Scarecrow Slayer (2003)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Memorable, crazy movie

A different way of telling a story

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I paid $2.00 for this movie which is part of the 3 movie scarecrow series. "Scarecrow", "Scarecrow slayer" and "Scarecrow gone wild" all released around the same time with the wicked cover art and the re-hash concept of scary scarecrows promising a good scare. I haven't liked a scarecrow movie since "scarecrows" 1988 horror title and such a creature is something that can truly scare the crap out of a young mind.This movie blows. The story/plot was very weak The acting was very poor The casting of actors was bad. The costumes/wardrobe were laughable. (the sheriff outfits/the "hottie" top, the "marines" etc) The Sticker sheriff logo on the car wasn't even stuck on right. The music/score was bad... i would have expected some hard rock or metal music.... nothing. The "special effects" were one of the worst i have EVER seen.Overall its a bad D grade Horror film. I have given it 3 because I've seen worse and im feeling generous

This is one of the worse movies i ever seen...Oh god, i cant understand how a movie from 2003 can be much more worse than 80's trash horror movies. This movie is so ridiculous, bad acting, bad dialog, very bad CGI, a lot of non sense things... I like trash horror movie, but i need to warn people, this one is awful, is not even funny, i wish i be able to give 0 to this movie.This movie don't worth your time.*DONT WATCH!*---------------------------------- -----------------------------------------

Scarecrow Slayer is the sequel to Emmanuel Itier's cult horror movie "Scarecrow". This time around Itier has given the reigns to a new director and the result is not too bad at all. Forget the low IMDb rating, if you liked the first film or low budget horror movies in general, then Scarecrow Slayer is worth hiring.Fans of the original film may be somewhat disappointed that this is a sequel in name only. Scarecrow Slayer does not follow the events of the first movie, so there is a new scarecrow victim and most upsettingly, no return appearance from scream queen, Tiffany Shepis. In fact, the only real link to the original is Todd Rex, who reprises his role as the scarecrow. Despite the new cast and storyline, this is not an awful sequel. Scarecrow Slayer definitely lacks the tastelessness and grim humour that made Itier's film a video favourite but it is 90 minutes of stupid, gory fun.This time around a college student, Dave, is accidentally shot while trying to steal the scarecrow during a hazing dare. This results in Dave's soul entering the scarecrow with the intention of avenging his death and being reunited with his girlfriend, Mary. Dave even builds Mary a female scarecrow, so they can be possessed together after he kills her. Who says romance is dead. The plot of the movie basically involves the scarecrow chasing Mary around town, killing anyone who comes between them. The murders begin rather tamely but as the film progresses the gore factor increases significantly. I particularly liked the head squashing, which was very reminiscent of early Troma. The special effects are the work of Anthony C. Ferrante, who recently directed the atrocious ghost movie "Boo". Thankfully, his special effects are far better than his directing skills.In addition to some decent low budget gore, the film also boasts a cameo appearance from Tony Todd - the "Candyman" himself! Tony gives a great performance as Caleb, the scarecrow's keeper. The other standout performance is given by Jessica Mattson, who plays the requisite big breasted bimbo with style. I'm surprised that her career has stalled, she definitely has the assets to be a scream queen. The rest of the cast is pretty ordinary but good enough for this kind of material.Scarecrow Slayer is definitely only for fans of low budget gore. This is not high art, but you should know that from the DVD cover. I can't believe that people hire a movie about a killer bundle of hay and have the nerve to go online and write reviews lamenting the poor production values as if it were some kind of surprise.

Oh my GOD! I actually like crappy horror movies, I go out of my way to get them, but THIS.... THIS went too far into the deep realm of low budget film making.THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS VERY MILD SPOILERS OK, I watched this film for about half an hour before thinking, "Why am I watching this crap?" And completely domalishing this "Movie". I'm just curious, was I the only one who almost died laughing at the bullet "effect"? It looked like an 8 year old drew a circle, made it gradually shrink, and then make the screen tint random colors for a few minutes... Wait... that IS what happened! The Original wasn't bad. I managed to watch it all the way through. It was actually decent. But man... This was completely terrible. PLEASE listen to me, DO NOT RENT/BUY THIS!!! DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT I DID!!!! Thanks for your time that you could have spent watching the first 2 minutes of this film, realizing that I was so right.