Truly Dreadful Film

Simply Perfect

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Good movie but grossly overrated

After reading all the reviews here I decided to buy the movie. I started it a bit hesitantly because I simply love the Jeepers Creepers' movies and I was afraid to be disappointed... But from the beginning all signals were ok : good actors, good building of the atmosphere, so I sat down relieved and happy for what was going to follow... And it stayed like that during the length of the movie! I watched it 3 times in a row and I still was excited of my 'found'... It is definitely one to keep in my collection! I am sorry to say that most of the horror movies that I buy end up being sold second hand after watching them once, but this one is definitely a keeper! The story cannot be compared to other scarecrow movies, it stands entirely on its own. So may you enjoy this one as much as I do...

A group of five friends - Johnny, Chris, Scott, Brian, & Natalie - are on a road trip together when suddenly on a remote road in farm country, a flock of crows hits their car causing them to run off road. Johnny wanders off through a cornfield to seek help but seems to just disappear. Brian & Scott decide to cross through the cornfield to see if they can find Johnny and it's here that they spot an old house so they decide to head towards that. After not hearing from them, Natalie decides to go look for her boyfriend, Brian, but is dragged off by someone...or something. A little while later Johnny is found, but something has happened to him and when Scott starts to have visions of the horror that unfolded at the farm house it's here the group realises something is very, very wrong.Upon quick reading about it, Husk seems like a cheesy horror flick i.e. killer scarecrows, but in actual fact it's not altogether that bad, and some of it is quite creepy. Plot wise, it's not too deep (obviously), but you do start to think that there's nothing much here...group crashes car, heads to find help, killings ensue. There's no real back story, until about just after halfway through the film the back story starts to unfold on what has happened and what IS happening, and it's here that it starts to pick up a bit.All the characters are pretty likable - apart from Natalie, really, as you get tired of her and her continual "baby" talk - that you actually wouldn't mind seeing them all survive. How many times does that happen when watching a horror movie? There are some of the usual horror clichés dotted about, but I guess it wouldn't be a horror film without them really. Although it would be good to watch a horror without them just for a change.Anyway, asides from that, Husk is a decent, watchable horror flick. Nothing amazing but it's not the worst hour and twenty five minutes you'll see.

When I marked this movie to record, the 1988 Scarecrows came to mind, and made me come up with a small checklist of things which I would like to see: the scarecrow would have to have a good design (they have to look pretty decent, or no one would take this movie seriously), and a decent plot and back-story. More so, the main characters have to be realistic enough as to not make me sigh in pity for the movie. The camera angles aren't too crucial, nor the music, but they do have the potential to add to a movie. This movie had all the requirements I would have liked, though some of them could have been improved. The scarecrows had my approval of being threatening, malevolent beings. Their make- up/costume was pretty cool, I think. The back-story behind the scarecrows was interesting, though why only the nerdy characters could see the flashback, I don't know. Also, for the most part, the actors played their parts pretty well. One of the things I think that this movie does quite well is the avoidance of the normal cliché slasher-movie characters. There's no blonde-haired girl who's messing with three guys' affections or a shy, well-behaving female who survives the onslaught. This just has four males and one female, and they all get along with each other decently well. I found this rather nice for a change. As aforementioned, I didn't care too much for how we found out about the origin of the scarecrows (via flashbacks that only one character could see), but I can try to look past that. Also, the chess analogy with such little evidence concerned me a bit, but it wasn't too big of a plot point, so I can deal with that also. Gore-wise, this had some pretty painful-looking deaths and injuries, but as I only saw an edited version, I don't know how much total bloodshed this had to offer. Overall, I feel that this movie is something that a horror movie fan should be able to watch without grimacing. 7.5/10, rounded down to 7 to fit IMDb.

As some others have mentioned, there ARE indeed a few obvious review 'Plants' here from the filmmakers. Usually that annoys me to no end! Maybe because I'm coming to review this film a bit later on it doesn't seem quite so egregious, but I also see a number of negative reviews too.First off, it is a SIMPLE, OLD SCHOOL Horror film. Second, and really think about this now... Just how many truly ***GOOD*** Scarecrow Horror films are there...??? Uh huh... NOT bloody many, right? This one did indeed remind me of 'SCARECROWS' (1988 - UNCUT) which is one of my very favourites and probably THE best Scarecrow Horror out there (not counting of course the Iconic 'DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW' telefilm [1981] which takes THE prize as just about one of the very best Horror telefilms made) It is NOT any where NEAR as heavy and creepy as 'SCARECROWS' (that li'l B@stard lays out some SERIOUS and unrelenting mood - and it gives NO explanation either, except some old photographs of the family that had lived in the house long before) But, in a lighter, simpler way this film is very similar.Yes, the movie is very simple; YES it is extremely low-budget, NO there is not a whole lot to the plot. BUT... And it is a VERY BIG BUT like Mariah Carey's... for what it is, I honestly feel that they did a very good job with it AND very importantly, there are not nearly as many awful and painful amateur moments with the acting, directing, etc. that you normally see a LOT with this kind of low-budget, Indie Horror. The characters come across as decent (NO, not academy material by a long shot, but in my lowly and wretched opinion, FAR better than the usual horrible crappy acting out there) So, if you are looking for extreme originality, forget it. If you are looking for extreme cleverness, nope... But, if you enjoy just a good Old School, fun Horror film, then you should like it.BTW, I really dug the 'sewing room'! That was a nice little creative touch...