Rural horror prequel, in which a newly arrived farmer adopts an old remedy to turn his fortunes around, awakening an ancient curse. Deciding to take over a run-down farm and create a new life for his family, John Rollins (Norman Reedus) soon finds the going hard. With his crops being decimated by crows, he decides to take the advice of a neighbour and places a strange scarecrow that he discovers in his barn, back in the fields. As his luck begins to change, John soon realises that there's a price to pay, as the scarecrow, now come to life, begins to scythe its way through the local population.