It's set in a small farm town where a retarded man-child rescues a little girl - also his best friend, much to the leering suspicion of the towns folk - from a dog attack. But, of course, the residents immediately think that the mentally impaired oaf was responsible so a mob of local yokels is formed and chases him out into a field where he's attempting to hideout as a scarecrow. They discover him and he's executed on the spot. Several seconds later, a call comes in that the girl is conscious and that he was actually a hero. The following court hearing finds the men involved not guilty, but before long, some kind of vengeful force starts picking them off one by one...
"Dark Night" is far from any straight-up killer scarecrow flick, but actually a slow-burn, character driven suspense story with a bit of a supernatural undercurrent. The performances from Charles Durning and Larry Drake are commendable and the atmosphere is notably creepy at times. Of course, there's no gore or nudity to speak of, but for a network television movie it's pretty dark and 'heavy' in tone, overall. If you haven't given this one a shot yet, I recommend you do.
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