In a small country town, developmentally-disabled Bubba Ritter has the mentality of a child and is the best friend of a young local girl. When the girl trespasses into the yard of a house and is attacked by a vicious dog, Bubba saves her but is wrongly accused of killing her by her mother. The postman, Otis P. Hazelrigg, who has a virulent hatred of Bubba, recruits three other vigilante friends of his and after tracking him to an empty cornfield (where he had been hiding in p... (Full plot summary below)
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In a small country town, developmentally-disabled Bubba Ritter has the mentality of a child and is the best friend of a young local girl. When the girl trespasses into the yard of a house and is attacked by a vicious dog, Bubba saves her but is wrongly accused of killing her by her mother. The postman, Otis P. Hazelrigg, who has a virulent hatred of Bubba, recruits three other vigilante friends of his and after tracking him to an empty cornfield (where he had been hiding in plain view disguised as a scarecrow) the four execute the unarmed Bubba. After learning that Bubba was in fact innocent of attacking the girl, Hazelrigg makes it look as though Bubba had intended to attack them. The four men are brought to trial, but are declared not guilty and are are immediately released. However, justice comes from beyond the grave, and after being mysteriously visited by the vision of a scarecrow, they are mysteriously killed one by one. leaving Hazelrigg (who is desperately trying to figure out who is behind the killings) to the very last.
Leave your thoughts about Dark Night of the Scarecrow.
| Dread CentralHeather WixsonA haunting story coupled with engaging performances by all cast members, I feel like I just won the horror lottery by discovering this gem; and it's a movie I look forward to revisiting many, many times in the future. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonIt may seem old fashioned today, but this very quality makes it surprisingly effective. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergMade-for-TV horror movie from 1981. That's really all you need to know. |
| User ReviewBrian BGreat, almost forgotten movie about a scarecrow avenging the death of a wrongfully accused mentally challenged man. |
| User ReviewLaura PGreat movie! Love to see the bad guys get it. Got some really good actors (Charles Durning plays a great villian). |
| User Reviewvan sthis is a great classic and very hard to find |
| User Reviewjanetta bthe first scary movie I watched wiht my mom.....great movie... |
| User ReviewS-Money Is One Bad Mamma Jamma!!I must say for being a televison movie..it is about one of the scariest movies ever. It's so creepy and has a very good story line to it! |
| User Reviewillfamilythis was a fantastic tv movie. the problem was so few people saw it and to my knowledge it was never replayed again. |
| User Review?Sassy?this is an awesome movie from my childhood |
