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** Jack possibly. He comes off as just someone who's only along because Curry promised that he would be rich and isn't quite as nasty as the others.
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* PetTheDog: Roxanne tries to comfort Kellie [[spoiler:after they find her father dead]] understandably she's not receptive though later she is.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Burt hadn't double crossed the others and stole the money for himself, then maybe the whole scarecrow situation would have been avoided. (For them at least.)
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in California, filmed in Florida.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Bert not decided to double-cross the others and steal the money for himself, the whole scarecrow situation could have been avoided.
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* AssholeVictim: Most of the bank robbers since they also took a pilot and her daughter hostage to get away. [[spoiler:Averted with Corbin.]]

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* AssholeVictim: Most of the bank robbers since they also took a pilot and her his daughter hostage to get away. [[spoiler:Averted with Corbin.]]
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'''''Scarecrows''''' is a 1988 horror film.

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'''''Scarecrows''''' ''Scarecrows'' is a 1988 horror film.

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* AntiVillain: Corbin is arguably the most considerable of the robbers. [[spoiler:When he decides to escape the cornfield, he takes Kellie with her.]]

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* AntiVillain: Corbin is arguably the most considerable of the robbers. [[spoiler:When he decides to escape the cornfield, he takes Kellie with her.him.]]



* BodyHorror: The things the scarecrows end up doing to their victims is not pretty to say the least.

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* BodyHorror: The things the scarecrows end up doing to their victims is are not pretty to say the least.



* VillainProtagonist: The majority of the living characters with the exception of Kellie and her dad are bank robbers who kidnapped the two because they needed a plane. (Plus they killed at least 5 MPs and wounded several others.) Some of the robbers have AntiVillain shades, some don't.

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* {{Technopath}}: The scarecrows seem to have this, given the above mentioned influence of the phones and walkie-talkies, and apparent control of the farm's generator. Also, one of their mind games is allowing Bert to briefly make a break for it in a truck, only for him to find after it breaks down that it doesn't even have an engine.
* VillainProtagonist: The majority of the living characters with the exception of Kellie and her dad are bank robbers who kidnapped the two because they needed a plane. (Plus they killed at least 5 MPs [=MPs=] and wounded several others.) Some of the robbers have AntiVillain shades, some don't.
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* VillainProtagonist: The majority of the living characters with the exception of Kellie and her dad are bank robbers who kidnapped the two because they needed a plane. Some of the robbers have AntiVillain shades, some don't.

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* VillainProtagonist: The majority of the living characters with the exception of Kellie and her dad are bank robbers who kidnapped the two because they needed a plane. (Plus they killed at least 5 MPs and wounded several others.) Some of the robbers have AntiVillain shades, some don't.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Bert not decided to double-cross the others and steal the money, the whole scarecrow situation could have been avoided.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Bert not decided to double-cross the others and steal the money, money for himself, the whole scarecrow situation could have been avoided.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Bert not decided to double-cross the others and steal the money, the whole scarecrow situation could have been avoided.
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* GutYouLikeAFish: [[spoiler:Scarecrow Bert]] has a sloppily-stitched cut on his torso stuffed with the money that the robbers stole.

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* GutYouLikeAFish: GuttedLikeAFish: [[spoiler:Scarecrow Bert]] has a sloppily-stitched cut on his torso stuffed with the money that the robbers stole.



* NoHonorAmongTheives: The plot takes place at the haunted cornfield because Bert betrays the rest of the team by parachuting off the plane with the stolen cash. The robbers have no choice but to land to get their money back.

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* NoHonorAmongTheives: NoHonorAmongThieves: The plot takes place at the haunted cornfield because Bert betrays the rest of the team by parachuting off the plane with the stolen cash. The robbers have no choice but to land to get their money back.

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* AntagonistTitle
* AssholeVictim: Some of the bank robbers. [[spoiler: Averted with Corbin.]]

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* AntagonistTitle
AntagonistTitle: The living scarecrows take top billing.
* AntiVillain: Corbin is arguably the most considerable of the robbers. [[spoiler:When he decides to escape the cornfield, he takes Kellie with her.]]
* AssholeVictim: Some Most of the bank robbers. [[spoiler: Averted robbers since they also took a pilot and her daughter hostage to get away. [[spoiler:Averted with Corbin.]]]]
* BodyHorror: The things the scarecrows end up doing to their victims is not pretty to say the least.



* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler: Roxanne]] keeps going after the money even after realizing how dangerous the scarecrows are. Gets [[spoiler: her]] killed brutally.

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* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler: Roxanne]] [[spoiler:Roxanne]] keeps going after the money even after realizing how dangerous the scarecrows are. Gets [[spoiler: her]] [[spoiler:her]] killed brutally.



* DemonicPossession: Visual cues inside the house in the cornfield imply that the scarecrows were brought to life using unholy rituals. [[spoiler:They also convert victims into one of their kind. Bert, Jack, and Al suffer this fate.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Kellie is the only remaining survivor as the robbers and her father were killed. From the way she screams in the ending, it's clear that the events will haunt her for life.]]
* EvilPhone: Somehow, the scarecrows can intercept their walkie-talkies and mimic the robber's voices. [[spoiler:Scarecrow Jack calls an insane Curry with a clearly-defunct telephone using this power.]]



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Corbin]] blows [[spoiler: himself]] up along with [[spoiler: Kellie's resurrected father]] to save Kellie.

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* GutYouLikeAFish: [[spoiler:Scarecrow Bert]] has a sloppily-stitched cut on his torso stuffed with the money that the robbers stole.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Corbin]] [[spoiler:Corbin]] blows [[spoiler: himself]] up along with [[spoiler: Kellie's [[spoiler:Kellie's resurrected father]] to save Kellie.Kellie.
* ImmuneToBullets: Despite riddling a torso with tons of bullets, it had to take a neck chop with a machete to incapacitate [[spoiler:a resurrected Bert]].



* NothingIsScarier: ''No'' explanation is offered as to why the scarecrows are alive, though some of the criminals have theories.
** The remaining pictures and belongings in the farmhouse suggests that the owners were dabbling in black magic, and after they died (or left the area) whatever spells they cast remained on the land.

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* NoHonorAmongTheives: The plot takes place at the haunted cornfield because Bert betrays the rest of the team by parachuting off the plane with the stolen cash. The robbers have no choice but to land to get their money back.
* NothingIsScarier: ''No'' No concrete explanation is offered as to why the scarecrows are alive, though some of the criminals have theories.
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theories after seeing the remaining pictures and belongings in the farmhouse suggests farmhouse. It may suggest that the owners were dabbling in black magic, and after they died (or left the area) area), whatever spells they cast remained on the land.



* RuleOfScary: The film is more or less fueled by it.
* SanitySlippage: Curry loses it aided no doubt by the scarecrows playing the mindgames.

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* RuleOfScary: The film is more or less fueled by it.
it since it's never fully explained how the scarecrows are alive and what their powers are.
* SanitySlippage: Curry loses it it, aided no doubt by the scarecrows playing the mindgames.mind games with him.



* VillainProtagonist: The majority of the living characters with the exception of Kellie and her dad are bank robbers who kidnapped the two because they needed a plane. Some of the robbers have AntiHero shades, some don't.

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* VillainProtagonist: The majority of the living characters with the exception of Kellie and her dad are bank robbers who kidnapped the two because they needed a plane. Some of the robbers have AntiHero AntiVillain shades, some don't.
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* CaloforniaDoubling: Set in California, filmed in Florida.

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* CaloforniaDoubling: CaliforniaDoubling: Set in California, filmed in Florida.
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* CaloforniaDoubling: Set in California, filmed in Florida.
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* IronicEcho: One of the scarecrows' mind games. They mimic the things that the people on the farm said after killing them in order to freak the remaining living people out.

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* AssholeVictim: Some of the bank robbers.

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* AssholeVictim: Some of the bank robbers. [[spoiler: Averted with Corbin.]]


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* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler: Roxanne]] keeps going after the money even after realizing how dangerous the scarecrows are. Gets [[spoiler: her]] killed brutally.


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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Corbin]] blows [[spoiler: himself]] up along with [[spoiler: Kellie's resurrected father]] to save Kellie.


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* SanitySlippage: Curry loses it aided no doubt by the scarecrows playing the mindgames.

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-> ''Trespassers will be violated.''

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-> ''Trespassers [[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1988scarecrows_408.jpg]]

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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:When Jack returns as a scarecrow, he has no lips.]]


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* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The resurrected Bert gets his head sliced off.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Some of the bank robbers.



* DarkIsEvil: The film is set entirely at night and the scarecrows are downright horrifying.



* FinalGirl: Kellie.



* GeniusLoci: The farmland itself may be this, or it may be the influence of the scarecrows. When the robbers enter the area, things start to go active, but once they all leave everything suddenly becomes inactive once again as if it's going back to sleep.



* ScaryScarecrows: [[CaptainObvious As should be apparent.]]

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* ScaryScarecrows: [[CaptainObvious As should be apparent.]]]]
* VillainProtagonist: The majority of the living characters with the exception of Kellie and her dad are bank robbers who kidnapped the two because they needed a plane. Some of the robbers have AntiHero shades, some don't.
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** [[spoiler: Roxanne]] ends up accidentally ''tearing'' her fingers off when her hands get impaled into the ground with a pitchfork and she has to yank it free.
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* DeathByMaterialism
* DemonicPossession



* DontGoInTheWoods
* EvilPhone



* FacialHorror



* OffWithHisHead
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Following their robbery of the Camp Pendleton pay-roll, a group of ex-military personnel escape on a plane to Mexico, and end up getting double-crossed by one of their own, who parachutes out of the plane with the money. The rest of the gang gives chase, and they all end up at some cornfields and a farmhouse where an extremely vicious and territorial group of scarecrows is prowling around.

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Following their robbery of the Camp Pendleton pay-roll, a group of ex-military personnel escape on hijack a plane to Mexico, and bail to Mexico. They end up getting double-crossed by one of their own, who parachutes out of the plane with the money. The rest of the gang gives chase, and they all end up at some cornfields and a farmhouse where an extremely vicious and territorial group of scarecrows is are prowling around.



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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Al the pilot]] loses an eye when barbed wire is wrapped around [[spoiler:his]] head posthumously.
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* DontGoInTheWoods
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath

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* CruelAndUnusualDeathCruelAndUnusualDeath: One member's corpse is found stuffed with the heist money.
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* BodyHorror
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-> ''Trespassers will be violated.''

'''''Scarecrows''''' is a 1988 horror film.

Following their robbery of the Camp Pendleton pay-roll, a group of ex-military personnel escape on a plane to Mexico, and end up getting double-crossed by one of their own, who parachutes out of the plane with the money. The rest of the gang gives chase, and they all end up at some cornfields and a farmhouse where an extremely vicious and territorial group of scarecrows is prowling around.

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!!!'''This movie contains examples of:'''

* CruelAndUnusualDeath
* DeathByMaterialism
* DemonicPossession
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I think this place is possessed by demonic demons." Immediately lampshaded.
* FacialHorror
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:A zombified Bert]] has his fingers accidentally bitten off.
* NothingIsScarier: ''No'' explanation is offered as to why the scarecrows are alive, though some of the criminals have theories.
* OffWithHisHead
* RuleOfScary: The film is more or less fueled by it.
* ScaryScarecrows: [[CaptainObvious As should be apparent.]]

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