The problem with making a list of Top 5 Scarecrow Movies is finding decent scarecrow movies. Until we started hunting them down this summer, ready for Halloween, I had no idea how many terrible scarecrow movies there are! It’s surprising because it seems like such an easy trope for filmmakers, with so much potential for […]

We both decided that this would our top movie without any discussion. Why? Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) is still the best scarecrow film out there, even after all the ones we’ve watched in the last month. It’s a clever movie, partly because it doesn’t overextend itself. It’s an onion film because there are […]

 What did you think of Scarecrows? Scarecrows (1988) is a good, fast film that doesn’t ease up; it starts out break-neck and keeps up that speed. It’s clever because it gives you the synopsis straight away, so you know what to expect. It’s also clever because there’s always something happening. Even when they’re just standing […]

I’ll get it out of the way and admit that I pushed for Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) to be our Scarecrow Wildcard movie because I just love it. Why did you let me get away with it? How does a movie not quite about a scarecrow make the list? Well, in both one and two, The […]

There’s nothing particularly special about Messengers2: The Scarecrow but we both liked it enough that we agreed to include it on this year’s list. Tell me what you liked about it. I liked it because it’s actually a very good, very clever story. It’s creepy. It’s gruesome. With the native American history behind it, there’s […]