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Summary: Behind the scenes!
Review: Look at the cover of the movie, does this actually look like a good movie? Well I was going to give it a one but the behind the sceens is the most funniest thing I have ever seen! When that french dude is talking he just says the funniest things. Why couldn't they make a movie about this dude? That would be something to see. The best part is in the end where he is all like "sometimes life is like a b**** and then other times is f***ing rips!" What? ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Summary: IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN...
Review: As many have mentioned, director (?) Emmanuel Itier claims he has been influenced by Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Troma, and George Romero. Can you arrest someone for directing under the influence?
SCARECROW is Carrie reborn. The put upon young geek who nobody likes but one girl, naturally..and even she's not sincere to the heart. But anyway said geek gets killed by mom's disgusting lover, and his soul goes into a scarecrow and the revenge begins. Handled with a little more style and originality, it could have been passable entertainment. But the Matrix jumps, the Freddy attempts to be funny, and the unrelenting gore plummet this movie into the depths of the B bin. Tim Young as Lester looks like he's 30 years old; the teacher makes the wicked witch of the west look saintly, and the overall acting is essentially rotten. I have never seen so many wasted scenes of the moon, clouds racing across the sun, and other padding scenes. The musical score is relentlessly bad and boring.
No surprises, no genuine scares, and the behind the scenes documentary is a hoot.
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Summary: another scarecrow flick
Review: don't think i've ever been real impressed by any of the scarecrow films even though there's only like 4 or 5 of em. they must be hard to make. this movie tried wayy to hard, the scarecrow tried to have a personality like freddie krueger but was more ridiculous than anything. was fairly entertaining and had a few cool death scenes but other than that i can't say i highly recommend this movie.
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Summary: When a B movie becomes a B movie wanna B!
Review: I am getting really tired of renting these new straight to video horror films and getting nothing that shocks or scares me. I read the back of this DVD case and I decided to rent it at the my local video store. I don't mind the bad acting or the bad script cause that is what B movies are all about. Script was bad, but the overal story was even worst. The story of a kid being picked on by everyone from his Mom's drunk boyfriend, to every popular kid at school, to even his teacher was a lame storyline for a backstory of a killer. What made Michael Myers so scary in Halloween was we didn't know why he was crazy. Now this poor kid dies and some how and someway his spirit goes into a scarecrow out in the fields and then goes for his revenge. OK, why would I be scared of a guy trying to get revenge on all the people who tortured this poor kid? I wouldn't be scared, but I would root for the guy to get his revenge. The director in the "Behind the Scene" extra talks about his mentor's Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Wes Craven etc etc etc. He even gives them thanks before the credits roll at the end. But this director has no clue what made those great horror directors so great. He then said he wanted to tap into what the kids today like. Horror, matrix style fighting, and comic book style. OK, horror fans DO NO, I repeat DO NOT want to see a Scarecrow do flips OK! Top it all off we have another killer trying to be FUNNY. Freddy Kruger might have popularized the comedy line before or after killing someone, but it was the first Nightmare On Elmstreet everyone calls the best because it was creepy, scary and NOT FUNNY. The only thing that was good was the makeup of the Scarecrow which really looked fabulous. The main heroin was great, but the plotline just wasn't scary and you ended up not carrying. Also never start off a story by saying there will be a suprise twist at the end. BTW, the suprise twist you can see coming a MILLION and ONE MILES away. Also these new horror movies of today are just too slick. I hate the digital shot ones. Even with low budget (This movie was shot in 8 days) still it came off too slick. I think these new directors need to go back and watch the great horror movies of the 70's and 80's and learn why these films where so good.
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Summary: When a B movie becomes a B movie wanna B!
Review: I am getting really tired of renting these new straight to video horror films and getting nothing that shocks or scares me. I read the back of this DVD case and I decided to rent it at the my local video store. I don't mind the bad acting or the bad script cause that is what B movies are all about. Script was bad, but the overal story was even worst. The story of a kid being picked on by everyone from his Mom's drunk boyfriend, to every popular kid at school, to even his teacher was a lame storyline for a backstory of a killer. What made Michael Myers so scary in Halloween was we didn't know why he was crazy. Now this poor kid dies and some how and someway his spirit goes into a scarecrow out in the fields and then goes for his revenge. OK, why would I be scared of a guy trying to get revenge on all the people who tortured this poor kid? I wouldn't be scared, but I would root for the guy to get his revenge. The director in the "Behind the Scene" extra talks about his mentor's Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Wes Craven etc etc etc. He even gives them thanks before the credits roll at the end. But this director has no clue what made those great horror directors so great. He then said he wanted to tap into what the kids today like. Horror, matrix style fighting, and comic book style. OK, horror fans DO NO, I repeat DO NOT want to see a Scarecrow do flips OK! Top it all off we have another killer trying to be FUNNY. Freddy Kruger might have popularized the comedy line before or after killing someone, but it was the first Nightmare On Elmstreet everyone calls the best because it was creepy, scary and NOT FUNNY. The only thing that was good was the makeup of the Scarecrow which really looked fabulous. The main heroin was great, but the plotline just wasn't scary and you ended up not carrying. Also never start off a story by saying there will be a suprise twist at the end. BTW, the suprise twist you can see coming a MILLION and ONE MILES away. Also these new horror movies of today are just too slick. I hate the digital shot ones. Even with low budget (This movie was shot in 8 days) still it came off too slick. I think these new directors need to go back and watch the great horror movies of the 70's and 80's and learn why these films where so good.
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Summary: So Much Potential
Review: I first heard about this film in a film-rental store's "Upcoming Rentals" catalog. The boxart creeped me out and the story seemed great! I rented this one rainy Saturday night a few weeks after it's release and my friends and I went home to watch it. We turned out the lights and prepared to be scared. We were mistaken. Not only does this involve a no-name cast (Some of which are actually okay), but a poorly produced and directed film overall. This is in the same category as Cabin Fever. The one thing that busts my button is when the scarecrow pulls the heart of the black boy out and then thorws him to the ground and then you can still see him breathing.... Anyways, another thing that kinda disappinted me was the overall effect of the film...sad. The actor who played Stephanie's boyfriend was pretty sexy though and I found myself looking at him mostly thoroughout the film. If someone remade this, say Wes Craven or Steven Spielberg, this film would be great. A different cast, a better script, a better director... Maybe Eric Jungemann as Lester, Jessica Biel as Stephanie, and Paul Walker as Stephanie's boyfriend.
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Summary: ScareCrap
Review: I gotta say that this show was just sad. But then again...
nowdays what horror movie isn't. If I had to edit out all the bad acting and unnecessary dialogue throughout the movie then there wouldn't be enough film left to create a trailer. Basically this show is about a kid who gets picked on...gets killed...becomes a scarecrow (without any explanation on how that happened)...comes back and gets revenge on the people that picked on him...then he gets himself killed (again). The only thing that I can honestly say was decent about this movie was the gore factor...and even that got tired after a while. I mean everyone that died was spitting up blood regardless of how they were killed and it seems all this gore was put into the movie to keep the audience hooked. The worst thing was the acting and unnecessary dialogue. Examples are the boy's mother and the dates she brings home to the trailer (bad acting and some totally unnecessary parts). Next would be the sheriff and the deputy...the grave digger and is daughter...the three guys telling stories in the cornfield...I mean did these people even go to acting school or what. Not that they were the only ones with bad acting...in fact to be honest no one in that show could act. I could go on and on and on about everything that's wrong with this movie but I can only use 1,000 words or less in this review, which is about 5,000 words too short. I'm a fan of horror films and I'm always hoping to see a good B rated horror movie but this definitely wasn't it. If you see this in a rental store and you think it looks good...I suggest you rent something else.
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Summary: What could have been
Review: I hoped for an atmospheric, suspenseful and classy horror movie, but unfortunately none of those qualities are found here. All the characters are caricatures, the tongue in cheek humor falls flat, and the overdone, often grotesque acting grates. The gore is fine, but the stalking scenes have no buildup and no tension, so it's hard to care. This could have been so much more - the elements for a good horror show are here, including nice photography and special effects, but there is no solid foundation to lay them on. Those who crave gore for its own sake probably won't be disappointed, but more discerning horror fans will only be frustrated by all the missed possibilities in Scarecrow.
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Summary: i think i am going to throw up
Review: i just cannot believe how terrible this was. the box art looked cool, but it just turned out to be another crappy wannabe horror "movie" that was made in the 1990's or 2000's. don't get me wrong, i LOVE 70's-80's horror movies. i live off of them. halloween(none of the sequels though), friday the 13, madman, the funhouse, texas chainsaw massacre(the remake was pretty cool), suspiria, the shining, black christmas, all of those 70's 80s slasher/horror movies. they are wonderful. but this trash, it is just so bad. no suspense, no atmosphere, nothing. and how cool the crow looks means nothing. it is overridden with crappy effects, terrible plot(who wouldn't kill of those a**holes if they had the chance!?), TERRIBLE cast, no hot girls, especially judy, ughh, talk about a serioulsy hideous...thing, i guess, but i don't want to call her that, that is an insult to that movie the thing(great). lets just call her an hideous, ugly, disgusting piece of s***. the guy who kills the nerd kid looks like mario mixed with some inbred idiot, none of the characters are likable. i am not even sure if this movie takes itself seriously. it gives me a headache watching it. and the worst part it, the incompetent excuse for a director on the behind the scenes crap said tobe hooper, wes craven, dario argento influenced his life and he gave them a big thanks. he probably just said that so if they happened to see it(i don't know why they would)they would be like oh how cool, maybe i should direct a film with him. but the true disgrace, is that he said JOHN CARPENTER influenced his movie. THAT IS TOTAL BULL!!!! this movie has boring gore, nothing to hold your attention, unrealistic deaths, every time someone died they made this annoying moaning noise. carpenter believed in suspense, atmosphere, creepy settings, but this guy totally relies on gore. i love gore(check out the prowler and the burning), but this guy uses boring gore like blood shooting out of peoples mouths and all this crap. please avoid this, at all costs. -100000000000000000000000 out of 5. like all of those crappy troma films, this does not take the horror genre seriously and should not have ever been made. it sucks. go watch the funhouse instead, now THAT, is a wonderful slasher film. all slashers of the 70's 80's are, for the most part, these are A films to me, but scarecrow, just like most films made in the 90's and 00's(not including leprechaun, jack frost, and VERY few others) this is crap and should totally be avoided. I HATE TROMA AND THIS DIRECTOR AND ANYTHING THAT DISGRACES THE HORROR GENRE LIKE SCREAM, SCARECROW, TROMA, AND THAT DISGUSTING B***** THAT PLAY JUDY IN THIS MOVIE. AHHHHHHHHHH, STICK TO THE 70'S 80'S AND YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE JOHN CARPENTER. just had to get that out, but seriously, you like horror, go back to the overlooked horrors of the 70's 80's.
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Summary: Movie delivers
Review: I just want to say that "Scarecrow" is exactly what I expected, and what I wanted to see. I'm not sure what some of the other reviewers expected. Reading the description of the movie on the back of the box lets you know exactly what kind of movie this is. If you're looking for hot girls, sick humor, and bloody murders, this movie is for you. If you're looking for "brilliant" dialogue and "spectacular" special effects, go check out some box office hit that had an unlimited budget. This is a "budget" slasher movie. In other words, it was awesome!
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