scarecrow be set in the small american town of emerald grove where high school student lester dwervick ( tim young ) be consider the local nerdy geek by teacher and fellow student alike . the poor kid suffers daily humiliation and bullying and teasing and general esteem destroy abuse at the hand of his peer . unfortunately he doesn not find much support at home since his mom be a slut and after lester annoy one of her bloke he chase him into a corn field and strangle the poor kid . however something magical happens ( no and the film doesn not suddenly become good ) and lester spirit get transfer into the corn field scarecrow which he then use a a body to gain revenge on those who torment him and make his life hell . co write and co produce and direct by emmanuel itier who accord to the imdb credit list also have a role in the film a someone call mr. duforq although i do not remember any character of this name and i suppose anyone who end up look at the imdb page for scarecrow will probably already be aware of it terrible reputation and i have to say it pretty much well deserve since it terrible . the script by itier and bill cunningham and jason white use the often told story of one of life loser who get pick upon and torment for no good reason get their revenge by supernatural mean in a relatively straight forward teen slasher flick . we have see it all before and we have see killer scarecrow before and we have see faceless teen be kill off one by one before and we have see one of life loser get his revenge before and we have see wise crack villain who make joke a they kill before and we have see incompetent small town sheriff make matter even bad before . the only real question to answer about scarecrow be whether it any fun to watch on a dumb teen slasher type level . the answer be a resound no to be honest . the film have terrible character and awful dialogue and an inconsistent and predictable story and it have some cheesy one liner like when the scarecrow kill someone with a shovel he ask can you dig it . and the so called twist end which be gear towards leave thing open for a sequel be just lame . the film move along at a reasonable pace but it isn not that excite and the kill be forgettable . you know i be still try to work out how someone can be stab and kill with a stick of corn . director itier doesn not do a particularly good job here and the kill scene be poorly handle with no build up whatsoever which mean there never any tension a within two second of a character be introduce they be kill off . also i be not happy with the killer scarecrow dude do all these back flip and somersault through the air in scene which feel like they belong in the matrix ( 1999 ) or some japanese kung fu flick . to give it some credit the actual scarecrow mask look really good and he look pretty cool but he be give little to do except spout bad one liner and twirl around a bit . don not you think that be tie to a wooden stake in the middle of a corn file all day would have be bore . i know he a killer scarecrow but i still say he would have be bore just hang around on a wooden stick all day . there no nudity and the gore isn not anything to write home about and there a decapitation and someone face be burnt and someone be kill with a stick of corn and someone get a shovel stuck in their throat and some sickle be stick in people head and someone have their heart rip out and someone have a metal thing stuck through the back of their head which come out of their mouth . with a supposed budget of about $ 250 and 000 this be apparently shoot in 8 day and well at least they do not waste any time on unimportant thing like story and character development . technically this be pretty much point and shoot and hope for the best stuff . if you look at the guy on the floor who have just have his heart rip out you can clearly see him still breathe . the act suck and the guy who play lester mum bloke be wear the most stupid look wig and fake moustache ever because he play two role in the film and the maker need to disguise him but they just end up make him look ridiculous and do not get me start on his accent . scarecrow have a few fun moment and the actual scarecrow himself be a nice creation with good special make up effect but a a whole the film be poorly make and badly act and silly and too predictable and very cheesy . if you want to see a great killer scarecrow flick then check out scarecrow ( 1988 ) . not to be confuse with the gene hackman and al pacino film scarecrow ( 1973 ) or the upcoming horror flick scarecrow ( 2008 ) which be currently in production . scarecrow prove popular enough on home video to spawn two more straight to video sequel and scarecrow slayer ( 2003 ) and scarecrow go wild ( 2004 ) .