Posted on 08/23/2008 1:43:51 PM PDT by lowbridge
Finally! Dark Night of the Scarecrow DVD!
Now here's some truly great news. Deadpit.com's "Creepy Kentuckian" is reporting that the classic (and largely unseen by today's audiences) 1981 made-for-TV fright flick Dark Night of the Scarecrow is at long last getting the DVD and Blu-Ray treatment. About damn time!
Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a genuinely creepy horror movie about a mentally handicapped young man (Larry Drake, Dr. Giggles) wrongfully accused of assaulting a young girl in a rural farm community who is then hunted down by a lynch mob led by legendary character actor Charles Durning. The frightened simpleton tries to disguise himself as the scarecrow in his mother's field only to get gunned down in cold blood by the mob. The murderous rednecks then try to cover their tracks by putting a pitchfork in his hands and claiming self defense. They get away with it too until that night someone dressed at that scarecrow begins picking them off one-by-one with that very same pitchfork.
A more effective chiller than most of the more well known slasher flicks of the era, if it had been a theatrical release instead of a TV movie that's been fairly obscure for a quarter century I truly believe Dark Night of the Scarecrow would be widely considered one of the seminal horror films of the Eighties - except maybe amongst gorehounds who'd complain about the lack of blood and guts. Heck, a revenge tale about retards, redneck injustice, and a pitchfork-wielding killer, Rob Zombie would have probably already signed on to direct the remake by now.
Image Entertainment is planning a special edition DVD release of Dark Night of the Scarecrow to be released sometime next year. Expect to hear more about it as further details begin to emerge.
Now if only we can get The Bermuda Depths its long overdue DVD release.
Our friend RoG from I-Mockery has up a lengthy article on the film to help jolt your memories. Click here to check it out.
- The Foywonder
My sister and I remember this film to this day, having seen it only once as it was first broadcast.
It was truly scary and was a great film.
I had just noticed that, second video down!
I remember that movie, still to this day it was of my favorite horror flicks. I can still remember the disabled kids eyes and his heavy breathing in the scarecrow outfit as the vigilantes searched for him. I will look for it when it is released for sure.
Ah yes, the look of fear in his eyes at that moment and then, "Bubba didnt do it!"
want to watch a movie with me?
Nice find, how about those great black and white Drive-In Sci-Fi/Horror flicks from the 50’s, where can we find those on the internet?
Well, some on youtube. Other places, I’m still looking.
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Figured I better ping ya' just to be on the safe side.
bookmarked
Hey, that's exactly what it says on the gate into my property!
The County put it up there, bless they little hearts.
Well, thats what you get when you fail to evade paying your property taxes. :-)
They mow the ditches, too!
They are some swell folks.
I finally got my hands on the movie “Scarecrows”.
Been looking for that flick for a long time.
Of course after i finally found it i noticed the other night that it’s now on on-demand.
Figures.
Mill Creek Entertainment in packs of 10, 20, 50, 100, and 250 titles in a single box...
At least we don’t abuse dynamite by the propane tank!
What’s this I hear about some Connecticut folk chasing you around the outhouse with a nutmeg grinder?
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