I was initially going to review this as part of Amityville April, but at the time, the only version available on Tubi was dubbed in Spanish. Because of that, I passed on it and went directly to Amityville Scarecrow 2. I saw the original was now up on Tubi, so I figured I’d finally give it a shot.
It was not worth the wait.
Two estranged sisters inherit their mother’s crumbling campground. They haven’t spoken to one another in years because the one sister’s husband ran off with the other sister. Can the siblings put their past behind them? Can they move on with their lives and start acting like a family again? Can they, at the very least, forgive and forget long enough to spruce up the campsite? Or will their long-festering jealousy rear its ugly head and drive them further apart? Oh, and did I mention there’s a scarecrow that occasionally kills people?
It might seem like I forgot about the killer scarecrow who’s... you know... the titular character, but in my defense, the movie kind of forgets about him too.
Yeah, if you can’t already tell, this is like 90% Lifetime Movie and 10% Killer Scarecrow movie. (And by “Lifetime Movie” I mean “boring relationship drama” and not one of those newfangled “The Wrong [Enter Occupation Here]” type of thrillers.) While the opening scarecrow kill is OK, it takes an eternity for him to show up again. It also doesn’t help that nearly all the actors have muddy accents. I can’t tell if they’re British and trying to sound American or vice versa, but every time someone opens their mouth it just sounds wonky.
Maybe I should’ve watched the Spanish dub instead.
Like many Amityville rip-offs, the link to the original is tenuous at best. This one takes place in AN Amityville. Not THE Amityville. It seems like some murders happened in a supposedly haunted house, but the place burned down, and the campground was erected in its place… hence the supernatural presence. This might be a case where a prequel would be more interesting than the actual movie. Then again, that wouldn’t be very hard to do.
AKA: Scarecrow’s Camp.
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