Movies like Dark Night of the Scarecrow
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
8K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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 by a mysterious scarecrow.
Style:
scary, slasher, tense, suspenseful, serious, spooky, bloody, black and white, creepy, pastoral ...
Plot:
scarecrow, murder, lynch mob, injustice, false accusation, halloween, killer scarecrow, supernatural, halloween party, mentally challenged, small town, legal action, ghost, righting the wronged, revenge, occult, lie, postman, friend, imaginary friend, redneck, mother son relationship, dog, serial killer, killer ...
Time:
80s
Keyword:
disgust
Most similar movies to Dark Night of the Scarecrow
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, slasher and serious films with plots about deadly, danger, murder, supernatural, serial killer, blood and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Dark Night of the Scarecrow: Blood Stained Shoes (2012), Pumpkinhead (1988), Children of the Corn (2020), Tourist Trap (1979), Jack-O (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror
Country: China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This film is set in the 1930s, and starts with a strange murder in a beautiful Jiangnan river delta. At the scene, all that is left is an exquisite pair of embroidered shoes. An innocent seamstress is suspected and put to death, but the bloody ...
Style:
tense, scary, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, false accusation, vengeance, social relations, supernatural, life is a bitch, village, strong female presence, sexual dysfunction, village life, ghost, supernatural serial murderer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
supernatural, demon, witch, vengeance, murder, pumpkin, revenge, monster, macabre, father son relationship, curse, creature ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A psychopathic twelve-year-old girl in a small town in Nebraska recruits all the other children and goes on a bloody rampage, killing the corrupt adults and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won't go along with the plan, ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
stephen king, murder, small town, folk horror, psychopath, danger, revenge, masked killer, paranoia, fear, violent, blood ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa, nebraska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
murder, mannequin, serial killer, psychopath, insanity, fear, group of friends, chase, blood, maniac, old dark house, doll ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A long long time ago a wizard was put to death, but he swore vengeance on the townsfolk that did him in, particularly Arthur Kelly's family. Arthur had done the final graces on him when he came back to life as Mr. Jack the Pumpkin Man. The ...
Style:
independent film, serious, scary, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
halloween, zombie, scarecrow, american horror, supernatural horror, supernatural ability, ghost, rivalry, small town, reincarnation, curse, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A hundred years after being brutally murdered by the justice-seeking citizens of a small town, a supernatural killer fulfills his promise to return from the grave and seek vengeance against the descendents of the people who slaughtered him.
Style:
slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, ghost, supernatural, danger, vengeance, murder, curses spells and rituals, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, deadly creature, small town ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends "Meat Cleaver Max" and watches the electric chair execution from the audience. But killing Max Jenke only elevated him to another level of reality. Now Lucas' family is under attack, his ...
Style:
slasher, detective, retro, creepy, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, female nudity, supernatural, execution, supernatural horror, monster, haunted house, paranormal, dead, electric chair, bare breasts, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
492
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A nightmare come to life, the Spiker is a massive pink-eyed albino and a maniac killing machine whose physical endurance borders on the fantastic. He escapes from an asylum and returns to the small town he terrorized years before, where he slashed ...
Style:
slasher, tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, small town, albino, danger, cheerleader, stalking, evil man, ghost, violence, bad girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is ...
Style:
scary, demonic, suspenseful, grindhouse, creepy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, haunted, paranormal, murder, fear, possession, supernatural horror, macabre, indian burial ground, demon ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1975
Place:
long island
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Knock Knock is a horror film that combines fear with revenge, hate with justice and responsibility with sacrifice. The bible says an "Eye for an Eye." Rico was just a big fun loving son of a hard working neighborhood business man. The ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, small town, vengeance, who done it, danger, investigation, mortician, rivalry, ghost, high school, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Films like Evil Dead
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
Style:
slasher, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween party, serial killer, halloween, police, haunted house, teenager, masked killer, police investigation, danger, police officer, violence, death ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young television reporter (or "investigative journalist") is attacked in her home, leading to her boyfriend being murdered. Six months later she returns to work in a smaller town, and stumbles across a house full of ghosts trying to call ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, danger, supernatural, supernatural ability, obsession, revenge, journalism, terrorism, media, small town, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A Manny Velazquez underground independent horror film about a teenager who visits a burial ground and finds a Egyptian cross that awakens an evil curse that takes on the form of demented looking puppets that kill.
Style:
gothic, scary, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
puppet, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, demon, curse, blood, evil, murder, monster, evil doll, creature, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, disturbing, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, vengeance, maniac, murder, gory, american civil war, exploitation, redneck, macabre, brutality, mayor, sadism ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After 23 horrifying days of gorging on human flesh, an ancient creature known as the Creeper embarks on a final voracious feeding frenzy, terrorizing a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders and coaches stranded on a remote highway when ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, scarecrow, supernatural, beast, demon, monster, farm, cheerleader, deadly creature, creature, violence, cornfield ...
Time:
year 2003, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After her husband dies of mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
tractor, murder, psychopath, voyeur, occult, woman in danger, supernatural ability, danger, mind game, religion, supernatural horror, supernatural ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.
Style:
scary, tense, suspense, dark, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
scarecrow, supernatural, cornfield, murder, danger, curse, friends, group of friends, ritual, farmhouse, search and rescue, farm ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A feature film based on a story in which a young man is stabbed to death on the evening of October 31, 2003. One year later, at a Halloween party, six people were brutally butchered in a remote location. The victims faces were carved and mutilated ...
Style:
slasher, serious, suspenseful, rough, scary
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, haunted by the past, mind game, danger, starting over, prank, isolation, mistaken identity, halloween party, gory ...
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Three teens are forced to spend the night at the house on Hollow Road. They eventually learn that each one of them has been having recurring nightmares. Nightmares that could only take place in the mind of a psychopath.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, nightmare, halloween, vengeance, abandoned house, youth, danger, psychopath, friends, supernatural, brutality, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of friends have theirs whilst visiting a horror experience.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
halloween, evil clown, haunted house, clown, killer, found footage, violence, murder, ghost, paranormal, friendship, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
From the vaults of the golden age of slasher films comes LAKE NOWHERE, a raucous, bloody romp which resurrects the thrill of gory midnight movies for an hour-long plunge into the depths of horror. Inspired by the dusty days of VHS, LAKE NOWHERE is ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
lake, supernatural, fear, serial killer, masked killer, monster, murder, revenge, obsession, violence, brutality, danger ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
A young couple moves in to their first apartment and encounters a red-headed freckled doll. Soon they discover that their home and doll reveal an evil presence.
Style:
surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, tense, bloody ...
Plot:
doll, serial killer, evil doll, killer doll, landlord, evil, supernatural, danger, old dark house, murder, macabre, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The sole survivor of a backwoods massacre investigates the incident with the help of a photographer and a police officer. Soon, it becomes clear that they're up against nothing less than an ancient god!
Style:
detective, lovecraft, slasher, independent film, scary ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The family man farmer John Rollins is stressed with his financial situation: the crows and the lack of irrigation are destroying his crop of corn; the bank is near closure of his mortgage; he does not have credit to fix the water pump or to buy ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense ...
Plot:
scarecrow, supernatural, objects come to life, curses spells and rituals, child in peril, supernatural ability, danger, family in danger, down on your luck, female rapist, family problems, killer scarecrow ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
monster, supernatural, revenge, a vision, supernatural power, chase, vandalism, animal cruelty, characters killed one by one, sheriff, murder, paranormal ...
Time:
year 2017, 2000s
Place:
florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Ten strangers find themselves trapped in the dark, in the storm, lost in huge fields of corn. They take refuge in a dark, quiet farmhouse where the welcoming Mr. Grant lives. But as the night goes on, and sinister shapes begin to emerge from the ...
Style:
scary, bleak, slasher, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Michael's health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices. Michael's wife killed herself a while before and her brother holds Michael responsible. Michael needs to stop the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, spooky, bloody, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ten years after he was pushed down a well, a young man kills off the neighborhood bullies who tormented him and leaves their body parts as presents for the one girl who was kind to him.
Style:
slasher, christmas horror, cult classic, slasher horror, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, mental institution, retribution, christmas, killer, teenager, revenge, pizza, escape, psychopath, cons and scams, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, bleak, controversial ...
Plot:
clown, escaped mental patient, murder, child in peril, brother brother relationship, circus, chase, evil clown, halloween, boy, killer clown, serial killer ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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