'Husk' Movie Review

Title: Husk

Director: Brett Simmons

Starring: Devon Graye, Wes Chatham and C.J. Thomason

Written by: Karen Benardello


Routinely overlooked by critics and award shows, horror movies have been showcased and honored over the past five years with production company After Dark Films annual film festival Horrorfest. Brett Simmons is one of the latest screenwriter-directors hoping to make a name for himself in the horror genre with his new supernatural thriller ‘Husk,’ which is one of the entries in this year’s festival. While aiming to stay away from making a purely slasher movie, and instead focusing on what people would do if a scarecrow suddenly came to life to take control of their bodies, Simmons’ final outcome unfortunately won’t scare audiences into being afraid of the decoy.

‘Husk’ follows five friends, including Scott (played by Devon Graye), Brian (portrayed by Wes Chatam), Chris (played by CJ Thomason), Brian’s girlfriend, Natalie (portrayed by Tammin Sursok) and Johnny (played by Ben Easter), as their car breaks down on the highway during the midst of their road trip. After discovering that Johnny is missing from the car, Scott and Brian journey into the corn field on the side of the road to not only find him, but to look for help as well

The two are thrilled when they discover a house in the middle of the field. However, they become dismayed when they find Johnny unresponsive in the sewing room, creating a scarecrow mask. Brian further becomes agitated when Chris finds them and tells him that Natalie is missing. While the three look for Natalie and try to fight off a now violent Johnny, Scott has visions of a family who once lived in the house. The three are left to figure out how the family relates to them not being able to enter the field without being attacked by scarecrows.

The supernatural horror film tries to take a unique approach to the scarecrow genre, as Simmons made the corn field haunted, instead of the house. Having the scarecrows hiding and only attacking Scott, Brian and Chris in the field finally answers the eternal question of why victims in horror films stay in one place and don’t try to run away from their attackers. Viewers will also be interested enough to wonder what happened between the family from Scott’s visions in the field, and if their violent tendencies towards each other created the scarecrow’s need to overtake people’s bodies and collect their souls.


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