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Pumpkinhead Reviews

1988

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When a gang of bikers run over a child, the child's father invokes the demon Pumkinhead to seek his revenge, forgetting there is a price for his services. Special effects man Winston (ALIENS, JURASSIC PARK) makes a sparkling debut in this creepy horror effort which features the one of the greatest monsters in recent memory. Read more

Starring	Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John Di Aquino, Kimberley Ross
Director	Stan Winston
Genres	Horror, Thriller

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- When Pennsylvanian country-dweller Ed Harley's kid gets (accidentally) killed by a group of marauding young townies on... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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- - 7
  - 3
  What a load of rubbish
  
  This film is terrible,everything about it sucks if I could rate it with no stars I would.
  
  I love old cheesy horrors but this was total pants.
  
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- 7916
- [Highly rated reviewer]
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  - peterborough, england.
  - 18 Jun 2004 at 13:53
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- - 1
  - 0
  contrived futuristically
  
  Half this film is blue and half is red. I get the message but that Creature looked like it was somewhat copied from Alien. Logic of it is sound but in the end ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
  - 627 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Jul 2010 at 20:15
- - 0
  - 4
  pumpkinhead
  
  Oh please, it was crap, absolute garbage
  
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- 810178
- - chez40
  - 13 reviews
  - Blackpool
  - 13 Sep 2009 at 20:21
- - 1
  - 0
  Don't mess with pumpkin head
  
  Wasn't sure i was going to like this one, thought it may be a low budget Halloween, but its not, its really good, if you don't like someone just hire ... read more »
  
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- - kizamiwarrior
  - 85 reviews
  - Ruislip
  - 31 Jul 2009 at 02:40
- - 1
  - 0
  good
  
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  i quite enjoyed this film, it has a creepy monster, lance henrickson is good as the father wanting revenge for the death of his son. well worth a watch, give it... read more »
  
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- 758872
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - shaggy69
  - 107 reviews
  - Selby
  - 17 May 2009 at 18:43
- - 0
  - 1
  Pumpkin dread!!
  
  Truly dreadful!!!
  
  The only scary thing about this film is that it was released at all. It is awful. The 1 star I've given it is purely for (the ... read more »
  
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- 717284
- - A. Horrorfan
  - Birmingham
  - 27 Feb 2009 at 22:34
- - 0
  - 0
  pumpkinhead
  
  this film was very boring and slow and we did not enjoy this film.
  
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- - a customer
  - Milton Keynes
  - 09 Jan 2009 at 11:46
- - 0
  - 0
  he'll conjure your undoing...
  
  I am pretty sure I always assumed the demon actually had a pumpkin for a head, so it was a bit of a shock to see that the thing was pretty scary looking in an ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, UK
  - 16 Dec 2008 at 11:52
- - 0
  - 0
  poor
  
  load of crap did not like it and would never watch again
  
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- - theleedon
  - 71 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 02 Aug 2008 at 22:07
- - 1
  - 0
  pumpkin head
  
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  i thought this film was rubbish !! i dont know why i picked it.
  
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- - kimbo
  - 4 reviews
  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - 15 Feb 2008 at 15:54
- - 0
  - 0
  More of an alien
  
  More of an alien creature than a pumpkin really.....
  
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- 513366
- - Film chic
  - Wales
  - 15 Jan 2008 at 15:31
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- - 7
  - 3
  What a load of rubbish
  
  This film is terrible,everything about it sucks if I could rate it with no stars I would.
  
  I love old cheesy horrors but this was total pants.
  
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- 7916
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - peterborough, england.
  - 18 Jun 2004 at 13:53
- - 3
  - 0
  Classic tale of ...
  
  Classic tale of Revenge, this is a horror classic with a twist a fathers revenge for the death of a son mixed in with guilt from the revenge act itself I have ... read more »
  
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- - Stuart#12
  - MANCHESTER
  - 27 Apr 2004 at 09:16
- - 3
  - 0
  Anyone for pie?
  
  I got this out as nostalgia for my boyf who said it was very good. And to my surprise, it ain't half bad, and believe me, I could do a degree in rubbish old... read more »
  
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- - Lyd13
  - The Mighty Hastings
  - 05 Jun 2005 at 12:28
- - 1
  - 0
  Doesn't have a pumpkin as a head
  
  Despite breaking the biggest sin of horror film-making, revealing the killer, Pumpkinhead still manages to tell a decent horror story, even though the chills ... read more »
  
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- - Razzledazzle
  - Leicestershire
  - 09 May 2005 at 10:58
- - 1
  - 0
  pumpkin head
  
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  i thought this film was rubbish !! i dont know why i picked it.
  
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- - kimbo
  - 4 reviews
  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - 15 Feb 2008 at 15:54
- - 1
  - 0
  good
  
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  i quite enjoyed this film, it has a creepy monster, lance henrickson is good as the father wanting revenge for the death of his son. well worth a watch, give it... read more »
  
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- 758872
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - shaggy69
  - 107 reviews
  - Selby
  - 17 May 2009 at 18:43
- - 1
  - 0
  Don't mess with pumpkin head
  
  Wasn't sure i was going to like this one, thought it may be a low budget Halloween, but its not, its really good, if you don't like someone just hire ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 791750
- - kizamiwarrior
  - 85 reviews
  - Ruislip
  - 31 Jul 2009 at 02:40
- - 1
  - 0
  contrived futuristically
  
  Half this film is blue and half is red. I get the message but that Creature looked like it was somewhat copied from Alien. Logic of it is sound but in the end ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 909304
- - juradino
  - 627 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Jul 2010 at 20:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Great monster
  
  Ok so when someone got killed you didnt see much gore, just a hand grab them, hear them scream and then they were dead on the floor. Not a great horror movie ... read more »
  
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- 114488
- - Dale Longford
  - Gloucester, England
  - 15 Jun 2005 at 08:43
- - 1
  - 1
  NO.NO.NO!
  
  PUMPKINHEAD.- I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS ON SKY BACK IN THE EARLY 90s, and I ENJOYED IT THEN. SO THOUGHT I WOULD RENT IT AND SEE IF IT WAS AS GOOD AS I THOUGHT. ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - NEATH. SOUTH WALES
  - 10 Jul 2005 at 19:13

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  When a gang of bikers run over a child, the child's father invokes the demon Pumkinhead to seek his revenge, forgetting there is a price for his services. Special effects man Winston (ALIENS, JURASSIC PARK) makes a sparkling debut in this creepy horror effort which features the one of the greatest ...