The Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Saw The Dark Night of the Scarecrow. It was surprisingly good. It has obviously no budget and is a horror film but despite these flaws, it draws great effect from the isolation of countryside and the claustrophobia of a small town. The characters set their deaths up a bit (one is shown sharpening and using a wood-chipper, one very pointedly grabs his chest and gulps pills.) The ending is especially great. There is a shot of a harvesting machine blindly grinding up pumpkins that perfectly captured this sort of stupid, implacable malice. Much better than you'd expect out of a made-for-TV movie.