A college freshman gets killed when a fraternity prank goes awry. He returns to life as a lethal demonic scarecrow (the extremely agile and athletic Todd Rex) so he can kill all of the people responsible for his death and acquire exclusive dibs on his girlfriend Mary (an appealingly perky portrayal by the mega cute Nicole Kingston).
Director/co-writer David Michael Latt treats the laughably ludicrous premise ridiculously straight, thereby ensuring that this hopelessly asinine movie plays like a complete unintentional comedy. The hilariously horrendous CGI (far from) special effects, the silly love story subplot, the goofy murder set pieces, some uproariously atrocious acting (David Kastro cops the top thespic dishonors with his gloriously wretched histrionic turn as the scarecrow dude's loyal buddy Carl), a few nice bits of cheesy gore, and a dopey climatic fight between two scarecrows all add up to one really inane excuse for a horror film. Tony Todd brings his trademark hushed intensity and provides a touch of class as superstitious farmer Caleb Kilgore while Jessica Mattson contributes an amusing performance as the ditsy Sheila. While this flick suffers a bit from sluggish pacing and an occasionally meandering narrative, it overall sizes up as a good deal of loveably dumb fun.
Director/co-writer David Michael Latt treats the laughably ludicrous premise ridiculously straight, thereby ensuring that this hopelessly asinine movie plays like a complete unintentional comedy. The hilariously horrendous CGI (far from) special effects, the silly love story subplot, the goofy murder set pieces, some uproariously atrocious acting (David Kastro cops the top thespic dishonors with his gloriously wretched histrionic turn as the scarecrow dude's loyal buddy Carl), a few nice bits of cheesy gore, and a dopey climatic fight between two scarecrows all add up to one really inane excuse for a horror film. Tony Todd brings his trademark hushed intensity and provides a touch of class as superstitious farmer Caleb Kilgore while Jessica Mattson contributes an amusing performance as the ditsy Sheila. While this flick suffers a bit from sluggish pacing and an occasionally meandering narrative, it overall sizes up as a good deal of loveably dumb fun.