Night of the Scarecrow

Night of the Scarecrow
Film poster
Directed by Jeff Burr
Written by Reed Steiner
Dan Mazur
Starring Elizabeth Barondes
John Mese
Stephen Root
Bruce Glover
Dirk Blocker
Music by Jim Manzie
Cinematography Thomas L. Callaway
Edited by Bob Murawski
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date
  • August 8, 1995 (1995-08-08)
Running time
 85 min.
Country United States
Language English

Night of the Scarecrow is a 1995 American horror film directed by Jeff Burr.

Plot

In order for a town to prosper and have a successful harvest, the citizens made a deal with a warlock. When the people found out that the warlock was sexually preying on the town's women, they murdered him and buried his bones, which resulted in his ghost being confined to a scarecrow.

Cast

Reception

While Variety wrote that the director "has more luck with physical scenes than he does with coaxing inspired performances out of his actors", Blu-ray.com wrote that the director "stages things very effectively and gets some good performances out of a game cast."[1][2] A reviewer for DVD Talk did not like the "inept circa-1995 CGI".[3]

Adam Tyner, writing for DVD Talk, said "It's kind of interesting seeing some of the familiar faces in the cast, and Night of the Scarecrow does trot out a few really nice looking setpieces, but none of that's enough to salvage this limp, lifeless, uninspired, instantly forgettable slasher flick. Skip It."[3]

Home media

The original video release was in 1995 on VHS, distributed by Republic Pictures.[4] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Olive Films in 2013, with the same special features – an audio commentary with director Jeff Burr, a making of video, and a picture gallery.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hansen, Eric (September 4, 1995). "Review: "Night of the Scarecrow"". Variety. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ Kauffman, Jeffrey (May 3, 2013). "Night of the Scarecrow Blu-ray Review". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Tyner, Adam (April 30, 2013). "Night of the Scarecrow (Blu-ray)". DVD Talk. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Night of the Scarecrow [VHS] (1995)". Amazon. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Night of the Scarecrow". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
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