Overall, 'Husk' inspired within me a sense of nostalgia for horror movies of the seventies and eighties. In that light perhaps my review will be considered a biased one based on yearning for pictures of that era. However, if you are a serious horror fan who is closer to his fourth decade mark than the third, skip my review and watch 'Husk' without further delay. You will enjoy it. 'Husk' brought to mind films such as 'Hell Night' and 'Scarecrows' - that is a good thing. Nostalgia again. I do miss the dark, unpredictable films of those bygone years. Years before CGI and hundred million dollar budgets. Way back when a horror movie was made with the dual purpose of frightening you and making you think while it did so. When horror flicks made you sweat bullets for the doomed protagonists or yell at the screen to warn them or tell them how foolish was their blunder into the dark cellar.'Husk' begins with a group of college kids (who else?) on a road trip to do some (what else?) partying at (you guessed it) a cabin somewhere. Thankfully, they never get there. Our cast of twenty something soon to be victims of dark horizons have decided that instead of following a bustling macadam six lane, it'd be wiser to take a detour through hell's backyard. This time around the devil's acreage turns out to be a back country barely two lane that cuts through a lost swath of the heartland.After a very brief introduction to three of the five characters (two are asleep in back of the car)something ends their ability to continue on and they find themselves stranded in a sea of late season corn. Right about here arises the first of very few problems I have with the film - the killing begins too soon. That's it. I enjoy a script that gives me a chance to meet each of the characters before some spawn of hell chomps down on them. Oh well, the score right off the bat is one down, four to go. What follows is a cast of semi shallowly written characters brought to life by competent enough actors who struggle to find help for their damaged ride while searching for their missing friend. Wrapped around the aforementioned is a surprisingly well thought out story which includes much time spent in an appropriately creepy, abandoned farmhouse and a supernatural game of cat and mouse (sorry, no disappointing human slasher element here).Normally I would delve deeper into the plot and happenings while writing out a review but this time I do not want to risk spoiling the goods for others. To sum up, if you're a fan of movies like 'Mama' or pretty much any of the PG-13 horror flicks of late, you might not like 'Husk'. Otherwise, if John Carpenter and George Romero are your guys, run right out and rent or by this movie. You'll "get" it.

I only found out about this film as it was a question on a movie quiz. After watching the movie I realised why I had never heard of it.It is not bad by any stretch of the imagination, in fact it is painfully average.The acting is good, as is the script and camera work and the premise is good also. The corn field has been used in horror movies of the past to great effect. The rustling leaves, the disorientating walls of corn stalk; being both isolated and exposed at the same time. Scary stuff.This film doesn't really attempt to capitalise on this, it uses the corn field as a simple barrier to hem the characters in.Some of the scenes in the farm are spooky, which is the high point in this middle-flat-line film.One of the reasons I am writing this review is to remind me I have seen this movie as I am sure by tomorrow I would have forgotten it almost entirely.

I had never read anything about this movie and bought it cheaply thinking that at best I might get a laugh out of it, but this movie came as a pleasant surprise.The movie starts off typically, college students in a car, car runs off the road, no mobile phone reception, let's see if the rustic farmhouse has a phone and the ending writes itself, ho-hum it's been done to death right? But if you get through the first few minutes you'll notice that there are subtle differences with Husk.For starters, the group aren't the vapid, early twenty somethings that you normally get. The dialogue is remotely intelligent for a horror movie and the characters seem to have brains. Secondly there's only one girl in the group of five, so there's no catty backstabbing or obsession over appearance & shoes, and worthy of note, she gets dispatched early on, so there's no irrational screaming at every noise or shadow throughout the movie. Thirdly there are some genuinely tense moments that you no longer get with Scarecrow franchises. The claustrophobic feeling of the cornfield is well done, as is the idea that the recently killed are possessed & made to sew together their own scarecrow mask on a pedal powered sewing machine. Skewering their fingers with nails for an effective disabling weapon is a nice touch. Also this movie has a better explanation,(via flashbacks), on why things are happening. The movie doesn't really break any new ground and it's not without its clichés, but it's fresh enough to hold your interest throughout the movie. I gave this 6 because I enjoyed it up until the final scene. The ending just plain sucked, as it's not even an ending. It's as if the writers had a sudden craving for Chinese take-away & RedBull and took off before it was finished. Up until that moment it's a decent movie and one that is worth a look. Just pray they don't ruin it further with a haphazard sequel.

Released in 2011, "Husk" is a pretty effective horror yarn about a handful of youths stranded in the countryside by a cornfield. They seek help at a nearby farmhouse and one-by-one they get picked-off by something in the cornfield. Adding to the mystery is the fact that the farmhouse is abandoned and something ghostly & fiendish is going on there."Husk" is successful in creating a creepy environment and an intriguing mystery concerning the accursed cornfield/farmhouse. The three or four main actors do a fine job and the vibe is completely serious. Also of merit is the fact that the film was shot in central, Iowa, the perfect location for a horror flick about cornfields, scarecrows and farmhouses.On the downside, the plot is very thin and the location is confined. You have the few main characters, the cornfield, the house, the crows and the scarecrows, and that's it. Plus there aren't enough quality female characters to suit me. Still, the movie works pretty well for what it is. I like it better than "The Messengers." The film runs 83 minutes.GRADE: B-