begob Five friends on a road trip crash into a ditch in remote farmland, and on passing through a cornfield to get help at a nearby house blunder into a ghostly trap.The action sparks off with minimal set up - no beating about the bush as they ... beat about the bush. The cornfield setting is effective, the house adds to the claustrophobia, and the whole thing is brought home in a well judged run-time.Characterisation is poor, but the acting is tolerable. A lot of frustration with characters' choices, especially their insistence on not sticking together for safety. The group should have had a coherent dynamic, but they're little more than a random selection, and the dialogue is bog standard. Also the cheesy insistence on splashing gasoline on the ground but then oddly not setting it on fire - you raise a loaded gun, you better use it.The story is saved by a coherent mythology that adds depth and allows a plausible twist to bring about a satisfying end. Helped along by the pacey sound effects and music.Overall, basic concept that's well executed.

Leofwine_draca It's hard to believe that there's an entire sub-genre of 'killer scarecrow' features which has existed ever since the grand-daddy of the genre, the excellent DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW, came out in 1980. In the past decade there have been plenty of low budget additions to the genre, none of them much to write home about, and HUSK is such a movie. It's a staple of bargain bins everywhere, a film shot over the space of a couple of weeks which took two years to be released.And for a B-movie, it's not too bad, but not too great either. The storyline is okay but the script is sub-par, although there's a very fast pace which helps to disguise some of the problems. The storyline features a typically annoying group of youths whose car breaks down at the edge of a corn field. They're soon being menaced by a supernatural scarecrow that has the power to recruit others to its cause.HUSK isn't a particularly gruesome film but the monsters are well achieved and rather effective, especially with those sewing machine scenes. It's a shame that the main characters are more lifeless than their zombified counterparts, but those of a forgiving disposition may find themselves mildly enjoying HUSK despite its many flaws; sadly I wasn't one of them.

Uriah43 While driving in the country a car carrying 5 people is involved in an accident which leaves them stranded next to an enormous cornfield. In the distance they see a house and one of the passengers by the name of "Johnny" (Ben Easter) decides to walk through the cornfield to ask for help. When he doesn't return two other passengers named "Brian" (Wes Chatham) and "Scott" (Devon Graye) decide to venture to the house to see what is wrong. What they see at the house is quite disturbing and that's just the beginning of their problems. Anyway, while I liked the action and suspense in this movie if I had to point out a weakness I would say that it lacked character. People go into the cornfield and they get killed. They also argue among themselves. A lot. Be that as it may, it has a good premise but I can't help but feel it could have been so much better. As it was it seemed a bit hollow. In short, this wasn't a bad horror movie. Unfortunately, I didn't think it wasn't anything out of the ordinary either. That said, I rate it as average.

djderka I rarely rate a movie below 5 but this is an exception. If you are entertained by watching someone chew gum, this is the movie for you.Although the cinematography, lighting, and acting are professional, the script really sucked. I mean two jocks and a geek in a cornfield. Was this funded by mom and dad? Were those guys your best buddies, Brett?Little gore, no babes, lame boring script make this a Don't See. The movie could be used to bore criminals during interrogation so that they finally confess.The plot is simple: babe and three guys travel near a cornfield. They get stuck and have to enter the cornfield finding an old car, and a house. Kill off babe. Introduce a killer scarecrow and watch 3 guys run around in boring scene after boring scene. Have the cast hooked up to a sewing machine. Have the new scarecrow chase the others. Wrap up with pseudo plot about the past. Brett you and a few others have broken the cardinal rule on horror movies: you must have some BABES in sexy clothes in the movie !!!!! And they must be running around scared ! Otherwise you have an exercise in camera set up and lighting.The horror/scary wasn't near equal to other films like Wrong Turn, Saw, Evil Dead and a slew of others. Maybe this could have been a comedy, just add a few punch lines and some three stooges type stuff and presto! a movie. Even those Crocagator films have babes in them running around scared. These are popcorn and date movies so get on the clue bus if you ever do another film.