Scarecrow Horror Movie: Buy, Rent, Or Stuff It?

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I watched the Scarecrow horror movie recently and have to say that the movie wasn't the most terrible horror movie I've ever seen. This movie is easily comparable to Friday The 13th because it runs along those same themes: something happens to the main character and to get revenge, the character starts murdering off his enemies. In Scarecrow, it's Lester. In Friday, it's Jason.

The movie didn't really have a good plot. Lester was picked on allot, then was killed by his mother's boyfriend (a dual roll played by the guy that played the sheriff) when Lester caught them doing the big nasty in the trailer they lived in. Lester got killed underneath the scarecrow in a cornfield. Then his soul fled into the Scarecrow.

Boneless and lightweight, the new Lester could back flip, somersault, and double axe handle slash his high school enemy's heads with glee! The only girl that showed him any care or affection, Judy, was almost a victim to Lester/Scarecrow's maniacal mirth. In the end, she whips his straw butt with a can of gasoline and her kick butt attitude! (Of course, with two sequels, I guess this didn't work!) This girl didn't want to go down. Pretty and gutsy, a great combo!

The Scarecrow horror movie wasn't scary at all. In fact, I was laughing sometimes, especially at the redneck boyfriend of Lester's mother (the sheriff) who had on a big black wig, moustache, and sideburns and did a very poor redneck imitation!

I feel we prefer our horror movies to be a little more glamorous, and intelligent. The Scarecrow horror movie compares to horror movies of 25 years ago, like Friday the 13th and Halloween. I'm sure it would have gone over very well in those days. Scarecrow does a very good job of mimicking those films.

In my opinion, don't buy this movie. Save your hard earned money, and rent it! It's not a classic to add to your horror collection. It's just mindless horror entertainment.