Review: Supernatural Season 1, Episode 11: Scarecrow

Scarecrow = creepy. Haunted monster scarecrow = RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

I really liked this episode, but MAN was it ever scary. Like, I can tolerate a lot of gore, but a murderous, demi-god scarecrow that wears the skins of its victims is next level. Like, how does that not give you nightmares?

The whole vibe of this episode actually reminded me of American Gods (possible spoilers ahead!). In the book, there’s this god-creature that sacrifices children to ensure that everything will continue to go right in the town. As long as a child dies every year, the community will thrive and everyone will be prosperous. Obviously, it’s seriously creepy.

Anyway, back to focusing on Supernatural.

In case you need a recap, there’s this creepy little town in the middle of nowhere where everything is perfect (it’s creepy because it’s perfect). The townspeople maintain this prosperity by sacrificing one man and one woman to their scarecrow god, who lives in the apple orchard, every year. Sam and Dean are investigating the situation, but they get into a fight and Sam storms off, aiming to go to California to help his father kill the thing that killed Jessica. As he’s wandering around, he meets a girl named Meg by the side of the road (but don’t get too attached to her because Meg turns out to be evil—I’m not sure if she’s a demon or a witch, but she’s bad news, and that’s for sure).

In the meantime, Dean continues investigating the murderous scarecrow. He ends up getting captured, and the townspeople try to sacrifice him. Fortunately, Sam shows up in time and saves Dean (and the girl he’s going to be sacrificed with). The scarecrow ends up taking the people who tried to sacrifice Dean, which was some fantastic KARMA if you ask me. The next day, Sam and Dean are able to destroy the scarecrow god with fire.

I’m excited that we now have a recurring VILLAIN on the show (I assume they’re going to make Meg recurring because they showed her at the end of the episode). It’s going to be real satisfying to have someone to hate consistently on this show; I love a good villain. On a side note, even though Meg is a good antagonist, I can’t say she has good fashion sense. I am extremely annoyed by her hair cut, although I guess that it was hip in the early 2000s? If it was, I may have just blocked that out of my memory. Because that was TRULY horrifying.

Rating: 7.5/10

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