Due to the fact that I am now home on spring break, I'll have a chance to do some more movie reviews. So, I took a quick trip down to my local blockbuster to see what I could dig up, and after around 20 minutes of searching I had found my choice: Pumpkinhead.
The cover art on the box looked promising enough. I mean, alien like hands clutching a pumpkin, looks pretty promising to me. I had actually passed over this movie on a whole bunch of previous trips due to its chuckle inciting name. Anyway, this time Pumpkinhead would not get away.
As I went to the checkout counter, the girl who scanned the movie took one look at the box and said, "Wow, Pumpkinhead, this was my favorite as a kid." She looked around 26, and the movie came out in 1988, so I trusted her judgement. After calling it a bit funny, as most horror movies are made in that era, she told me that I was going to enjoy it.
So, here's the basic outline of the plot. Irresponsible teens accidentally kill farmer's son, farmer goes to see a witch to resurrect the demon Pumpkinhead, whose job it is to get revenge on the teens for the son's death, farmer realizes hes let loose something out of his control, and let the killing begin.
Pumpkinhead is everything that I expected it to be. True, it is a bit cheesy due to the alien like look of the creature (google it if you are curious). But the effects are great and worthy enough to get a scare out of any kid, and most likely your girlfriend. The plot itself isn't too bad, due to the fact that it is a bit folk tale like. It is overall enjoyable to see the creature wreak havoc on the teens while they try everything to kill it (guns, knives, etc.)
Interestingly enough the creature was designed by the visual effects director on Aliens, which is why it looks so familiar. Anyone who has seen any of the Aliens movies will be able to make a distinct connection right away.
The cover art on the box looked promising enough. I mean, alien like hands clutching a pumpkin, looks pretty promising to me. I had actually passed over this movie on a whole bunch of previous trips due to its chuckle inciting name. Anyway, this time Pumpkinhead would not get away.
As I went to the checkout counter, the girl who scanned the movie took one look at the box and said, "Wow, Pumpkinhead, this was my favorite as a kid." She looked around 26, and the movie came out in 1988, so I trusted her judgement. After calling it a bit funny, as most horror movies are made in that era, she told me that I was going to enjoy it.
So, here's the basic outline of the plot. Irresponsible teens accidentally kill farmer's son, farmer goes to see a witch to resurrect the demon Pumpkinhead, whose job it is to get revenge on the teens for the son's death, farmer realizes hes let loose something out of his control, and let the killing begin.
Pumpkinhead is everything that I expected it to be. True, it is a bit cheesy due to the alien like look of the creature (google it if you are curious). But the effects are great and worthy enough to get a scare out of any kid, and most likely your girlfriend. The plot itself isn't too bad, due to the fact that it is a bit folk tale like. It is overall enjoyable to see the creature wreak havoc on the teens while they try everything to kill it (guns, knives, etc.)
Interestingly enough the creature was designed by the visual effects director on Aliens, which is why it looks so familiar. Anyone who has seen any of the Aliens movies will be able to make a distinct connection right away.
There are a few sequals to the movie, but they probably aren't worth seeing due to some quick research and the discovery that most were straight to television.
Overall, I'm going to give this movie a B. It has its moments where you cringe a bit, and the creature is genuinely creepy and something like that in real life would be very scary. I'll recommend it as one of those movies where you would like someone to be holding on to your arm pretty tightly, and shutting their eyes every time Pumpkinhead is on screen.
Overall, I'm going to give this movie a B. It has its moments where you cringe a bit, and the creature is genuinely creepy and something like that in real life would be very scary. I'll recommend it as one of those movies where you would like someone to be holding on to your arm pretty tightly, and shutting their eyes every time Pumpkinhead is on screen.
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AHHH PUMPKINHEAD. I remember this shit. Great movie.
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