''Scarecrow Slayer'' is a 2003 American

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produced by

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. It is a sequel to the 2002 film ''

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''. The film was a direct-to-video release, as well as its predecessor, and its 2004 sequel ''

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''. The film was directed by David Michael Latt, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. The film stars

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, Nicole Kingston, and David Castro.

Plot

Caleb Kilgore (

) is a farmer who has been obsessed with a scarecrow that killed his father (Michael Flowers Jr) years ago. Two friends looking to join a fraternity are given the initiation task of stealing the scarecrow from Caleb's field. After his father's murder, Caleb had caught the scarecrow and tied it down so that it could never escape. When Caleb sees the friends, including a guy named Dave (Brett Erickson), moving the scarecrow, Caleb shoots the scarecrow, not knowing that Dave is beneath the scarecrow. Dave dies, and his soul is transferred into that of the scarecrow...and then the scarecrow kills Caleb. Dave, in the form of the scarecrow, decides that he wants his old girlfriend Mary back. But Mary is dating a college student, so the scarecrow kills the student. Mary decides to get help from some friends who are in an ROTC unit in a military academy. The ROTC guys have access to an arsenal of weapons, but that doesn't stop the scarecrow, and he kills them all. The scarecrow is willing to kill anyone who gets in the way of turning Mary into a scarecrow too so that they can be together forever. Finally, a friend of Dave's from the academy named Karl (David Castro) inadvertently becomes a scarecrow, and fights the Dave scarecrow. The Dave scarecrow wins the fight, but then Mary blows him to pieces with a rocket-launcher and walks away smiling, relieved that the nightmare is finally over.

Cast

as Caleb Kilgore ** David Dillon as Young Caleb * Todd Rex as The Scarecrow * Michael Flowers Jr as Orson Kilgore * Brett Erickson as Dave *

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as Karl * Nicole Kingston as Mary Anderson * Elizabeth Perry as Judy * Robin Dale Meyers as Interviewer Kim * Tami Sheffield as Nurse Mandy *

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as Dr. Baxter *

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as Sheriff Deputy Larry Lane * Kim Little as Sheriff Deputy Rachel Lane * Shannon Young as Ruby * Jessica Mattson as Sheila * Steven Schultz as Gavin * Brendan Aucoin as Rick * Jonathan Murphy as Jobin * Mark Irvingsen as Bob * Steven Glinn as Bartlett * Scott Parietti as White

Distribution

''Scarecrow Slayer'' was coupled with the first film as ''Scarecrow/Scarecrow Slayer'' on 28 December 2004.

Reception

One review states: "Director David Michael Latt shoots a movie that at least resembles what you would expect a professional low budget horror movie to look like". Another reviewer commented: "Overall, this film is nothing like the previous film and offers no real entertainment".

References

External links

* 2003 horror films 2003 films Fictional scarecrows Films directed by David Michael Latt American sequel films American slasher films The Asylum films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-horror-film-stub