Synopsis:
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Bubba(Larry Drake)is a slow, mentally challenged local man, who has taken a friendship with a young local girl. Some town citizens don't like it. When an accident occurs, 4 townsmen, led by postman Otis Hazelrigg(Charles Durning), take out revenge on the culprit, Bubba, who takes refuge in a scarecrow costume out in a field. Once the men take "justice" into their own hands, they learn of the shocking truth. Now, a mysterious scarecrow stalks the 4 men in the small rural town, and another kind of "justice" takes place.
Shockingly, this was a made for TV movie, although you would never know it. It's not gory, but very creepy and suspenseful. The writer and director definitley took a page from John Carpenter's(Halloween) directing handbook. It's a well made thriller with a great mystery. Who is this scarecrow?
CBS World Premiere Promo Of The Movie:
DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW - Trailer To The World Television Premiere October 24, 1981 - YouTube
The movie has finally been released on DVD.
Here's some You Tube Stuff :
YouTube - Dark Night of the Scarecrow 1981 DVD Charles Durning
YouTube - Dark Night of the ScareCrow (1981) Trailer Ingles