DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (Vinyl) Original Soundtrack by Glenn Paxton

DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1981) The Motion Picture Score by Glenn Paxton Directed by J.D. Feigelson.

ABOUT THE FILM:
When young Marylee Williams (Tonya Crowe) is found viciously mauled, al hell breaks loose in their small town. Officious postmaster Otis P. Hazelrigg (Charles Durning) leands a gang of bigots in pursuit of the suspect: her mentally challenged friend Bubba Ritter (Larry Drake). Finding Hhim hiding inside a scarecrow, they exact brutal mob "justice"... only to discover a tragic mistake! Now a strange apparition stalks the land seeking each of them out, as the legend of the Scarecrow begins.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a 1981 horror film directed by Frank De Felitta and written by J.D. Feigelson. The film was originally meant to be an independent feature but was purchased by CBS – turning it into a made for television film. The film was released on Saturday October 24, 1981 - as part of their Halloween line-up – and was very well received by critics and audiences. Dark Night of the Scarecrow is credited to have started the horror subgenre of the killer scarecrow.

Despite being a made for television film, it got a VHS release through Key Video in the mid 80’s, as well as a DVD and Blu-Ray in 2011. The film was screened as part of the Texas Frightmare Weekend in 2010 to much fanfare and was shown on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder on June 31, 2023.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Glenn Paxton is a film composer from Chicago, Illinois that worked mostly in television and composed the music for the very popular ABC Afterschool Specials from 1975-1983.

ABOUT THE RELEASE:
• AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON VINYL
• PRESSED ON 140 GRAM VINYL
• EXCLUSIVE “BLOOD HARVEST” VARIANT
• LIMITED TO 200 COPIES
• LINER NOTES BY COMPOSER GLENN PAXTON
• LINER NOTES BY WRITTER J.D. FEIGELSON
• ALBUM ART DIRECTION BY LUIS MIGUEL ROJAS
• GLOSS VARNISH ADDED TO JACKET
• 12 x 12 PRINTED INSERT WITH CREDITS & LINER NOTES

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