Scarecrows
Seen it?1988 | 83 min | Horror
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (42% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a lukewarm 47% audience score, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for anyone who loves watching a plan come together and people who like the lights on afterwards. The fun is in the planning, the double-crosses and the moment it all goes sideways. The scares come from the creaks and shadows as much as the jumps.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Tense from early on, at 1 hr 23 min. Done before bedtime.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Skip it if you scare easily or watch alone at night.
Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned farm surrounded by strange scarecrows. The rest of the team jump after their loot and their former partner. Everything happens during the course of one very dark night.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
42% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
Our audience score: 47%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$3 million worldwide on a $425K budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 20K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by William Wesley
- Ted VernonCorbin
- Michael David SimmsCurry
- Richard VidanJack
- Kristina SanbornRoxanne
- Victoria ChristianKellie
- David James CampbellAl
- B.J. TurnerBert
- Tony SantoryJakob Fowler
- Phil ZenderlandNorman Fowler
- Mike BalogBenjamin Fowler