Pumpkinhead [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Pumpkinhead [VHS]
Movie Review: Overlooked classic
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently revisited the film Pumpkinhead which I had not seen in many years, and I have to say it's not a bad flick. In the time of 80's slashers, there really weren't a whole lot of monster type movies making appearances. However, this one manages to break the monotony of the slasher period by putting more emphasis on atmosphere than straight up violence, and it does it quite well.
Pumpkinhead tells the tale of a father and his young son who are all each other have. To say that the movie is set in a hick town would be an understatement, it's more like a rural middle-of-nowhere kind of place that has a real eerie feeling of isolation to it. When a group of reckless city slickers come to town, a terrible accident brings about the death of the young boy. In an act of revenge, the father conjures up the fabled creature "Pumpkinhead" to settle the score. Unfortunately when the revenge begins, he regrets it as well as discovers that he has some type of connection with the creature. Ultimately he finds that the only way to stop Pumpkinhead might be to stop himself.
The atmosphere is what really makes this movie. The town they live in, the "pumpkin patch graveyard", and the voodoo woman's home truly make for some creepy set pieces. Other than Lance Hendrikson, the acting is pretty subpar, but it's still a few notches above the horror standards for that particualar time. Overall it's a well done horror movie that is often forgotten/overlooked. Although it's certainly not the greatest story ever told, it should get a little recognition. I recommend revisiting this one, or checking it out for the first time.
Movie Review: Good monster film.
Summary: 4 Stars
Pumpkinhead was directed by special fx whiz Stan Winston who also did the creature fx which were quite impressive I mean the look on the monsters face was creepy it looks like he has an evil grin and I also liked the backwoods hag or was she a witch I'm not sure but she looked creepy, anyway Pumpkinhead is one of those classic 80's horror films that I think is not going to appeal to alot of people if your looking for a mindless gore flick then forget it, the death scenes in this were bloody but there wasn't any gore. Lance Henriksen was great as Ed Harly I consider him to be one of my favorite actors and this was definitely his best role you feel kind of sorry for his character after he loses his son in an accident. In one aspect he is the grieving father who has lost everything and on the other hand he is the vengeance obsessed man who will do anything in order to get revenge on those who have wronged him so he himself becomes evil thats what I thought was interesting about this film and the storyline was quite good. The locals of a small town believe that a demon exists for each of man's evil, when a young boy is killed by a group of teens in a motor bike accident a revenge attack is called upon by the boys father when he unleashes the demonic creature to kill the teens only his punishment is to witness each attack in person. Most of this film takes place in the woods and the teens are attacked from a wooden cabin even though Stan Winston's directing could have been better I still thought it was a cool monster film and I didn't really care about the sequels. I highly recommend this 80's horror film to horror fans and two thumbs up!. Movie Review: A great monster and Lance Henriksen make this worth seeing
Summary: 3 Stars
Pumpkinhead is your typical story of revenge gone wrong when a small town grocery owner goes after a group of "city folk" who inadvertantly kill his son. I like this movie, it's got some fantastic setpieces and really nice atmosphere thoughout, but I find it far from the 5 star masterpiece that many on here would like you to believe it is. This was special effects guru Sam Winstons (Terminator 2, Aliens) first time in the directors chair (his only other being the train wreck known as "A Gnome Named Gnorm") and for the things I mentioned above that he got right, just about everything else is sub par... this basically watches like a really good made-for-TV movie. The acting, dialogue, scares, plot, music, and incredibly minimal amount of bloodshed just aren't quite right for it to be a genre classic or the franchise that companies have been trying (and failing) to make it for years now. There are two elements of the movie that do make this worthy of viewing though. The first is Pumpkinhead himself, Stan did what he does best here (remember when watching that this is 1988!)and created a really cool looking movie monster that you can't take your eyes off of when he rears his head (not to mention the best witch EVER as a bonus). The bad thing about the Pumpkinhead creature is that it's all design over style, meaning that he looks great but the only way he ever kills is by throwing victims over and over again or by picking them up by their necks (which both are done so that you only see the monsters arm in the scene, so I'm guessing that it was too hard to get full screen shots looking right and it's probably for the best that they didn't try). The second thing that the film get's right is casting Lance Henriksen. He's one of those actors that just seems to never suck... no matter how good or bad the material he's working with is. So I like Pumpkinhead, but it's nothing overly spectacular and defiantely not a 5 star masterpiece (let's save those for The Exorcist, TCM, Psycho, The Shining, etc.). Movie Review: Classic Creature Feature Wasted On Inferior DVD!
Summary: 4 Stars
I've owned this great horror movie on VHS for years, and have waited patiently for a DVD release that would exemplify the great visual style of this film. Unfortunately, the wait continues. I'm hoping that somewhere down the line a special edition of this movie is released in anamorphic widescreen with a digital remastering. The movie studio entirely dropped the ball releasing it in just a horrendous pan & scan format. Granted, the movie was not a box office smash, but even a cult classic such as this deserves better. Hopefully with the advent of the Blu-Ray format (which parent company Sony exclusively uses) Pumpkinhead will get the treatment it so richly deserves for being a horror classic. Even more surprising is that I've seen it released in stores again in time for Halloween with a lenticular slipcase that actually looks very good. Unfortunately, its the same horrible pan & scan DVD inside. Come on, Sony! Now that you've merged with MGM lets see a release of this film on DVD and Blu-Ray that justifies its standing as one of the best creature features of all time!Movie Review: Its alright
Summary: 3 Stars
Plot: A father and his son live alone together and run some kind of store out it the country. Some 'city people' show up and one accidentely hits the fathers son with his motorcycle. The father wants revenge and goes and hires some witch to conjure up this demon called Pumpkinhead to kill all of them but gets more than be bargained for. He starts to have some kind of psychic connection with the Demon, then when he figures out how bad he screwed up he tries to kill it himself.
The atmosphere is good. Very eerie, Good use of colors, perfect movie to watch on Halloween. Only reason I give it 3 stars is cause im not big into monsters but its really like 4 stars for people who like that stuff. If youre into monsters and fairy tales and stuff like that youll like this one. Its more a kids type of movie to me. Overall, it was a good story but nothing spectacular.