Scarecrow Gone Wild (2004)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

A Major Disappointment

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

-Just wanting to know did the Lighting guy win an Oscar for his tremendous workmanship and technical ability during this film?-Did you know the moon is the brightest light within our solar system, even more powerful than the sun.-Did the Scarecrow have the ability to change day into night then back into day in the space of 3 seconds?-Does anyone know why an open beach can clearly camouflage 4 screaming terrified teenagers running? Also are buildings invisible to scarecrows or is it just beach huts?Did the scarecrow pass his driving test from the moment he "killed Ken Shamrock ( who thought he has dead but revealed he was just unconsciousness).. Was this a pass plus driving scheme?Did you know Scarecrows are famous for being able to wreck hospitals within 30 secs of arrival? This is all set in a hospital which is famous for having dangerous face melting acids in case a patient requires that very remedy.Did you know chemicals which can severely melt your face are stored without lids and are stored by important medical equipment. Are u warned about being careful around these when training?-The scarecrow didn't talk, but could whistle. Are scarecrows big fans of Peter, Bjorn and John 'Young Folks' and their famous whistling song. Does anyone know if he was accredited to that role? Also the ability to whistle underwater, can this be taught?Are there guidelines on how long u can spend in a cornfield, without your soul merging with scarecrows?Does anyone know if the guitar/ singer songwriter has furthered his musical career and released anything?. i would be itching to purchase it.-Is lying there on a beach and waiting to get rock thrown at your head the best way to deter a scarecrow?is 3 weeks the minimum waiting time to get your results back to realize you are still harboring a scarecrow within your soul? Or was this due to the lack of mirrors around your house?Are diabetes and merging souls with a scarecrow connected?-After 3 weeks, do you forget about the trauma a evil Scarecrow has inflicted upon you and how he killed all your friends?-TIP: DO NOT USE A DEFIBRILLATOR ON A SCARECROW AS HE THEN GAINS ELECTRICAL POWERS!!

Jerk hazer Mike(David Zelina playing this college frat man as one major bastard you want to see die right away)and his college cronies leave hypoglycemic diabetic Sam(Caleb Roehrig)hanging on a wooden cross along with this scarecrow which is a legendary ghost story. They get PO'd at Sam who essentially goes into shock and aims a swinging punch at Mike that lands across his girlfriend Patty(Kristina Sheldon)instead so leaving the poor guy hanging is his punishment. Somehow, Sam's soul "emerges" with the inanimate scarecrow who comes from the cross to destroy everyone who left the poor guy there to rot. Mike and the gang send the uninitiated dorks back to bring Sam down but they are the first to receive a swinging blade across their throats. Mike and his posse head for the beach to gulp booze, play volleyball & bicker until the scarecrow arrives to end their little soirée. Sam's substitute brother Jack(Matthew Linhardt)is supposed to look out for him, but decides to sleep with new love-interest Beth(Samantha Aisling)instead. So when he receives a cell-phone message from Mike concerning how they left Sam hanging on the cross while they were off at the beach taking in the sun and sand, Jack is frenzied with fear. Beth's estranged father is a doctor and he agrees to see after Sam's condition after they cut the nearly dead young man down taking him to emergency hospital. Returning to the beach to confront Mike because of his negligence(..not to mention Jack's promise to coach Ramsey, played by UFC fighter Ken Shamrock, regarding no hazing), Jack and Beth will face the same straw-stuffed assassin that is bumping off the others. Coach Ramsey, who was part of a past hazing incident that went awry causing killer-scarecrow-mischief, has to confront some demons himself as he informs the survivors of the group about what they are up against.Babes, boobs, and blood..this flick follows the basic slasher guidelines. Yet, this flick also carries the typical slasher traits of corny characters, acting, dialogue and overall plot. The flick shows signs of it's low budget particularly in the violence as most of the real action takes place off-screen instead of showing it happening up, close & personal. What appears on screen is mostly the aftermath of the killer's vengeance:one fellow holding his guts, another with a stake(holding up the group's volleyball net) plunged through his chest, blood spatter after a woman gets hit over the head presumably with a large rock, one chick laying dead after the scarecrow hit her with the SUV, etc. There is also some dubbing problems where it's clear the sounds of their voices often don't match the movements of their lips..particularly the unintentionally hilarious sequence where Ed(Travis Parker), wannabe rock star, is singing to his buddies a horrible song they all seem quite impressed with.

My roommate and I have another friend that works at a local Blockbuster Video. He finds truly awful movies for us and tells us about them. One of them was a "Christmas Horror" film starring former professional wrestler Bill Goldberg as a killer Satna Claus. We didn't watch it immediately, but we didn't think there could be anything worse. Apparently, we were wrong. We were shown this slasher film "starring" Ken Shamrock versus a murderous scarecrow. At first we thought Ken would actually BE the killer scarecrow, and that's why we wanted to watch, but he wasn't, and that made the movie even worse. What absolutely RUINED the movie was the teen drama. If you want to save your brain cells from trying to escape from your head, NEVER EVER WATCH THIS MOVIE.

The things I have learned from this movie are remarkable, things I never would have guessed otherwise. I do warn you though, there are spoilers.1) Spring Break doesn't consist of many people on a beach, but instead a small group friends...2) Daylight is a tricky thing and can disappear to night, then dawn, then night again within a period of five minutes.3) Scarecrows can whistle.4) Scarecrows can whistle under water.5) Scarecrows can drive trucks.6) Boom mikes are not obviously visible while shooting or editing, but very visible when watching the movie.7) Mirrors don't show your outer appearance, but instead what you are on the inside.8) Scarecrows are weak against defibrillators.9) Scarecrows lose track of people very easily on an open beach.10) A wrestler is no match for the mighty power of a scarecrow.11) Being lightly slapped can knock you unconscious.12) Drunk people like terrible guitar solos.13) When a spear-like object stabs through someone, it sticks through them at a completely different angle.14) If you are being dragged along a beach, screaming for help, no one will help you, despite there being two people on the same side of the beach as you.(Check the background beach around when the girl finds her dead boyfriend, where could those two people go to in a matter of minutes?) 15) When you spill your innards, they rest neatly on top of your skin.16) Finally, people don't show any signs of worry when their friends disappear for many hours without explanation.This movie is very informative, I hope you have learned something from it. So Yeah.