What are the greatest TV horror movies? Perhaps it's the IT miniseries , which could be watched as one long feature. A beloved contender is the 1992 British mockumentary Ghostwatch . Using real-life BBC presenters, it became controversial for how it played with realism when a ghost hunt on air went terribly wrong. A decade earlier, however, another TV movie scared viewers differently. Released on CBS in 1981, Dark Night of the Scarecrow was about small-town secrets and revenge from beyond the grave. It's regarded as the first scarecrow horror movie, and it might still be the one that did it best.

What Is’ Dark Night of the Scarecrow’ About?

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In the Deep South , the innocent friendship between the little girl, Marylee ( Tonya Crowe ), and the mentally di

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