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DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1981 | 15 | Blu-ray Director Frank De Felitta Cast Charles Durning, Tonya Crowe, Larry Drake, Jocelyn Brando

BLU-RAY DEBUT Gorehounds be warned: this cult TV movie is an unlikely fit for 88 Films’ Slasher Classics Collection. But while it’s short on splatter, carnage and exposed entrails, it delivers on atmosphere and body count.

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