
After a group of teens accidentally kill a young boy named Billy Harley, his father Ed is devastated and the only thing he wants is revenge. He goes to an old woman who is said to be a witch and conjures a demonic creature known as Pumpkinhead, and unleashes him on the teens.... (Full plot summary below)
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After a group of teens accidentally kill a young boy named Billy Harley, his father Ed is devastated and the only thing he wants is revenge. He goes to an old woman who is said to be a witch and conjures a demonic creature known as Pumpkinhead, and unleashes him on the teens.
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| Film ThreatFelix Vasquez Jr.In spite of being almost twenty years old, this monster movie is still harrowing, creepy, and better than modern horror fare. |
| TheBluFile.comDustin Putman"Pumpkinhead" is horror, fantasy, supernatural thriller and tragedy all wrapped up in an enthralling, phatasmagorically realized whole. |
| The GuardianPaul HowlettHad Pumpkinhead been made in the silent era, it might now be treated with the reverence granted Nosferatu. |
| The Movie SleuthMichelle KisnerThis movie is still above most of its peers and worth a watch by all horror fans. |
| Daily DeadHeather WixsonAmongst a sea of sequels and remakes that year, Stan Winston's tragic and terrifying backwoods fairy tale stood out as something wholly unique and also gave us some incredible character development by way of Henriksen's tragic character. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussA last hurrah for the type of on-camera, practical monster effects that would soon go the way of the dinosaur, extinguished by the asteroid impact of digital technology. |
| Los Angeles TimesChris WillmanStan Winston steps in as director (and co-scenarist) here after many years leading one of Hollywood's top special makeup effects units. Ironically, Winston shows a surer directorial touch with the early, more human scenes (especially those between Henriksen and son) than he does later with the spooks and scares, which are never even faintly frightening. He doesn't win any more points for having his creature followed by artsy mood lighting wherever it goes in the supposedly black night. |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonTypically hollow and patchy, the script is low par for the course, the acting close behind. Where it's a cut above the rest is in the work of Yugoslavian cinematographer Bojan Bazelli: His outdoor shots, both day and night, are superbly lit and cleanly shot, as if this were an A film. And with Marcus Manton's crisp editing, Pumpkinhead looks three times as good as it is. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxSatisfying B-movie fun from effects maestro Stan Winston. |
| User ReviewKristen WMy favorite movie! Really like the setting and the cast, not to mention the coolest monster ever! |