| The Scarecrow | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sam Pillsbury |
| Written by | Michael Heath |
| Based on | The Scarecrow by Ronald Hugh Morrieson |
| Starring | John Carradine Jonathan Smith Tracy Mann Daniel McLaren |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
The Scarecrow is a 1982 New Zealand film, also known as Klynham Summer in America. It was directed by Sam Pillsbury based on the 1963 horror novel by New Zealand author Ronald Hugh Morrieson.[1]
Plot
One night a girl is slain in the woods of a small town, two teenagers, Sam and Les, inadvertently cross the killer's path while robbing the hens of Victor the school bully. According to Sam Edwards the film is not as bleak as the novel. Small-town New Zealand in the 1950s is puritanical on the surface but depraved to its depths.
Cast
- Jonathan Smith as Ned Poindexter
- Tracy Mann as Prudence Poindexter
- Daniel McLaren as Les Wilson
- John Carradine as Hubert Salter
- Bruce Allpress as Uncle Athol
- Philip Holder as Constable Ramsbottom
- Stephen Taylor as Herbert Poindexter
- Desmond Kelly as Mr. Poindexter
- Anne Flannery as Mrs. Poindexter
- Denise O'Connell as Angela Potroz
- Jonathan Hardy as Charlie Dabney
- Martyn Sanderson as Ned as Adult (voice)
- Greer Robson as Lynette
- Roy Billing as Mr. Potroz
- Greg Naughton as Victor Lynch
- Mark Hadlow as Sam Finn
References
- Scarecrow: A Film Study Guide by Brian McDonnell (1982, Longman Paul Auckland) ISBN 0582683734
- New Zealand Film 1912-1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p81 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1
External links
- The Scarecrow at IMDb
- The Scarecrow at AllMovie
- The Scarecrow at NZonScreen (with video extracts)