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Rise of the Scarecrows
USA 2009
produced by
Geno McGahee
directed by Geno McGahee, Jeremy Weiskotten
starring Cedric Howard, Jeremy Weiskotten, Steven Joseph Adams, Anthony Brown, Geno McGahee, Matthew Walker Wallace, Mark Scarborough, Pawel Watracz, Michael R. Lane, Janelle Zick, Barbara Coccomo, Terry Lockett, Amanda Nigro, Deon Ballard, Danielle McGahee, Chhouk Mor, Jay E. Lanaux, Neil Vermette, Leo Olbrych, Bobby Terault, Ricardo Casper, Rufus Ellis, Michael R. Lane
written by Geno McGahee, songs performed by Bitchslicer, The Putrid Flowers, Flat Possum Boys, Yellowcard, Days Like These, Joe Becker
Rise of the Scarecrows
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Carlos (Steven Joseph Adams) and Scott (Matthew Walker Wallace) want to
take their buddy bill (Jeremy Weiskotten) on a roadtrip through
Massachusetts to lift his spirits after a nasty breakup - but then their
car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, near the small town Adams.
Fortunately, they cross paths with friendly Sheriff Howard (Cedric
Howard), who points them to a nearby abandoned camping ground and promises
to send a tow truck in the morning. The sheriff is shadowed by officer
Brown (Anthony Brown), a former big city cop who has just been transfered
to Adams and is still learning the ropes. At first everything seems what
one would expect, Brown meets the usual loveable eccentrics and learns a
bit about the city's lore, including the story of the murdered
construction workers who have come back as scarecrows to haunt the area.
But eventually, Brown starts to wonder about his boss, when rules an
obvious murder as suicide and won't even listen to his objections ...
After having spent the night on the camping ground, Bill and Carlos
decides to head for Adams to look for the local mechanic (Geno McGahee),
who flat-out refuses to help them. When they return to the campsite
though, they find Scott dead - murdered. When reporting that to the
sheriff though, he shows little interest - leading to Brown quitting the
job in order to help the youngsters. And they all find out the story of
the living, lethal scarecrows is very real indeed ...
Now there are no two ways about it, Rise of the Scarecrows is
not a great film, and that's mostly due to a very low budget and the
technical limitations that come with it. But factoring that in, Rise of
the Scarecrows has a lot going for it, too, it's a very decent mix of
folk horror and slasher movie, it's a movie high on tension and suspense
that shows less rather than too much and is all the more haunting for it,
and while some of the supporting characters are too obvious assholes, the
central characters are all rather decently fleshed-out and nuanced. Oh,
and the scarecrows, as little as we see of them, are creepy indeed.
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