SCARECROWS Director Issues Statement Asking Stoners to Stop Imitating Movie
In Scarecrows, written and directed by Stu Stone, features your typical group of 20-somethings running afoul of a sadistic farmer while on a road trip. While this set-up usually ends with hapless protagonists being cannibalized, this film offers a twist: The victims are turned into human scarecrows! It arrived on VOD platforms last week and is already generating buzz—for a variety of reasons!
Reviews have been mixed, but, if reports are to be believed, Scarecrows has been inspiring stoners to get high in secluded cornfields—just for kicks. While this may sound like a minor infraction, farmers are getting pissed, and Stone is feeling the heat. Here’s the full scoop from today’s press release:
A couple weeks back Stu noticed his inbox had an unusually high number of emails. Confused, he investigated to find several emails from farmers reporting teens sneaking onto their property and getting high in the cornfields and trying to find their way out. They connected with some of the farmers who stated that the kids had seen the movie on the streaming platform and were imitating it in real life. The farmers thought the filmmaker was irresponsible in not making it clear that people should not copy a movie. Completely dismayed, Stu talked the farmer down and agreed to release a statement encouraging people to NOT imitate a horror movie and get stoned in cornfields!
Here’s Stone’s official statement:
Please, while we are incredibly flattered that you liked our film, we implore everyone to not copy what you see on tv or in the movies. Trespassing is illegal and could be outright dangerous. You and your friends could get SHOT AND KILLED, and it’s just not worth it. We do however encourage everyone to get high and watch the movie from the safety of your own homes!
Could this all just be a ploy to generate buzz following the film’s release? We’ll leave that for you to decide.
Check out the synopsis and trailer for Scarecrows below.
Synopsis:
Teenagers are kidnapped and made into scarecrows that are left to die in the crop fields.
Scarecrows stars Hannah Gordon, Mike Taylor, and Umed Amin.
Have you seen Scarecrows? What do you think of Stu Stone’s statement regarding stoners imitating the film by getting high in cornfields? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
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