Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Rural Mississippi. Summer. A child's scream. A gentle giant is blamed. A posse forms. But Bubba's not dead. Someone—something—is picking off the vigilantes one by one. A minor drive-in classic resurfaces on VHS for a reason.

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Frank De Felitta directed Dark Night of the Scarecrow in 1981. See Frank De Felitta's full filmography, where to start with Frank De Felitta, or where to go after you've seen everything by Frank De Felitta.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow was released in 1981 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.