Curse of the Scarecrow (2018)

Cassandra French: Karen

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• Karen : So, being 2 decades on, you finally know the truth about your parents.

  Karen : Yeah, I mean like, I know it wasn't a scarecrow.

  [laughs] 

  Karen : I don't even know how I thought that even just for a minute.

  June : It's not uncommon for people that experience traumatic things to go into their psyche and create a fantasy to be able to cope with it. You were 6 years old, you watched your parents being brutally slain in your own home, you know that's quite awful to have to deal with, so putting a mask on the killer is a very normal thing that people do in those circumstances, I just think that it's time for you to move forward now, which I think you have.

  Karen : Yeah, I mean I just want to know who it was. You know, like I can't get it out of my head.

  June : Do you still have access to the family home?

  Karen : Yep.

  June : And who lives there now?

  Karen : My brother, Carl. I don't think he ever moved on.

  June : I think maybe you should go back there. How do you feel about that?

  Karen : [shakes head]  Mmmm, no, I couldn't.

  June : If you're over this trauma, and I thought that we had dealt with it...

  Karen : We have dealt with it.

  June : See, you just said 'we'. It's not 'we', June, this is your journey, only you are responsible and can take action into your recovery, I can only take you so far, but it's down to you.

  Karen : You're right, so what do you suggest?

  June : I think you should call your brother.

• John : It's the curse of the scarecrow.

  Karen : What, you know about this?

  John : We all do, everyone in the town knows the legend.

  Karen : It's real?

  John : Yes.

• Karen : Do you know what this is?

  June : A necklace?

  Karen : No, it's a pendant, and I can use it to hypnotize you.

  June : [scoffs]  Oh Karen.

  Karen : Well if you don't want to, I won't, but hear me out. There's a reason why people use hypnosis, it's because it works.

• Karen : Right, June, come with me, I know exactly what I'm going to do, I'm going to fix you.

  June : Karen...

  Karen : You need to face your fears.

  [gestures to the scarecrow hanging in the field] 

  Karen : Take a look at this, what do you see?

  June : Karen, I don't want to.

  Karen : What do you see?

  [June shrugs] 

  Karen : A scarecrow, yeah? A scarecrow, nothing alive about it,

  [tugs on the rags] 

  Karen : there's nothing there that's gonna hurt you, it's not dangerous, it's just a big lump of straw, that's it! Do you get it now? Do you get it in your head?

  June : I don't like this at all, Karen.

  Karen : Alright, I tell you what we're gonna do, we're gonna unmask your killer, let's unmask him and see what he looks like.

  Nancy : [comes up]  Hey you guys, what' you doing out so late?

  Karen : I'm trying to show June that the scarecrow, this fear that she has for him is totally unfounded, it's just something, a figment of her imagination. It's got to stop, there is *nothing* scary about this, nothing, it's not real. I know what we'll do, we'll unmask the killer, are you ready? Let's see what is behind the mask once and for all, on the count of three. One... two... three!

  [rips off burlap mask and reveals Chanel strung up on the cross, all three gasp and scream in horror] 

  Karen : Oh my God! It's that girl!

  [a bell rings, they look around] 

  Karen : Who's there? Show yourself! Somebody's out here messing with us. Okay, I'll tell you what we're gonna do, we're gonna get back in the house.

  June : Let's make a run for it.

  Nancy : Right, on the count of three. One... two... three!

  [a scythe slashes her arm, revealing the scarecrow]