The Messengers 2 is a very prototypical low grade horror sequel. These types of movie never feature the stars that made the first and try to capture the mood of the first without stepping on it's toes too much. The idea would be to elaborate on the parts that worked and avoid the parts that didn't. Unfortunately most of them do the opposite and this entry is no different.

As a full movie this isn't as terrible as some horror movies you'll see out there. There are a few interesting ideas and twists but not many. The movie is also acted well if not lacklusterly under toned.

The concept of being scared of the scarecrow just didn't work for me. It never really seemed like anything other than an inanimate object. The movie kind of crawled along and was predictable as well. There was too much emphasis on the farm (which albeit is a key theme) and not enough focus on the horror. The first movie was good because it mixed the farm setting with an inherited horror and human interaction. This movie left the interaction out and elaborated on the farm.

I would really only recommend this movie to farm lovers. If you loved the first movie then it's worth a watch but you'll likely be disappointed.

You more of less have to know what your getting into with this film.

To make a long story short, Randy is a down on his luck farmer. He finds and puts up a scarecrow, then things start to go his way, but people wind up dying.

The story was surprisingly good for a b-class flick, and the acting was decent as well. Minus a few holes in the plot, the premise is good. I can't really complain about the technical aspects of the film. There is enough blood to satisfy those looking for it, and enough twists to make you nod in approval.

This won't win any awards, nor will it go down in the annals of Worst 100 (if it does, I will be extremely disappointed). More of less, it's an average flick with just enough story to keep you interested.

5/10 - overall, could pass for a theater release, despite being direct to video. Certainly better then 2/3'rds of the crap in the theaters now-a-days.

I'm a huge horror fan, and I tend to watch most dvds I can get my hands on.

This straight to DVD "prequel" of the original film should please most horror fans. It's not a great movie, and you'll likely forget it not long after watching, but it's entertaining enough if your expectations are low.

It has good acting and a big-budget look. I didn't know much about the plot going in, so some of the twists towards the end were a little unexpected for me. It doesn't have much at all to do with the original Messengers.

The plot is a little goofy. But I think it gives this B movie some of its charm.

Believe it or not, this movie used the script that was originally intended for THE MESSENGERS. Obviously, something went wrong, and it ended up becoming the basis for this sequel. A corn farmer down on his luck finds a creepy old scarecrow hidden away in his barn and puts it up in his dying cornfield, which is plagued by crows and lack of water. The nasty crows soon disappear, and the farm's faulty irrigation system begins working again. Unfortunately, people start dying as well, and the farmer begins to believe the change in fortune is tied to the creepy scarecrow. He attempts to burns it, but ... well, you get the idea. Highly reminiscent of ":Children of the Corn" and any number of previous killer scarecrow-oriented horror flicks, M2 is still eerie enough on its own terms to hold one's attention. Award-winning character actor Norman Reedus plays the haunted farmer, otherwise the cast is nondescript. There are a couple of surprising twists and turns near the end that add to the overall enjoyment of this STV. Moody and atmospheric throughout, M2 is for connoisseurs of intelligent horror, as it can be slow-moving and is definitely not into JASON territory -- at least, not until the grand finale. Enjoy.

The family man farmer John Rollins (Norman Reedus) is stressed with his financial situation: the crows and the lack of irrigation are destroying his crop of corn; the bank is near closure of his mortgage; he does not have credit to fix the water pump or to buy seeds; and his marriage is in crisis and his wife Mary (Heather Stephens) is giving too much attention to her friend Tommy (Atanas Srebrev). When John accidentally discovers a hidden compartment in the barn, he finds a creepy scarecrow but his son Michael (Laurence Belcher) makes him promise to destroy it. However, his neighbor Jude Weatherby (Richard Riehle) visits him, gives a six-pack of beer to the abstemious John and convinces him to put the scarecrow in the cornfield. Out of the blue, the life of John changes: the crows die; the pump works again irrigating the land; and the banker responsible for the closure has an accident and dies. However, he feels that his land is possessed by something evil that is threatening his beloved family.

"Messengers 2: The Scarecrow" is a good direct-to-video supernatural movie. The story may be not original but is well constructed, with a good screenplay and effective performances of veteran and novice actors and actresses. The conclusion is the weakest part of this decent horror movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Os Mensageiros 2" ("The Messengers 2")

I found the film Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, not to be as good as the first film, It did have a lot of nice scenery in the film. I did think that it was just as creepy as the original, It is about a farmer called John Rollins(Norman Reedus) John's corn crop is being eaten up by a swarm of crows. While John is going through the barn he finds an old scarecrow is found and John thinks it may scare away the crows. The next morning his cornfield is covered with dead crows. This film had quite a supernatural and a creepy kind of feel to it which made it a good film. Although i did think the actors were far better from the first movie. 4/10

Basically The Shining meets Signs meets Children of the Corn but it's better than it sounds. John Rollins is an out of luck farmer, his corn is diseased, crows are eating what's not, he can't afford to fix his irrigation or buy fertilizer, he's on the outs with his wife and an evil banker is foreclosing on his farm. Then he finds a hideous scarecrow that frightens his son but a new neighbor convinces him to put up. Suddenly his luck changes... the crows die, the corn is healthy, the water pump works, he finds a wad of money and even gets laid. Soon bad things happen to his enemies, his family situation grows worse and he starts to worry about the scarecrow.

On the face of it, M2 isn't a very good movie but two things save it, Norman Reedus and Heather Stephens. Reedus fully develops John Rollins, in the beginning a good Christian, a tad paranoid and an almost broken man. When things improve his confidence and virility grow as do his bad habits with a little nudging from the new neighbor; and finally desperation when the price of success grows too high. Stephens does a very good job in her supporting role as John's wife, Mary Rollins. Between them, they make the movie believable. The filmmakers allow Reedus to act and don't burden him or Stephens with too many lines. For most of the movie, the scarecrow is just a totem but eventually comes to life and the film loses effectiveness. From other reviews I get that M2 doesn't work well as a sequel but I never saw the original. As a standalone, it's worth a watch.

The first rule of a prequel is that the audience in most cases know the story already, so you cannot change the story. The second rule is that you cannot change the ending. Because the audience knows this too. The third rule is that you have to make it really interesting because we as an audience already know the story and know exactly what to expect.

This dumb prequel directed by a guy from my country, I'm ashamed to admit, breaks all of the rules mentioned above.

First off all why didn't they get John Corbett from The Messengers to reprise his role instead of Norman Reedus who is not a very good actor?? Why call the prequel The Messengers 2 when there are no ghosts in this movie?? The messengers in the original was the ghosts of John Rollins dead family. The family that he killed. Clearly because he lost his mind when they were about to leave him.

But this prequel completely ignores that fact. Instead they make it about a supernatural evil scarecrow that kills people. And in the end John saves his family and destroys the scarecrow and they live happily ever after.

It's an insult. Had they made the scarecrow something John simply imagined and John being insane and being the real killer it might have been interesting. Instead we get a badly made CGI-scarecrow so the teen audience can get a little bit of gore and action in and a happy ending, even though it didn't end that way at all. And the writers apparently could not make up their minds as to whether John was simply insane or the scarecrow being alive.

The worst part about this prequel is that it's not scary at all. The original was genuinely scary. This is just boring.

I'm throwing down the gauntlet on this movie because I have no time whatsoever to be elegant. With that being said, we've seen enough progress already in cinematic history of the horror franchise, sequel, trilogy, and the more recent and popular prequel...but how far are movie-making executives willing to go to cash in on that final buck that was bled dry from a previously established title?

Messengers 2: The Scarecrow is a straight to DVD release. Its purpose is to unveil the back-story of what occurred before the events unfolded in 2007's, The Messengers. We'll choose to ignore the obvious title discrepancies because getting on that topic could result in an hour long discussion.

To describe the plot of the film is as such: John Rollins and his family live on a farm during seemingly stressful times as their harvest of corn for the year may not meet their expectations. John decides to seek out a permanent solution to ward off a pesky murder of crows as he uncovers an old scarecrow in the barn from the previous owner. Once planted firmly in the middle of his corn field, strange occurrences take place as a result of the scarecrow. As John struggles with his own sanity a considerable distance is drawn between him and his family.

As I mentioned earlier, the title of this movie is confusing. Messengers 2: The Scarecrow is the prequel to The Messengers. John Rollins is a character who appears in both movies but his role in The Messengers makes absolutely no sense at all in relation to Messengers 2. I almost feel like I've given this review a thousand times before because I always find myself ranting and raving. Maybe if I scream loud enough the people located in some backwoods shack in Idaho can hear me: YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE A SEQUEL, THREE-QUEL, OR PREQUEL ABOUT AN EXISTING FILM OF THE SAME NAME AND COMPLETELY IGNORE ANYTHING THAT MAY PERTAIN TO SAID MOVIE! The Messengers wasn't even about scarecrows! So we're honestly expected to believe that John Rollins has an epic duel with a scarecrow at the end of Messengers 2, walks off into the sunset with his family (you know, since this is serves as a prequel) and by the beginning of The Messengers he's gone stark raving mad and starts murdering people? NO. I refuse to accept this. No.

I won't bother revealing any more about the plot or what happens at the end but I'm sure you can draw your own conclusion. The acting was sub- par, there was little tension, no atmosphere, no thrills or scares, and most importantly, NO RELEVANCE. I'm actually in the process of working on a new script right now for the pre-prequel of the three-qual of The Messengers. I decided to drop the name altogether, add some dinosaurs, a gorilla, and some space marines all nestled safely under the umbrella of a romantic comedy. I won't bother using a camera to document this phenomenon either, I'll just hand draw it on a DVD-R with a blunt crayon, travel back in time and deliver it in the form of a package to a family located in Louisiana, with a note that states: "Don't open until 2009" then return to present day just in time to purchase it from one of their descendants just so I can have the pleasure of burning it for my own personal enjoyment.

With a movie being an hour and thirty four minutes long I like more horror action than just within the last ten minutes of the movie. Yes building up characters in a movie is very essential, but if it is the entire movie, it's not worth watching. I love horror movies, but give me a break. If you have time to kill or you just wanna see it so you can say you did, then go ahead. If you are looking for a movie with an interesting storyline, suspenseful horror, or any other reason to watch a good horror flick then this one is not for you. Save your money and borrow a copy from a friend. It's not even worth the rental fee. I feel as though I have lost I.Q. points just watching this.

I didn't expect to enjoy this flick. Typically, creature feature + STV = mildly entertaining dung heap. However this film was surprisingly good. Not a gore fest but a few nasty bits. This is more of a suspense thriller. It reminds me of the first Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street. They wanted to scare you not just gross you out. This film was a lot like that.

The overall tone was creepy, I watched it on my computer on a Tuesday morning and was enthralled. It had some really creepy moments and it keeps you guessing until the end if this is just a plum crazy farmer, or a supernatural evil.

I totally recommend this movie. It has nothing to do with the first Messengers which is disappointing although not horrible, but it captures the same kind of classic horror movie genre the first one did.

Some years ago, distribution company Ghost House Pictures acquired a screenplay written by Todd Farmer in order to make a movie about the supernatural experiences suffered by a family on a remote farm.However, when screenwriter Mark Wheaton joined to the project, he decided to substantially change the story and adjust it to the structures from Asian horror cinema.The result was the atrocious movie The Messengers.2 years after that movie, Ghost House Pictures decided to wheel out Farmer's screenplay to make a movie out of it and sell it as a prequel with the title Messengers 2: The Scarecrow.Needless to say, my expectations for this film were minimum...however, I ended up taking a nice surprise with it.It may not be an excellent film, but it is competent and it is hugely superior to The Messengers.

Because of the trailers and title from the film, I expected Messengers 2: The Scarecrow to be an absurd "slasher" film with a scarecrow killing people.And, on some way, it was like that...but not on the way I expected to see.The emphasis from the movie is not on blood and deaths, but on the atmosphere of angst which generates the credible situation from the main characters.The alleged supernatural events keep their ambiguity until the end, making us to ask ourselves if there is any evil influence on the farm or if everything is due to the frail mental state from the main characters, exacerbated by their anguish and untrue future.I was surprised of finding those mature elements on a straight-to-DVD prequel.

As for the cast, Heather Stephens makes a competent work, but Norman Reedus tends to exaggerate without noticing that a more subtle performance would have been more appropriate to the tone from the film.The screenplay is generally good, but the characters occasionally do stupid things, whose bad decisions make some things convenient.And the ending is not bad by itself, but it does not seem to totally suit in the context of the movie.As for the direction, Martin Barnewitz shows a good control of the minimalistic narrative, and he also made a competent work on the "jump" scenes.Finally, I liked to see the absolute absence of digital effects.

If it was not for the unnecessary incursion in the horror genre the movie makes in the ending, I would consider Messengers 2: The Scarecrow as a thriller with subtle supernatural details which emphasize the drama and make the atmosphere richer.However, I cannot deny the fails from the movie, and the fact that it is not very memorable, so I can recommend it, not as a great movie, but as a competent prequel which ended up being much better than the previous film.

OK, firstly, why on earth and how on earth did this movie get the title "Messengers 2"???? It had NOTHING whatsoever to do with the original movie, except for the fact they live in a house on a farm! Basically, you have a family on a farm who are hard up for cash and fighting! The dad decides to stick a scarecrow (that he found in the barn) into the crop, in the hope of saving some corn! He does this against his son's wishes (even though we never find out why)! The scarecrow then takes it upon himself to reap vengeance on all that crosses the dad! Including the crows! This movie was ridiculous! The original Messengers was creepy and had a good story! This is just laughable! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

I am somewhat disappointed with this film. I felt it was not as captivating or well-made as the first Messengers movie. It has random nude scenes of which I found were completely irrelevant to the movies storyline, perhaps a change in directors from the first movie to the second has done this.

However, I do find that actors in it are very good. There is no cliché high pitched screaming coming from the women which is a plus. On the horror scale, this movie rates very low in my eyes.

Overall I wouldn't recommend watching this, watch the first movie instead and leave it at that!

Well I went into this expecting a horrible straight to DVD movie, so I didn't have my hopes up. It's kind of slow moving, but there were a couple parts that actually gave me the chills. It got pretty psychologically involved with the main character, and was more of a thriller than a slasher flick.

Of course the ending was kind of stupid, as it turns out the guy wasn't actually crazy, there was a BIG SCARY MONSTER, OOOOHHHHHH!! It kinda ruined the whole mood and then the ending didn't really clear anything up since there were a lot of dead people including a cop accusing the main character, but whatever. For what it was, I was happy.

John Rollins (Norman Reedus) is under pressure with his failing family farm. He has his wife Mary (Heather Stephens), daughter Lindsey (Claire Holt) and son Michael (Laurence Belcher). His farm is over-run with crows. He finds a creepy scarecrow in the barn to scare the crows. His son wants him to get rid of it. His new neighbor Jude Weatherby (Richard Riehle) convinces him to put it up. He hears voices. All the crows die. Sleazy banker George Chapman comes with an offer to buy him out. The broken water pump starts working again. The banker dies getting run over by a truck. There seems to be an evil possessing John. He grows more jealous of his wife's friend Tommy.

It's questionable if this is related to the first movie. It's just as well. The first one wasn't any good. This one is a little better. It has some personal drama that's not relying on a cheap reveal. The scarecrow is an old cliché but that's not a problem. I do like Reedus but he doesn't have enough range to project a big creepy change. I like the story in this one slightly better than the original but the production quality is straight-to-video level.

Basically a farmer is losing his sunflower crops and puts up a freaky scarecrow, which gives him good luck but in return kills off people.

Scarecrow was okay but began to make very little sense. There was a little girl who had absolutely no purpose in the movie, and they tried to cram in as many sex scenes as possible, which was disgusting and tore away from the plot.

I don't recommend you spend your hard-earned money buying this movie, it is a complete waste of time. The original is better, try it instead. Scarecrow had a lot of potential but was trumped with cliché horror elements, perverse scenes and bad acting.

Eerie and chilling is this story of John Rollins(Norman Reedus), a farmer with multiple problems soon to be taken care of supernaturally. John's corn crop is literally being eaten up by a legion of crows; the irrigation pump is broken and the bank wants to foreclose because of three missed payments. John doesn't even have the money to buy fertilizer or new seed. Rumaging in the barn an old hidden scarecrow is found and Rollins figures what the hell, it may scare away the crows. The next morning his cornfield is covered with dead crows. His pump begins pumping again and the banker meets an untimely death.

Some disturbing images, a small amount of sex and violence prompts the PG17 rating. This supernatural blended horror flick is well worth viewing. Martin Barnewitz directs. The cast also includes: Heather Stephens, Richard Riehle, Darcy Fowers and Michael McCoy.

Tired, predictable, and dull for stretches. It's never scary or suspenseful. The acting is weak, with Norman Reedus trying his best as the lead character but he's just woefully miscast here. He's about as believable as a farmer as he would be as the King of England. His son in the movie is played by an annoying child actor. Claire Holt plays his daughter in her movie debut. The role isn't great but she's fine in it. The wife character is terrible and there just to service a few clichés. So much of this feels I have seen it before in better movies. On the (very shallow) plus side, Darcy Fowers has a couple of very nice nude scenes. Hey, that's something, right?

I was one few who really liked The Messengers (2007), I thought had some great moment, There were good remember scenes in that movie, the ghost come out of the wall was really creepy.

I know this movie is meant to be prequel about total different story about evil Scarecrow,It' not connected to first movie at all.

I have only seen one other scarecrow movie that was Jeepers Creepers, which is was much better and scary one.

This was my second time I saw this movie, I did not remember much of first watch and I just saw this two days ago, it is very forgettable movie.

I did not all plot of story was really dull, I did not find Scare crow scary at all.

However I liked the little twist they had in the movie which I never saw coming, The ending of the movie felt way to rushed!

Acting was decent from most of cast

3 out of 10

"Now reap your reward! Aaaaahhhhhh! Aaaaahhhhh!" I so wanted the Jump to Conclusions Mat to make an appearance. Good production quality though and the last act picks up the pace nicely. Anyone else have trouble telling the blondes apart?

After suffering through several failures, a man attempting to make a living at farming plants a scarecrow in his field and begins to see a change in his luck, only for unforeseen circumstances he never asked for to be at the root of the turnaround and tries to right the wrongs he started.

This was a slightly problematic if still somewhat enjoyable effort. What really ends up working for this one is that it actually had some good stuff going for it that made for a rather decent time whenever it did do something, which is mainly centered around the concept of the curse affecting him. This approach, from the early way his failure is stated in here with the inability to get anything grown to the sudden reversal of fortune not only with his crop but financially as well is all tied together to the erection of the scarecrow. The manner of how this gets brought out, through the accidents on the periphery of the cornfield to the various intruders that crop up to interrupt the scarecrow's plans which not only give this some solid freak-out scenes when it's all believably handled how it affects him due to the curse-like nature of the setups. As well, the last half-hour is actually amazing with a ton to like about it where it really lets the curse come into full effect turning the scarecrow loose on the house which offers up numerous fun chases and confrontations not only with the ghosts influencing him around the house but the last battle with the scarecrow which really ends it on a high note. Along with creepy look of the scarecrow itself which is quite evil-looking, these are enough to hold it up over its main flaws. Among its main problems is the fact that it is a rather slow burn to get going, taking way too long to get the main scarecrow out stalking the family as the first half is based around the banal family drama. This is just seemingly endless where it's based around the struggles and how it's hardships are placed on the family which is so drawn-out and bland that it doesn't feel in the slightest bit interesting to have it get to this point in which the curse if the scarecrow is so late in the film it's almost hard to get invested in the action because of that. The other big issue here is the fact that this one manages to really undermine a lot of what happened in the first film which this is set-up as a prequel from the events that happened here which is completely underwhelming. Nothing that happens here affects that one which is what should happen here and that makes for a slightly lame time, but overall there isn't a whole lot really wrong otherwise.

Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity and a sex scene.

Whoever produced this movie knows less than nothing about growing corn and how corn should look. Ripe corn is hard and yellow or maybe white. After the rain comes, suddenly the corn that appears as soft unripe corn--like sweet corn you buy in summer--but it is not ripe corn. The implication that this little patch of corn is going to save a family from debt is also absurd. If you're going to have agriculture in a movie, at least get it right.

I enjoyed both Messengers and Messengers 2 (although the prequel could've contained less nudity and sex). In my opinion, the original is much better and worthy of watching more than once, unlike its prequel. I came here in search of an explanation of what happens between the two movies (unsuccessfully). Because so many reviewers said the two movies contradicted each other, I created an account so I could clarify.

Messengers 2 doesn't necessarily NOT connect to The Messengers. At the end of the movie, we get the sense that they're not going to live happily ever after because the scarecrow, although in pieces, is returned to the room we found him in. I'm assuming the scarecrow comes back, the dad goes crazy, kills his family when they try to leave, and then somehow gets rid of the scarecrow before moving. I do wish there was more of an explanation. Maybe they were leaving room for a sequel to the prequel? However, it is inconsistent in the fact that all the actors are different, not to mention I feel like all the deaths would've been mentioned when the daughter in the original was asking about the family that lived in the house before.

OK I begun to see this movie without any expectation after reading many reviews, so I noted that it was simple but very well interpreted by the main actors. *** spoiler *** The story concerns with that strange scarecrow the main character gets from a inter-space of the barn, so strange events begin to happen in order to protect the wheat field: the crows die, the greedy banker dies, the wife suitor dies....and the main character feel voices and presences believing the scarecrow is responsible of those evil events. Two guests are present in the story and the viewer can be intrigued about their strange nature. Are they hallucinations or real spirits? What is their plane? However it seems that their presence depends on the scarecrow. Now the director, and or story-writer, loses one of the best CHANCE TO MAKE THIS MOVIE great. The real reason the 2 guests are intertwined with the scarecrow is not clear.... OK another possibility could be to unveil their importance during the story when the protagonist is clearly pervaded by visions becoming to unveil a possible dark nature. Now the director, and or the story writer, has 2 POSSIBILITY: 1) credible and reasonable; 2) stupid and absurd. The first choice concerns with the possibility that the protagonist is persuaded the scarecrow is responsible of the evil events although he is the scarecrow itself that is his dark nature. The second choice (the choice the director chooses): the scarecrow is the stupid monster who really killed people and animals to protect the field (why?) so to see that stupid creature moving in a clumsy way trying to kill the son of the protagonist after having killed other people.... however the strong boy will eliminate it provided by the farm tractor, he is brave, full of rage and determination making the movie really ridiculous and childish. At this point the movie is completely ruined missing of reality based only on the exaltation and the exhibition of emphasis. There is a scene before the disaster on this movie: the wife intervenes into the barn where her husband is talking with the aforementioned guests discovering that he is talking with none. The viewer begins to think that all that events origins from the mind of the farmer so that he is the killer of an imaginary reality generated into his sick mind (this choice would have been made the movie extraordinary) but that's not the case... unfortunately the scarecrow monster really exists making the movie completely stupid and bizarre. The acting of Norman Reedus and Heather Stephens deserves 10. Heather Stephens makes a real great job by her extraordinary recitation: 10+.