"DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW 1 & 2" Coming To 4K In September!
For collectors of a certain age, you either love or hate the idea of rebuying a movie you already own on a newer, higher-quality format. Some of us have owned and purchased the same movies multiple times to get extra features, a new remaster, or in some cases just a silly slipcover. The promise of Blu-Ray technology when it debuted is similar to every media format before it. Better quality sound and video, higher capacity discs, and a plethora of special features are just some of the draws that lured DVD converts to Blu-Ray and now Blu-Ray converts to 4K UHD. For some, this is excessive and for others, a necessary step in advancing film preservation. We find ourselves in the latter camp, which is why we are so excited to hear that VCI Entertainment is bringing arguably one of the best made-for-TV horror movies of all time to 4K!
“Dark Night of the Scarecrow 1 & 2” will be making a double-headed debut on 4K UHD next month on September 10, 2024. Check out the press release below has all the gory details!
From the Press Release:
On September 10th, VCI Entertainment presents Dark Night of the Scarecrow, and its 40-years-in-the-making sequel, Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2, bundled together in a Dark Night of the Scarecrows 1 & 2: Ultimate Collector’s Edition on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, packed with special features.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow tells of the murder of a young girl, Marylee Williams (Tonya Crowe), and the vicious mob justice wrongly enacted on Marylee’s innocent, mentally challenged friend Bubba Ritter (Larry Drake). A cover-up by the murderous mob, led by Otis P. Hazelrigg (Charles Durning), results in a strange turn of events. Soon, one by one, the guilty are stalked and served a specific kind of justice by an unknown figure. When it made its premiere the week of Halloween in 1981, Dark Night of the Scarecrow was one of the highest rated TV movies of all time.
Forty years in the making, Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 picks up with Chris (Amber Wedding) and her young son Jeremy (Aiden Shurr), moving to the small town where the events of the first film took place. Chris finds a tattered scarecrow amongst the cornfields of her new home and tells the effigy her secret; the real reason she has come to this small town. Soon after, a mysterious figure begins to roam the fields of their new home… stalking them or protecting them from unknown threats?
The special features for both the 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions include a new 2023 Dark Night of the Scarecrows Triple Fan commentary track, hosted by Heath Holland (Cereal at Midnight podcaster) and featuring Robert Kelly, a noted film historian, and super-fan Amanda Reyes, an expert on TV movies, author, and podcaster; the original Dark Night of the Scarecrow commentary track with writer J.D. Feigelson and director Frank DeFelitta; a new 2023 Dark Night of the Scarecrow commentary by J.D. Feigelson; “Bubba Didn’t Do It: 30 Years of the Scarecrow” by Daniel Griffith; Dark Night of the Scarecrows cast reunion Q&A recorded at the 2011 Frightfest Film Festival; 1981 CBS World Premiere broadcast Promo; 1985 CBS Network re-broadcast promo; and a photo gallery – Behind the Scenes.
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