Silent Warnings

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Summary: 'Dark Harvest' is more low-brow than low-budget.
Review: 'Low budget' is no longer an excuse for incompetent filmmaking. Sam Raimi, George Romero, Toby Hooper, etc., without the advantages of the digital revolution, managed to produce the shoestring horror classics that modern filmmakers continue to plagiarize on a daily basis. When the biggest obstacle facing today's first-time filmmakers is talent and perseverance the producers of 'Dark Harvest' can be credited for perseverance, and little else.

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Summary: They shoot producers, don't they?
Review: Absolute garbage from the 'git-go'. Not a single frame
of originality in the entire film. One can only pity
the amatuer actors that have to list this film on their
resume.
Even the director/writer thought he could do a 'Hitchcock'
by giving himself a small role in the film. Don't give up
your day job, Mr. Moore. Anything more creatively demanding than a Walmart sales clerk would be quite a stretch.

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Summary: only the box cover
Review: Actually the box designer ought to have done the movie.I have given up on lions gate.There is nothing good to say about this movie.Sex scenes that have no part in the plot--Lesbian situations placed in it for no other reason than to disgust.Scarecrows that don't look like anything but poorly masked extras--probable the director and producer of the film--.Why distribute such crap? Why don't they just re release Scarecrows an truly scary film? Amazon ought to be ashamed to put this thing out for sale.A person who likes this can endure anything.

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Summary: Should make a good drink coaster...
Review: As a horror film, (even as a no-budget first-time effort) Dark Harvest is an atrocity on all accounts. It is an endless barrage of poorly scripted and clumsily directed cliches that fail to entertain beyond it's campy ineptness.
In addition to flat and lifeless cinematography, the film boasts an editing style that emulates the pacing and creativity of a 1950's classroom hygiene film. The dialog is abysmally bad and given little credibility by a poorly directed cast of amateur actors. To be fair, the old adage that 'an actor is only as good as his/her script' should be noted -- meaning that the writer/director should be held accountable for the majority, if not all, of this mess.
Even the intellectually challenged and undiscriminating gore-hound will find little, if anything, of value in Dark Harvest, as the special makeup effects are the bloody equivalent to an Ed Wood flying saucer.

Rating:
Summary: I Like It!!
Review: Call me strange, but I actually liked this movie.
It is what the movie, "Signs" should have been.
I liked the aliens in it because they were aggressive, nasty, and clever. The tone of the film was sullen, depressing and dark.
I like Stephen Baldwin even if he has "no facial expressions". Maybe it is because he was abducted by aliens in real life, and Billy Zane remind's me of one of my cousin's. haha

I am going to buy this movie, with pride.

Rating:
Summary: I Like It!!
Review: Call me strange, but I actually liked this movie.
It is what the movie, "Signs" should have been.
I liked the aliens in it because they were aggressive, nasty, and clever. The tone of the film was sullen, depressing and dark.
I like Stephen Baldwin even if he has "no facial expressions". Maybe it is because he was abducted by aliens in real life, and Billy Zane remind's me of one of my cousin's. haha

I am going to buy this movie, with pride.

Rating:
Summary: Good for its genre
Review: Come on now, what did you expect? This isn't trying to be the next Ben Hur. It's a chop up the teenagers film and if you go into it knowing that you should enjoy it. Of course, this genre is not for everyone. But, if this is your thing then give it a chance.
Saw it at the Southwest Virginia Film Festival and the intro by the filmmakers prepares you for what they were going for. Without this kind of a lead in, your expectations might be a bit awry. Again, if you like this type of campy horror movie then you should give it a look.

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Summary: GOOD FIRST EFFORT
Review: Considering that this is a small-budget independent film by a first-time writer/director, I think it is pretty good. The dialogue is, for the most part, crisp and sometimes, humorous. As for the quality of acting, young actors have to get their start somewhere too. At least it was made on film rather than shot on video giving it much better definition. I look for bigger and better things from this writer/director. Copy and spelling mistakes should be attributed to Artisan, which should be better at proofing. I doubt the producers had much artistic control after the film was sold.

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Summary: The Real Dark Harvest
Review: Dark Harvest is a movie about 6 kids visiting a farm inherited by one of their grandfathers, only to be stalked by Scarecrows seeking vengence from what the grandfather did to them. Wonderfully shot and with half of the cheese of your average horror film.

Rating:
Summary: Painfully terrible horror film in every aspect
Review: Dark Harvest is an incredibly terrible horror film in every aspect. Bad acting, inept direction, poor special effects, horrible cinematography and fake looking lighting.

I wanted every annoying character in this movie to die off fast so this movie would end quickly! The scarecrows looked so laughable that it was almost unreal. It looked like they bought skeleton masks at Wal-mart during Halloween and used them for this movie. The fake blood looked more like chocolate syrup with cherry sauce mixed in. The lighting in the movie looked so forced and fake that it constantly reminds you that this is a movie. During the outside night scenes it's obvious that there are high-beam lights (spot lights?) shining on the actors and background. Whoever it was that handled the lighting should quit that business for good.

The script for the film seemed like it was written up in one night, seriously. We are talking really bad dialogue and characters here! I can't think of a single redeeming feature for this piece of garbage. If you're looking for a good horror film with Scarecrows get "Dark Night Of The Scarecrow" (1981) or "Scarecrows" (1988). Leave Dark Harvest to the crows......