[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

THE SCAR CROW - A lame but frequently quite entertaining UK horror outing. A quartet of awful, 'lad' type Brit-wankers (Nuts readers usually herald a really shit movie experience and a rapid resort to 'eject' button for Frankie) are on some kind of corporate field exercise and find themselves lost in the wilds of southern England. They stumble upon a farm where three young women greet them in Elizabethan speak. The latter are witches, and have something to do with a scarecrow based on the undead remains of their incest fixated perv of a father, whom they murdered 'back in the day' several centuries ago. Gore and mild sleaze follow at a reasonable pace. 'The Scar Crow' is pretty rubbish, but, as I've spelled out, it does have its plus points, and, beyond the awful performances and badly scripted developments, certain images linger (a torso nailed to the scarecrow's support frame... the scarecrow entering a Brit-dick's abdominal cavity... nasty Dad being inappropriate and lechy). And also, most scarecrow movies turn out to be rubbish for some reason (can you honestly think of many that aren't? - 'Wizard Of Oz', 'The Dark Night Of The Scarecrow', and, well, 'Scarecrows' are the only ones that spring to mind), so it earns a couple of extra points for at least distinguishing itself from the forgettable majority.

Glad you enjoyed The Scar Crow too Frankie.

I've seen it a few times now. Despite some script flaws. I mean how dumb are the guys for not realizing things are a little odd to say the least? It's an entertaining Brit flick that tries for something out of the ordinary and genuinely does sport some rewatch value.