Plot Synopsis

Schoolteacher Aaron Harris punishes six of his students serving detention by making them help his girlfriend, Amanda, fix her family farm before it's sold. But the cornfields circling the farm come with an urban legend about a murderous scarecrow who lives in the fields. The town even celebrates the urban legend with the Scarecrow Festival, which is fast approaching. When the kids play a terrifying game of cat and mouse in the cornfield with what they believe is a wild animal, Amanda tries to convince them that the Scarecrow is a very real creature of fierce strength and power, rejuvenated by the blood of its prey. She's soon proved right when darkness falls over the rustling fields and they all must fend off the flesh-ripping terrors of the Scarecrow. For the terrified prisoners of the farm, surviving the night seems a distant prayer -- especially in light of the tale's final, desperate warning: "Beware the mark, the end is near, your death is certain, run in fear."