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Pumpkinhead
Studio: United Artist/MGM
Director: Stan Winston
Writer: Mark Patrick
Release date: January 13th 1989 USA
Staring: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East,
John D'Aquino, Kimberly Ross, Joel
Hoffman, Kerry Remsen.
Running Time: 86 minutes
Rated: R
Director: Stan Winston
Writer: Mark Patrick
Release date: January 13th 1989 USA
Staring: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East,
John D'Aquino, Kimberly Ross, Joel
Hoffman, Kerry Remsen.
Running Time: 86 minutes
Rated: R
Links
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Back of the box:
When a group of rambunctious teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed
Harley (Henriksen) seeks the magic of a backwoods witch to bring the child
back. But when she tells him the child's death is irrevocable, his grief
develops into an all-consuming desire. For revenge! Defying superstition,
he and the witch invoke "the pumpkinhead" a monstrously clawed and
fanged demon which, once reborn, answers only to Ed's bloodlust. But as
the invincible creature wreaks its slow, unspeakable tortures on the teens,
Ed confronts a horrifying secret about his connection to the beast. He
realizes that he must find a way to stop its deadly mission before he
becomes one with it forever!
When a group of rambunctious teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed
Harley (Henriksen) seeks the magic of a backwoods witch to bring the child
back. But when she tells him the child's death is irrevocable, his grief
develops into an all-consuming desire. For revenge! Defying superstition,
he and the witch invoke "the pumpkinhead" a monstrously clawed and
fanged demon which, once reborn, answers only to Ed's bloodlust. But as
the invincible creature wreaks its slow, unspeakable tortures on the teens,
Ed confronts a horrifying secret about his connection to the beast. He
realizes that he must find a way to stop its deadly mission before he
becomes one with it forever!
The Bloody Truth:
The film does an amazing job of setting up characters and location. The
story is original and even believable as some backwoods middle American
tale. The creature effects are fantastic for the time. The action is a little
slow and while Pumpkinhead looks great his animatronic and costumed
roots hurt his fear factor just a bit. That said I will take Stan Winstion's
Pumpkinhead any day over some of the CGI nightmares that followed.
This is a must see for any Monster movie fan.
The film does an amazing job of setting up characters and location. The
story is original and even believable as some backwoods middle American
tale. The creature effects are fantastic for the time. The action is a little
slow and while Pumpkinhead looks great his animatronic and costumed
roots hurt his fear factor just a bit. That said I will take Stan Winstion's
Pumpkinhead any day over some of the CGI nightmares that followed.
This is a must see for any Monster movie fan.
And the rest.....
Acting - 3 Cinematography - 3
Sound - 2 Music - 2
Story - 4 Reality - 4
Acting - 3 Cinematography - 3
Sound - 2 Music - 2
Story - 4 Reality - 4
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