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When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive.


“The Original Classic”
Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.

Charles Durning
Otis P. Hazelrigg

Larry Drake
Bubba Ritter

Robert F. Lyons
Skeeter Norris

Claude Earl Jones
Philby

Lane Smith
Harless Hocker

Tonya Crowe
Marylee Williams

Jocelyn Brando
Mrs. Ritter
Tom Taylor
D.A. Sam Willock

Richard McKenzie
Judge Henry

Ivy Jones
Mrs. Willams
Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a horror, tv movie film released in 1981 exploring themes of mentally disabled, grave, scarecrow, cover-up, revenge, murder. Directed by Frank De Felitta, it stars Charles Durning, Larry Drake, Robert F. Lyons. Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.
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