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Scarecrows shows what you can do with a very flimsy plot line and a low budget. Rather than concentrate on characters or story, the film leans more towards aesthetics; as the tale is portrayed within a very creepy atmosphere, and the central monsters of the title capitalise well on their natural scare factor. Like clowns, scarecrows are eerie creations and it's clear that director William Wesley knows that, as their dark and foreboding image makes up the backbone of this tale of terror. The only real theme that is put on display in this film comes from the idea of greed, as it is that very thing that gets all the central protagonists into life-threatening danger. The film follows a bunch of soldiers that have stolen a lot of money. They take a pilot and his daughter hostage and force the pair to take them to Mexico; but the ride has a hitch when one of the crooks decides that he doesn't want to share the money, and parachutes out of the plane with the loot. His partners in crime are soon on his tail, but the story has another twist when it turns out that the field they've jumped into is infested with scarecrows that want to do more than keep the birds off the crops!

This film isn't very well known and it's not hard to see why. Scarecrows is very short, running at about seventy minutes when you don't include the credit sequences. The film also feels very low-key, as the focus is more on the atmosphere than anything else, which can leave the film lacking at several intervals. Scarecrows is basically a glorified zombie movie, and pretty much plays out like one as the characters are picked off by their unworldly adversaries. The fact that the entire film takes place in what appears to be real time and in only one location ensures that it benefits from a claustrophobic tension, which benefits a film like this greatly. There isn't a lot of gore here, as the killings don't tend to be very bloodthirsty, and most of the violence takes place off-screen. The killings aren't bad, however, and I was impressed with the way that the film handled the scarecrows' victims after they had been savaged. Overall, this film certainly won't win any awards, and you won't really be missing much by not seeing it; but any horror fan that gets the chance to see Scarecrows probably won't be disappointed.

A lot of horror fans seem to love Scarecrows, so I won't be very popular in saying that I found it to be rather boring. The idea behind it was interesting, but it seems to drag so much. I think the main problem is that it is all set in darkness. Sometimes horror films set in darkness can work (such as Humongous), but Scarecrows is in darkness for the whole film. A lot of the time it's hard to figure out what's actually happening, and although some shots of the scarecrows were creepy, most were hard to even see. If a little more lighting had been used, perhaps it could've been better.

There's not many films involving killer scarecrows to my knowledge, apart from Dark Night Of The Scarecrow, which is much better. I would recommend that over Scarecrows any day.

The plot in Scarecrows is extremely generic, cardboard, and simple. If you want a movie that will have you thinking for hours on end, the Scarecrows will not suite you fine at all, period. However, if you are a person who would rather watch a movie for the sheer atmosphere, then you have found a nice little gem.

Scarecrows is far from perfect, the plot is extended out to nothing, which takes away any chance of this movie being gripping at all. The characters are also paper-thin, and have no personality whatsoever. The actors were also pretty bland. The script was poorly written, and extremely forgettable.

The only redeeming aspect is the fact that this movie has a great amount of sheer atmosphere, and the fact that the scarecrows are extremely creepy. If it wern't for the terror in the atmosphere of the film, then this movie would resemble a 1980s House of the Dead.

If you want a creepy movie with a plot that you don't really have to get into, then Scarecrows will fit you.

Recommended to B-Movie enthusiast only.

After a brazen robbery at Camp Pendleton, a gang of crooks force a pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. Unfortunately for the bad guys, one of their number takes the money and parachutes out of the plane! Not wanting to let him get away with the loot, the rest of the team soon follows him. Landing near an old farm, the hunt is on.

Unbeknownst to these miscreants, something about this particular farm just isn't right. There's a small army of real "stuffed shirts" in the cornfield who have been waiting for a few visitors to drop in, so they can "stalk" them. Within a short time, the criminal crew is up against a seemingly unstoppable force of eeevil. A gore-drenched attrition problem soon follows. Will anyone escape, or will they all become "husks" of their former selves?

SCARECROWS is one of the better late-80's horror films, that would have been the perfect addition to any Saturday night, creep fiesta! Owing much to a multitude of zombie epics, the story is simple, but eerily effective. The title entities are suitably mysterious and gruesome. The woo-woo music fits the grisly action, and overall, the low-budget is well-spent.

EXTRA CREDIT FOR: Many horrifically hilarious lines of dialogue!

EXTRA-EXTRA CREDIT FOR: The grimmest of finales!...

"Scarecrows" is great. The action starts immediately and doesn't let up; the atmosphere is dark and creepy; the special effects are good. But best of all is the fact that the plot retains a sense of mystery. The only people on the farm are the bandits trying to retrieve their money. There aren't any crotchety old crones who relate the supernatural history of the farm via soft-focus flashback, the way so many movies do. No. Instead we are given a few clues as the bandits explore the farmhouse, and that's it. We see a photo of the farmers. We wonder where are they now; what happened to them. But that's all. There's too much creepiness going on to worry about the past. There's too much creepiness going on to remain on the farm. Forget the money. And that's part of the fun too--shouting at the television screen, trying to convince the characters to get the hell out of there.

This movie is fun, bizarre, and the supernaturally inexplicable unfoldings will freak you out.

Well executed production, excellent makeup and effects and some genuinely disturbing and creepy content sure to please horror fans. Absolutely worth the watch.

A Joe Pesci look alike and his military friends rob and kidnap a father/daughter combo, escaping in a jet airplane. During flight, one of the robbers grabs the loot and parachutes onto a farm haunted by demonic scarecrows. They land, and it becomes obvious that the human characters here don't matter, scarecrows are the main draw.

It's super low-budget without showing too much, and the acting is very b-movie in an enjoyable way. Unfortunately, the story is just a set up to have guys with guns get sneakily picked off by alie.. I mean predato.. I mean scarecrows.

But the simple plot works through decent effects, competent direction, and the scarecrows themselves. (They're near invulnerable, wield knives, pitchforks, cleavers, and sew people full of leaves to make them into zombified slaves.)

There's some genuinely creepy moments and some laughable schlock. If you don't go in expecting much, this can be a fun ride.

SCARECROWS is one of those films that never seemed to get much recognition when it came out, yet it is one of the best horror movies ever made!! A group of bank-robbers must land their hijacked cargo plane in a deserted cornfield out in the middle of nowhere when one member of their group (Burt) greedily parachutes out of the plane with the stolen money. Unfortunately Burt must find where the money landed amidst the giant cornfield and get away before the rest of his angry group track him down...but that's only half the problem! The other problem is that unbeknownst to Burt and the rest of the robbers is that somewhere lurking around in the fields are some of the scariest looking scarecrows in motion picture history and they're not just hanging around! They're out for Blood! But with so many scarecrows hanging around throughout the fields, how do you know which ones are alive and which ones are not? As Burt and the rest of the robbers begin to discover that something supernatural is possessing these cornfields, they're in for the Fright of their lives (and deaths) as they become hunted throught the dark night fields! This film is incredible! The scarecrows are some of the scariest looking Movie Monsters ever created! The special effects are both Gruesome, realistic, and amazing! The movie is very suspenseful and atmospheric. The haunted cornfield sets for one hell of a creepy mood and the supernatural story will keep you on the edge of your seat. If You are looking for a truly frightening and wonderful horror film that you may have missed the first time around, Look No Further...SCARECROWS is one hell of a ride!!!

Mindless and acceptable horror thriller packed with chills , intrigue , terror and lots od interminable screams with no much sense . Including a large number of sinister scenes that usually are frightening and terrifying to spectator. Decent chiller about a gang of delinquents who hijack a plane to go to Mexico . One the the robbers flees and parachutes to a cornfield , then the others land on the location to find him . But there they are mercilessly pursued and massacred by various scarecrows . As they carry out a relentless criminal spree , an implacable slaughter on each person, one by one , with plenty of nighmarish scenes and extreme terror .

An intriguing and gory tale of terror and survival , the picture displays restless horror and great loads of screams , blood , guts and usual weird appearances by surprising scarecrows at a corrnfield , manifesting themselves with creepy threats , violent attacks , grisly murders and anything else . It is produced in limited but well used budget , including nicely recreated special effects , make-up enough and disturbing , shocking gore . The story begins little by little , but when the appearance of the eerie scarecrows takes place the films gets its adequate developing. The cast , though unknown , provides appropiate interpretations fitting to their funcional roles , such as : Ted Vernon, Michael Simms , David Campbell, Victoria Christian , BJ Turner . This Terror subgenre about Scarecrows has the best film titled "Dark night of the scarecrow" 1981 by Frank de Felitta with Charles Durning , Ernest Borgnine , Robert F Lyons , and others as "Scarecrow" 2013 by Sheldon Wilson with Lacey Charbet , Robin Dunne , " Children of corn" by Fritz Kiersch with Peter Horton , Linda Hamilton and its several sequels .

It contains a nice cinematography by Peter Deming, this cameraman has expanded a long and succesful cinematic career over thirty years . This Scarecrows 1988 is a passable terror movie being professionally written and directed by William Wesley . This director has made a few but acceptable short budget movies as Cinema as TV such as : Apolo Z , Monsters , Rout 666 and this Scarecrows at his best.

I don't know what to think of this flick. Sometimes it's entertaining and sometimes it is really boring. Let me say that the beginning of the movie wasn't really something that would keep you hooked on your television screen. I won't tell much but when a guy jumps out of an airplane with an amount of money, well, the others have to track him down. But it's all done in an uninteresting way. A lot of stupid talking on walkie talkies about, hey man, we are going to find you but they keep on saying it. Once the scarecrows comes alive we get a bit of gory effects. Decapitation and other atrocious things happen but it is all a bit too late. For me it was all a bit too much talking in stead of real horror. I must agree, the effects used were good but couldn't save the movie. And one big mistake was that it all was shot at night. The whole movie. The movie that many likes, sorry, for me it wasn't what I suspected.

I had no real expectations going into this movie and I'm glad. Even if I had expected it to be bad I would have been disappointed.

Where to start? First, I think 15% of the movie consisted of stock footage of stationary scarecrows in a dark jungle-field. I get it. There's scarecrows. I think the title "Scarecrows" was sufficient.

Second, not a damn thing is ever explained regarding the scarecrows and paranormal occurrences. There's too many times where I was left going WTF?

Third, the movie takes itself seriously. I'm all for a B-movie with buckets of blood, screaming women, and senseless violence that is the result of a simple psychopath or ancient curse. But those movies often know they're B-movies and even flaunt it, like Dead Snow (hilarious Scandanavian zombie flick) or Evil Dead 2. But this movie seems oblivious to its crapdom.

Finally, there should of been more blood and/or nudity. Yea, I said it. If you're going to have a crap horror movie, make with the killing. And if you're going to have one hot and one semi-hot girl, one of them needs to show some side-boob at a minimum.

So, like the summary says, skip "Scarecrows" and just poke yourself in the eye. You'll thank me.

Five people heist the Camp Pendleton payroll, kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. En route a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned graveyard surrounded by strange scarecrows.

I really wanted to like this film. A 1980s film with killer scarecrows? Yeah, that is something I can get behind. I like "Night of the Scarecrow", and "Dark Night of the Scarecrow"... heck, even "Hallowed Ground" is not completely terrible. But here, I guess I just did not see it.

And, again, I liked the idea of mixing an action and heist movie with horror. That is a very rare combination. But they could not pull it off, and it was left feeling convoluted. The confusion was compounded by the use of voices -- were they from the radio, the scarecrows, or where? Things were very unclear from one moment to the next.

The movie begins with four guys and a woman with machine guns hijacking a plane, the owners of a plane are a father and daughter. this idea is all but original, you don't have a clear idea of how they got there, what they want, nothing. one guy, Burt, jumps out and lands between a scarecrow and a cemetery (where else, really) he then walks to the always welcomed abandoned house. Soon after his palls jump after him and the money he took. During most of the movie they communicate through "walkie-talkies" so their dialogue become annoying and unclear. In the meanwhile greedy Burt meets with the scarecrows, nice gore scene, as well as all the others killings, but overall the visibility through the entire movie is simply awful. If you're into horror movies then fast-forward to the horror scenes (only 40 minutes after it starts). The rest in my opinion is just boring, cheesy.

Scarecrows (1988) is a movie that I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a group of mercenaries on the hunt for a former colleague that stole the booty from a recent heist and is trying to escape them. His plane crashes in the middle of nowhere and the mercenaries track him to his hideout. Once at the hideout the mercenaries turn from the hunters to the hunted, but not by whom they think...

This movie is directed by William Wesley (Route 666) and stars Ted Vernon (Deadly Rivals), Victoria Christian (Hunter), Kristina Sanborn (General Hospital), Richard Vidan (Terminator) and B. J. Turner (Private War).

This movie is more fun than good and I really enjoyed numerous concepts used in this movie. The mercenaries and scarecrows are very well done. The mercenaries reminded me of a Chuck Norris movie while the scarecrows reminded me of the mummy from Tales from the Darkside. The use of the walkie talkie during the movie was unique and well done and I adored many of the action and kill scenes. There's a finger sequence in here that's awesome and some unique concepts with humans in scarecrows. I will say the use of grenades throughout the picture, and the corresponding special effects, are terrible.

Overall, this is an underrated horror gem that's an absolute must see. I would score this a 7/10 and strongly recommend it.

This exciting, independently financed 80s horror gem might well have slipped into undeserved obscurity like many other quick-buck hack-fests made during VHS horror boom, but writer/director, William Wesley clearly had ambition to create more than just another generic, identi-kill slasher. Vividly renewed on Blu-ray, the evilly atmospheric, riotously entertaining 'Scarecrows' has multiple idiosyncrasies that make it stand decapitated heads, and gored shoulders above the dully derivative terror throng of stupefyingly stab-happy, copycat crappy, dismally dull Halloween facsimiles.

Completing a daring heist on a military base, our swarthy,quarrelsome, persistently perspiring protagonists hijack a private charter plane, hoping it will swiftly transport them and the plentiful loot to secure vectors far beyond the long eyes of the law. Unfortunately, the splatter movie fates have conspired to thwart our surprisingly personable, colourfully wise-cracking outlaw's pragmatic plan!

Post mid-flight calamity the gun-toting thieves find themselves anxiously dispersed, sans contraband, stumbling blindly on a doom-laden exodus through an oppressively crepuscular,uncommonly unnerving corn field! Increasingly discombobulated, our mercenary misfits nervily converge upon an isolated, apparently abandoned Hunter's Cabin. Eerily encircled by ominous, shadow-lurking scarecrows actively wishing them considerable ill, after one of the heavily armed group fails to return from the terror-haunted field, the sinister, Stephen King-esque shizz really begins to hit the fan!

Scarecrows abounds excitingly with vividly drawn characters, quality banter, and monstrously effective, pant-wettingly malicious monsters, gorily perpetrating unspeakably horrible deaths! Especially noteworthy is the remarkably atmospheric photography by, Peter 'Evil Dead II' Deming, and Terry Plumieri's deliciously doomy electronic score. William Wesley's sinister, shock-stuffed 'Scarecrows' is a thrillingly gruesome, top tier, dynamically made and spectacularly photographed 80s horror classic. With memorably macabre kills, and a palpable menace, 'Scarecrows' deserves to be raised much higher up in the horror pantheon. Remember.... All trespassers will be violated'.

This is low budget but the atmosphere the film makers created is just so creepy and perfect for this type of horror film. The music and the dark fields make it very eerie and suspenseful.

No one in this film is going to win an academy award, but I think the acting is pretty good considering it's low budget and an 80s horror film.

I saw this when I was young and have loved it ever since.