Not your usual horror movie, but Dark Night of the Scarecrow is better classified as a horror story targeted for children, with no jump moments, gore or any weird occurrences, just fear itself, creating a suspenseful atmospheric story.
The story about Bubba begins tragic though, with one hell of a messed up Otis blaming everyone but himself and 3 followers of him throughout these dark nights. In some kind of way, Bubba exacts revenge on them, physically or psychically, we aren't fully knowledgeable about it, thus making it supernatural.
And then there is also that memorable end shot of a child hand and a scarecrow hand talking about the chasing game to play next. Whatever that means differs, but it did stood out and lets you think about it.
I also foolishly thought that I would expect a traditional horror movie, but then I was relieved and content with seeing a different horror movie such as this. In overall, Dark Night of the Scarecrow might be one of the best child horror movies out there!
Rating: 6.5
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