lathe-of-heaven Yeah, just that little oddity alone was worth writing the review... What the HELL was THAT about...!??? Anyway, you can tell by the 'Thanks' at the end to just about EVERY Horror Icon / Director in existence, that this guy's heart is in the right place. Man, this guy has more enthusiasm than, I don't know, just about ANYONE else! I can't really add much that others here haven't said (55 reviews?!! GEEZ!) BUT, I will say that in my very lowly and wretched opinion I personally think that if they had just kept the Scarecrow bloody SILENT and menacing and dropped the truly HIDEOUS dialog when he killed people, I REALLY, REALLY think that would have gone a long way to making him way more menacing and scary. The acrobatics didn't really bother me too much; and, if they had kept that along with just having him be silently vicious, that I think would have been an interesting combination. But, those UTTERLY INSIPID and STUPID lines were just so bloody awful that as far as I'm concerned it really hurt the film and lowered my already generous rating to 5 from what could have been a strong 7. We're talking SO seriously bad that it makes Freddy Kruger sound like Shakespeare!I think this director, especially how he goes on and on and on about how his idols are all the great Horror directors, particularly Argento, he REALLY needs to know when to get a bit more serious, mainly in how he directs the killings and DEFINITELY drop the stupid dialog which GREATLY dilutes whatever horror he has worked so hard to build...Otherwise, yeah, lots of fun, amateurish to be sure, but there are a LOT worse films out there...

vinylsoul31 First off I'll be the first to admit that the scarecrow himself is quite a bit over-the-top. A toned down maybe less acrobatic scarecrow would've made this movie much less cheesy. But overall I think it's one of the better B-movies. Tiffany Shepis is absolutely wonderful, not to mention incredibly beautiful. Though this movie is missing the all-important nude factor, there are several other movies at which to view her. But here she gets all evil-hotness, especially towards the end as she's walking away from the engulfed scarecrow. Also Richard Elfman does a great job as sheriff and as the drunk boyfriend. Yes it's a low budget B-movie. But out of all of them I've seen, this is definitely one of my very top favorites.

dozer-14 Holy @#%& this movie was still warm and juicy from the pile it was made with. I tried to watch this pile of festering waste but found it easier to slash my wrists and slug back a shooter of Lysol floor cleaner than endure more than half of the crap that was on my screen. I rank this well below anything I have ever watched on film or TV, and thats saying something. I once witnessed a cow crap in a field. I watched the steaming pile for a hour and a half, who knows... it might have moved or something. Well that was time better spent than watching this tripe. The acting was non-existent, the plot was somewhere other than on this film. I think I saw a cut seen early on where the plot managed to escape and was riding off in the background on the back of a old pickup truck heading to Portland in hopes of becoming a Steven King shi77er. Please tell me director is getting medication he so desperately needs. It's pretty clear he needs heavy medication and I'd willing to front the money needed for his lobotomy reversal. Bah... I can't give this review the full punch it needs because nothing this painful can ever be done justice in typed word alone. Let me just say that if your looking for a flick to pass some time and you see this Chilton on the rack, walk to your car, start the engine, then shove both of your fists straight into the fan until it you can't feel your bones vibrate anymore. Be sure to have your wallet in hand also because you were going to waste the cash anyway. You might as well have the privilege of wasting it yourself.By the way, I watched this after a "buddy" of mine sent his girlfriend over so I could see it. HE dint come over, SHE had too. Whats worse is that she had to watch this $%&@ thing TWICE! I heard their married now and he gets to visit his balls once a month. I hope it was because of this film.

BraedenV First off, let me start with a quote a friend of mine said while watching this movie: "This entire movie had to have been a dare. You know, like, 'DUDE, I BET YOU COULDN'T MAKE THE WORST MOVIE EVER'". With this movie, they've made a good effort at achieving that title. The effects are, of course, poor. The plot/dialogue is like a collage of of bits stolen from every B horror movie ever made. The actors, I'm assuming, are supposed to be in college. Yet parts of it (especially at the beginning) make it seem like they're supposed to be in high or middle school. It makes no sense. The Scarecrow going around killing people isn't the least bit enjoyable. (SPOILER: At the end, when they chant Lester's name and he reappears, the black guy and Scarecrow are both laughing, probably out of relief they were on their last scene, and at the cheesy dialogue.)