31 days of horror Year 3 day 25 extra film 02

Scarecrows
1988
MGM DVD

I have no idea how I didn't hear about this film till the early 2000s. When it came out on VHS I was renting like 6 or so horror movies every weekend. I started seeing posts about how good it was. So when the DVD came out I had to get it. Well I got it and it sat on the shelf unwatched until today.

We start off with a group of 5 people who have just robbed a military base of it payroll. They got 3.5 million and hijacked a plane to take them to Mexico. But one member of the group has other plans. He sets up a smoke bomb on a timer and when it goes off he throws the money outta the plane then jumps. So the rest of the group follow him out.

Well he lands in between an old graveyard and a cornfield. And goes off to find the money. He find it and loads it up in an old abandoned truck he has found. He is on his way out when the truck starts acting up. Well he goes to check the engine and there is no engine at all. He grabs two sacks of cash and takes off running. But being lost he ends up back where he landed. Some scarecrows attack him and gut him.

Well the other 4 make it to this old abandoned house that is right next to the corn field. One of the guys,Jack,goes to the roof and using his night vision scope sees where the money's parachute is. So they head out to get it. Well they get there and the money isn't there. So the guys head back to the old house. Not too long after getting back the guy who stole the money shows up. They beat the fuck outta him trying to learn where he hid the money but he wont talk. So they go outside to formulate a plan. And when they come back in the traitor attacks them. It seems like nothing will stop him. But Corbin manages to cut off his hand and head. Now with the traitor not attacking them they closely examine him and discover his organs are missing. They seem to have been removed and replaced with straw and money.

Two of the guys,Jack and another guy,go out to see if they can find the money. While out there Jack gets attacked by the scarecrows. They gut him and chop one of his hands off. Well the other guy sees this and manages to escape. This leads to this guy going nuts and the rest of the group heading back to the plane to get the hell outta the area.

Well for being done on a low budget this film does a bunch with very little. The various Scarecrows are well done and very creepy. The gore effects look pretty good. And the acting is decent. Scarecrows gets a B.