Movies Like Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a 1981 horror, tv movie film from Frank De Felitta with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Husk and The Fanatic.

Horror TV Movie

Husk

2011

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.

5.8

MagicScore

The Fanatic

2019

A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.

4.4

MagicScore

Messengers 2: The Scarecrow

2009

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 seeds; and his marriage is in crisis and his wife Mary is giving too much attention to her friend Tommy. When John accidentally discovers a hidden compartment in the barn, he finds a creepy scarecrow but his son Michael makes him promise to destroy it. However, his neighbor Jude Weatherby visits him, gives a six-pack of beer to the abstemious John and convinces him to put the scarecrow in the cornfield. Out of the blue, the life of John changes: the crows die; the pump works again irrigating the land; and the banker responsible for the closure has an accident and dies. However, he feels that his land is possessed by something evil that is threatening his beloved family.

5.4

MagicScore

Scarecrows

1988

Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned farm surrounded by strange scarecrows. The rest of the team jump after their loot and their former partner. Everything happens during the course of one very dark night.

5.1

MagicScore

Dark Harvest

2004

A group of teenagers go to the family farm of one of them only to be attacked by a killer scarecrow.

2.0

MagicScore

Rain Man

1988

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

7.8

MagicScore

Dominick and Eugene

1988

Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must decide between his devotion to his brother, or his need to go away to complete his training. Things are also not helped by Dominick's co-worker, or Eugene's budding romance.

6.8

MagicScore

Fury

1936

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

7.4

MagicScore

I Know What You Did Last Summer

1997

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.

6.0

MagicScore

#10

The Thing That Couldn't Die

1958

A 400 year old disembodied head hypnotizes a female psychic, who recovered it using a dowsing rod, to search for the rest of its body.

5.1

MagicScore

#11

The Night Visitor

1971

An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

The Confession

1999

After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.

5.7

MagicScore

#13

Critters 2

1988

Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

Peppermint

2018

A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

2010

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

7.8

MagicScore

#16

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

2000

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Tess

1979

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.

7.1

MagicScore

#18

Dark Waters

2019

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

Bad Day for the Cut

2017

A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

Day of the Woman

1978

A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dark Night of the Scarecrow?

The top films similar to Dark Night of the Scarecrow by MovieMagicScore are Husk (5.8), The Fanatic (4.4), Messengers 2: The Scarecrow (5.4). Each shares horror/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dark Night of the Scarecrow worth watching?

Dark Night of the Scarecrow holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 185 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Dark Night of the Scarecrow?

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) is a horror, tv movie film directed by Frank De Felitta, starring Charles Durning, Larry Drake, Robert F. Lyons.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dark Night of the Scarecrow?

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About movies like Dark Night of the Scarecrow

This ranked list pairs Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981), a horror and tv movie film from Frank De Felitta, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Charles Durning take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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