i rent dark harvest ( the first one ) because it look like a cheesy monster on the box type of thrill ride . scarecrow also freak me out . the movie have an effective title sequence and but what follow be pretty lame ( flat and bad lighting and acting and editing and direction . ) . recently and i notice that dh 2 represent the maize have a pretty extensive ad campaign . i think maybe the first one be marginally successful and so they up the ante on this one a bit and possibly deliver some big budget scare and fx from the killer scarecrows . well and there be no scarecrow in the video . not a problem . the problem start in dh 2 with a title sequence that look like an unfinished concept and with strange shape and bar wipe away title and whatnot . as far a the actual photography . every time the sun shine in a shot and you would have all these blow out white and confirm that youre watch some ultra low budget mini dv project that some midwesterner film at his uncles farm . the acting be not act at all . the cheap rip off of the shin twin girl be below freshman film student standard . the editing be extremely amateur and lazy . the sound be jar and choppy . ( e. g. every time the editor would cut to a new shot and you would here the sound change perspective with it ) . it a if someone gather their friend and family ( actor ) and take a video camera out in a cornfield for three day and put a light on top of it for the night sequence ( no joke that what they actually do ) and burn through some tape and stick the footage in their computer and cut a ( very ) rough version and toss in some music and bypass any imaginative sound work or mixing and burn it directly to dvd and and throw it on the video store shelf . any horror fan should be insult by this type of direct to video work that be void of any skill or style . just because a person own a video camera and be able to get somewhat of an image on tape and doesn not mean it should be release to the public . if i could give this a rating low than a one and i would .