To me, this movie is perfection.

Perfect cast and a good story

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This is seemingly the third instalment of the 'Scarecrow' franchise. It's about a supernatural scarecrow killer who is re-animated as the result of a practical joke that goes horribly wrong. A boy is tied to a scarecrow in a corn-field by some bullies. He goes into a coma through shock and via his comatose state the scarecrow is able to possess him and kill the teenagers who tormented him. It's a story that vaguely makes sense but in fairness what can you really expect from a film called Scarecrow Gone Wild?It's very much a cheap and cheerful slasher movie aimed at the teen market. It doesn't take itself very seriously though, with some very silly scenes sprinkled throughout and some classic bad dialogue. Probably my favourite moment was when one teen decides to play one of his songs to the others on the beach one night. It's a suitably appalling ditty and it's ended by our friend the scarecrow pitching up and impaling him with the stand of a beach volleyball net. The film is pretty much a mix of horror, overwrought teen melodrama and dumb humour. While it's far from being good, it does have a certain goofy entertainment value for the most part.

-Just wanting to know did the Lighting guy win an Oscar for his tremendous workmanship and technical ability during this film?-Did you know the moon is the brightest light within our solar system, even more powerful than the sun.-Did the Scarecrow have the ability to change day into night then back into day in the space of 3 seconds?-Does anyone know why an open beach can clearly camouflage 4 screaming terrified teenagers running? Also are buildings invisible to scarecrows or is it just beach huts?Did the scarecrow pass his driving test from the moment he "killed Ken Shamrock ( who thought he has dead but revealed he was just unconsciousness).. Was this a pass plus driving scheme?Did you know Scarecrows are famous for being able to wreck hospitals within 30 secs of arrival? This is all set in a hospital which is famous for having dangerous face melting acids in case a patient requires that very remedy.Did you know chemicals which can severely melt your face are stored without lids and are stored by important medical equipment. Are u warned about being careful around these when training?-The scarecrow didn't talk, but could whistle. Are scarecrows big fans of Peter, Bjorn and John 'Young Folks' and their famous whistling song. Does anyone know if he was accredited to that role? Also the ability to whistle underwater, can this be taught?Are there guidelines on how long u can spend in a cornfield, without your soul merging with scarecrows?Does anyone know if the guitar/ singer songwriter has furthered his musical career and released anything?. i would be itching to purchase it.-Is lying there on a beach and waiting to get rock thrown at your head the best way to deter a scarecrow?is 3 weeks the minimum waiting time to get your results back to realize you are still harboring a scarecrow within your soul? Or was this due to the lack of mirrors around your house?Are diabetes and merging souls with a scarecrow connected?-After 3 weeks, do you forget about the trauma a evil Scarecrow has inflicted upon you and how he killed all your friends?-TIP: DO NOT USE A DEFIBRILLATOR ON A SCARECROW AS HE THEN GAINS ELECTRICAL POWERS!!

So me and my friend are carousing our local movie rental store and are looking for something to pick up to go along with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, so why not pick up the third installment in the Scarecrow series!?! Keep in mind that this is not just Scarecrow Three; this is, Scarecrow: Gone Wild. Now both of us had seen to the first two Scarecrows so we felt obligated to finish the job. Let's start with the cover of the DVD first. First we notice a picture of Ken Shamrock ("The World's Most Dangerous Man") on the cover. Apparently he was used to market the movie as the "lead actor". By the way, he has the least screen time of any member of the credited class. Next we notice a picture of a very attractive and very scantily clad woman in the middle ground of the cover. I can assure you that she is not in the movie....at all. At the time of rental we assumed that this was to reiterate the fact that the scarecrow was "going wild". In the background we noticed a large carnival on an island out in the ocean. I can also assure you that the carnival is also not in the movie...at all. Looking back me and my friend should have known something was up. I mean really, who the heck puts a carnival on an island. Now on to the actual movie. We start when a young man is inexplicably fused to a scarecrow in the middle of a corn field. Don't ask me how they were fused but think of when Brandon Lee waking up from the dead in The Crow. It's just that stupid. But in the scarecrow's defense, he has "gone wild". Anyhoo, the scarecrow, who now lives vicariously through the young man, takes a trip to his local beach to brutalize those who had done him wrong. Because yes, in the world of The Scarecrow, beaches are conveniently located in the same general vicinity as cornfields. To make a long story short the scarecrow kills all who stand in his path without any warning except for the scarecrow's trademark whistle that signals a slashing. This is however rather impossible to believe because the scarecrow's costume's mouth is clearly sewn shut. Several tracking shots that would make Kubrick roll over in his grave later, and we have one of the worst third installments in a series ever. Well except for maybe the third Matrix. As Joel Siegel would say, "This Scarecrow is wildly bad."

I knew I was in for a LONG 90 minutes when the opening voice over mispronounced the word 'scarecrow' (it sounded like Scare Crew). And sure enough 90 minutes later, after witnessing beyond horrid acting, tedious drama, scarecrow's punches going nowhere near their intended target, but "hitting" it anyway, Ken Shamrock "acting", and the most stupid illogical ending, I've seen in my life (Ok, no, I take that last one back, in about a week). After making it through all that, I openly weeped that I couldn't just go to Lacuna a la Jim Carrey and just erase it completely from my mind. Any thoughts I might have had that Director Brian Katkin might have made an OK film given the right circumstances that I had after watching "Slaughter Studios", are totally and completely gone from my mind now.My Grade: F Eye Candy: Tara Platt and Lisa Robert get topless Where I saw it: Starz on Demand (available until September 22nd, 2005)