The Scarecrow (1982 film)

The Scarecrow is a 1982 New Zealand film, also known as Klynham Summer in America. It was directed by Sam Pillsbury based on the 1963 horror novel by New Zealand author Ronald Hugh Morrieson.

Plot
One night a girl is slain in the woods of a small town, two teenagers, Sam and Les, inadvertently cross the killer's path while robbing the hens of Victor the school bully.

According to Sam Edwards the film is not as bleak as the novel. Small-town New Zealand in the 1950s is puritanical on the surface but depraved to its depths.

Cast

 * Jonathan Smith as Ned Poindexter
 * Tracy Mann as Prudence Poindexter
 * Daniel McLaren as Les Wilson
 * John Carradine as Hubert Salter
 * Bruce Allpress as Uncle Athol
 * Philip Holder as Constable Ramsbottom
 * Stephen Taylor as Herbert Poindexter
 * Desmond Kelly as Mr. Poindexter
 * Anne Flannery as Mrs. Poindexter
 * Denise O'Connell as Angela Potroz
 * Jonathan Hardy as Charlie Dabney
 * Martyn Sanderson as Ned as Adult (voice)
 * Greer Robson as Lynette
 * Roy Billing as Mr. Potroz
 * Greg Naughton as Victor Lynch
 * Mark Hadlow as Sam Finn