Parents' Guide to Scarecrow

Movie NR 2025 90 minutes
Scarecrow movie poster: Three Filipino women, the center woman has black hair, the other women, left and right, have white hair, above dark farmhouse

Common Sense Media Review

JK Sooja By JK Sooja , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 15+

Scary images, self-harm, violence in lackluster horror tale.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 15+?

Any Positive Content?

  • Scarecrow movie: Filipino woman with long black hair flying around her face looks forward in a dark place
  • Scarecrow movie: Filipino woman with long black hair in sleeveless green shirt, center, looks behind her before going into a large farm shed
  • Scarecrow movie: Filipino woman with black hair tied back, in light brown shirt, stands outside an old antiques shop shack

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What's the Story?

In SCARECROW, Monet (Judy Ann Santos) is trying to care for her children while mourning the recent loss of her father. Meanwhile, her mother, Rosa, has an opinion about everything going on in the house. And when the father's former wife shows up, things really start to go wrong.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say : Not yet rated
Kids say : Not yet rated

While there are a few thrills, the horror is generally lackluster and uninventive in this lower-budget evil spirit/ghost story. Deaths are relatively quick and none of them linger (lest the special effects budget start to get too big!), there are no full explanations for why and how exactly these hauntings are occurring (who wants exposition dumps anyway?), and when people start disappearing one by one, no one really seems to notice or worry (they seem to be in a perpetual state of "what's going on?").

Also, the film tries to pull off a fun twist of sorts, but for most seasoned horror fans (and for most audiences) this "twist" is easily and obviously predicted. Viewers may cringe because the film thinks it's being clever when it's not. There's simply not much here that makes this film worth your time.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about violence in horror movies. In Scarecrow, what were the most effective scary parts? Why were these moments scary and others not so scary?

  • Do you feel like the reason for the hauntings and the bad things happening were explained enough? What do you think could have helped?

  • Are you satisfied with the ending? Why, or why not?

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Scarecrow movie poster: Three Filipino women, the center woman has black hair, the other women, left and right, have white hair, above dark farmhouse

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