an Unrated Version of this film. The Unrated Version runs approx. four minutes longer than the R-Rated Version and features extended action and gore sequences that were trimmed for the R-Rated Version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in GenXHorror: 15 Top Tier 80s Horror flicks! (2025)
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- Budget
- $425,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m(83 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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