Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

96 mins | Horror, TV Movie | Oct. 24, 1981

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.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

96 mins | Horror, TV Movie | Oct. 24, 1981

Dark Night of the Scarecrow
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Wizan Productions
Original title Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Directors May Wale Brown, Frank De Felitta
Writers Butler Handcock, J.D. Feigelson

Cast

Charles Durning

as Otis P. Hazelrigg

Larry Drake

as Bubba Ritter

Robert F. Lyons

as Skeeter Norris

Claude Earl Jones

as Philby

Lane Smith

as Harless Hocker

Tonya Crowe

as Marylee Williams

Jocelyn Brando

as Mrs. Ritter

Tom Taylor

as D.A. Sam Willock

Richard McKenzie

as Judge Henry

Ivy Jones

as Mrs. Willams

James Tartan

as Mr. Williams

Ed Call

as Defense Attorney

Alice Nunn

as Mrs. Bunch

John Steadman

as Mr. Loomis

Dave Adams

as Deputy

Ivy Bethune

as Mrs. Hocker

Jetta Scelza

as Mrs. Whimberly

Modi Frank

as Waitress

Robert J. Koster

as The Scarecrow (uncredited)