Messengers 2: The Scarecrow

Messengers 2: The Scarecrow
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Directed by	Martin Barnewitz
Produced by	Andrew Pfeffer
Written by	Todd Farmer
Starring	Norman Reedus Claire Holt Heather Stephens Michael McCoy Erbi Ago Richard Riehle Matthew McNulty Darcy Fowers Kalina Green
Music by	Joseph LoDuca
Cinematography	Lorenzo Senatore
Editing by	Matt Michael
Distributed by	Stage 6 Films
Release date(s)	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Messengers 2: The Scarecrow is a 2009 direct-to-video horror/thriller film, starring Norman Reedus, Claire Holt, and Erbi Ago. The film serves as a prequel to The Messengers. It was directed by Martin Barnewitz, and was released direct-to-video on DVD and Blu-ray on July 21, 2009.

Plot

The action starts with a woman (Miranda Weatherby as seen later) running through the corn fields, running from an unseen foe, who manages to kill her.

John Rollins, the head of the Rollins family, struggles to save his farm and hold his family together. The corn fields are dying out because the irrigation system isn't working, and crows are eating the cobs out. John is in debt with the bank. His friend, a financial adviser, is trying to convince him into selling the land, but it is later revealed that it's for his own convenience.

One day John discovers a secret door in his barn, where he finds a strange scarecrow. After placing the mysterious scarecrow in the field, his luck changes, but also gives a horrific curse that started it all. While crops begin to grow, he begins to find dead birds in the field as well as a mysterious little girl who continues to appear out of nowhere. At the same time, his marriage begins having complications.

Several people begin dying, including the financial adviser and a friend of John's who tries to hit on his wife, trying to convince her to leave John. At the same time, John encounters a new neighbor, Jude (Richard Riele), who seems to know more than he appears to about the events surrounding the scarecrow.

John begins to believe the scarecrow is the source of his issues and burns it, at the cost of missing his therapy session with his wife, damaging their relationship further. He goes to Jude for advice, instead seeing his wife, Miranda, who he had seen stripping before. Miranda gives him some tea, which she has laced with drugs. She takes advantage of John and has sex with him. John eventually realizes what Miranda did to him and feels guilty.

John realizes his family has forsaken him for not living up to his promises and then John discovers Jude and Miranda are the ghosts of the farm's former owners. They evoked a curse to aid them and tell John to survive he must let the scarecrow kill his family. The scarecrow murders the sheriff, but Mary believes John has gone mad and attempts to get her children out. Her son, having been aware of the scarecrow all along, runs off to aid his father, where the rest see the scarecrow come to life as it attacks Lindsey. The family destroys the scarecrow and the film ends with the little girl taking the remains of the scarecrow to the secret door.

Cast

• Norman Reedus as John Rollins
• Heather Stephens as Mary Rollins
• Claire Holt as Lindsay Rollins
• Laurence Belcher as Michael Rollins
• Richard Riehle as Jude Weatherby
• Darcy Fowers as Miranda Weatherby
• Erbi Ago as Randy
• Matthew McNulty as Deputy Milton
• Michael McCoy as Mr. Peterson
• Kalina Green as The Little Girl-Ghost

Production

Filming began April 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Martin Barnewitz was attached to direct Messengers 2: The Scarecrow.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Director Found For 'The Messengers 2'". Bloody Disgusting. January 30, 2008. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/11012. Retrieved August 22, 2009. 

External links

• Messengers 2: The Scarecrow at the Internet Movie Database