Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Year: 1981

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: English

Director: Frank De Felitta

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Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of assaulting a young girl. To flee, he disguises himself as a scarecrow and hides in a cornfield, where four self‑appointed vigilantes track him down and shoot him. Though the men are later acquitted for lack of evidence, they soon become the victims of a relentless stalker who hunts them down one by one.

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