Rise of the Scarecrows

Wow would be the first word to come to mind after watching this disaster of a movie. I have seen so many b grade films over the years and have really enjoyed them. I'm a huge supporter to the b genre and love to see young directors trying to make it in the film industry, but this one's just too much. There is not one thing positive to say about Rise of the Scarecrows no matter how hard you rack your brain. Prior to this I considered Full Moon to put out the worst movies ever but have been proved very wrong. At least Full Moon films have some entertaining qualities which could earn a few stars. This one deserves nothing above a zero.

The story follows a few of the world's worst actors as they try to uncover the mystery behind a small towns zombie scarecrows. Somehow these scarecrows arise to take the lives of the remaining townspeople, but you'd never know it because they show nothing. The best you'll get is a view from the scarecrows eyes as he hunts someone down while they let out an amazingly fake scream. It's just awful. All you get is a group of terrible actors, a script that must have been written by a chimp, and home video camera quality. At all costs please avoid this film unless you are looking to waste time and money.

I watch quite a few low budget horror films, I kind of know what to expect. The acting is never great; the special effects are never great; the writing often has a few little holes. They usually have character and merit. But this film, from start to end, is just a new low for any type of film.

The acting is the worst I've ever seen. The script is awful. The story is so weak and forced, that the writer had to keep characters saying certain things over and over again, or have them speak things out loud, while alone, just to make sure the viewer gets it. When, in fact, it's so dumb and simple, that everyone will have known before it was even spoke.

Do not watch this movie. Ever.

I've seen a few low budget flicks over the years, but this was probably the lowest. It seemed to me that a couple of buddies got a hold of some low end cameras and decided, why not? The acting is, to put it nicely, HORRIBLE. Listen mother trucker, what's your issue? Writing? Not so much. I could sit back, close my eyes and see where the idea could possibly work, but it would have to be done by at least high school drama students who have been taught the basics of acting. I'm not even mentioning the production value, if you can call it that. I am being hard, I have never made a movie. Kudos to the effort and balls to do it. Not one that I could ever recommend, but then again I've never attempted to do it.

This has got to be the very worst movie I have ever seen. I watched it all of the way through to be fair in giving a review, but the only good thing I can say about it is that it had a few good songs. You could tell in any and all fight scenes that no one came even close to landing an actual blow. The camera could not stay in focus. There was no "blood" until after the person was killed. They describe their friend as being "torn to pieces," but the only thing you saw was some blood pour out of his mouth as his head tilted forward. He just had his arms draped over a tree in back of him. Something a dead person could not do because they would need the support of their legs to stand up. The proof that this low budget film was far below low budget was the constant use of the "f" word and the obligatory female nude scene. I support people making their own films, but they shouldn't have bothered with this one. If any of the actors in this movie ever make a real movie, they need to make sure and not mention that they were in this one, or they'll never act again.

Let's be honest, most of us would give this so-called movie a zero if we could. I guarantee the high voters were all IN this sad attempt at movie making. What happened is this- a sad guy with dreams of movie making rounded up coworkers and friends and said "wanna be in a movie"? For those that answered, "I've never acted", the answer was "no problem". Not true, there are many, many problems. These people cannot write leaps to mind first. No budget, I can overlook that, but zero talent cannot be overlooked. For them the answer seems to be, nothing to say?, just swear. Other than actually calling this mess a movie at all, what bothers me is a guy running around calling himself a film maker, but not wanting to actually work. No effort to train himself or his "staff", no decent rehearsals or rewrites, no re-filming when the sound, picture, direction, acting, script, etc. is complete garbage. It seems that the only thing going here is a total amateur with the ability to get a piece of film unworthy of high school drama class quality to DVD. I'm completely serious to say that I would be embarrassed to put my name anywhere near this guy and his pretend work. If you must continue your "craft", go to school and get a clue.