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Released
1981 · FILM

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

The Original Classic

Directed by
Runtime
97 min
HorrorTV Movie

Synopsis

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is wrongfully accused of assaulting a young girl. Wearing a scarecrow disguise, he takes refuge in a cornfield, where he is later hunted and killed by four vigilante men. When the men are cleared of charges due to insufficient evidence, they begin to be pursued and targeted individually.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Skip LuskShot by Vincent A MartinelliScored by Glenn Paxton

Also known as

  • Die Nacht der Vogelscheuchede
  • Die Rache des Gelynchtende
  • La oscura noche del espantapájaroses
  • Lo spaventapasseriit

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