A grim fairy tale.
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Filipe Manuel Netoon TMDB · Jun 20225/10
**An honest, committed and well-made low-budget film that delivers what it promises and doesn't leave us dissatisfied.** I just saw this movie, which is currently considered a cult classic and an example of what you want from a low-budget movie. In fact, I understand the motivations of those who say this: the film is not good, it is not one of those films that I feel I will want to review a lot, however it is effective and gives us what it promises, in an honest way. The script also has its originality, although it is scarce and only sustains a feature film thanks to the ability of the director, the "newbie" Stan Winston, to stretch it, albeit at the expense of a slower pace, which he tried to take advantage of to create Suspense: Set in an isolated rural area, the film is an insane revenge story, in which a man decides to turn to an evil witch after having his young son killed in an accident by a group of unconscious teenagers. The actors are, for me, illustrious strangers. However, I really liked the performance of Lance Henrikssen, who is the only actor here to maintain a dramatic posture, to have charisma and to develop a more professional and mature work. In addition to giving
Read the whole review on TMDB - Gimlyon TMDB · Nov 20176/10
SFX guru Stan Winston helms this movie, and it is the special effects of _Pumpkinhead_ that most stand out. For those alone, it is worth watching, however, it never reached the heights of horror franchises born of the same era. Still, a shining example of fantasy horror that I was thrilled to revisit. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
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Cast
- Lance HenriksenEd Harley
- Jeff EastChris
- John D'AquinoJoel
- Cynthia BainTracy
- Kerry RemsenMaggie
- Joel HoffmanSteve
- Kimberly RossKim
- Florence SchaufflerHaggis
- Tom Woodruff Jr.Pumpkinhead
- Lee de BrouxTom Harley
Crew
- Stan WinstonDirector
- Gary GeraniScreenplay
- Mark Patrick CarducciScreenplay
- Bojan BazelliDirector of Photography
- Richard StoneOriginal Music Composer
- Marcus MantonEditor
- Richard WeinmanProducer
- Howard SmithProducer
- Bill BlakeProducer
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