Product Description

Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Millenium ) stars in this vivid, stylish, atmospheric (The Hollywood Reporter) and heart-poundingly scary fright fest directed by four-time OscarÂ(r)winner* Stan Winston and written by Mark Patrick Carducci and Gary Gerani. When a group of rambunctious teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley (Henriksen) seeks the magic of a backwoods witch to bring the child back. But when she tells him the child's death is irrevocable, his grief develops into an all-consuming desire...for revenge! Defying superstition, he and the witch invoke 'the pumpkinhead a monstrously clawed and fanged demon which, once reborn, answers only to Ed's bloodlust. But as the invincible creature wreaks its slow, unspeakable tortures on the teens, Ed confronts a horrifying secret about his connection to the beastand realizes that he must find a way tostop its deadly mission before he becomes one with it forever! *1986: Visual Effects, Aliens; 1991: Visual Effects, Make-Up, Terminator 2: Judgment Day; 1993: Visual Effects, Jurassic Park

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30315 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-08-01
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 86 minutes

Amazon.com
A starkly original visual treat, this Halloween-themed exercise in terror is uncommonly well made, seeking to add yet another creature to horror film lore. A group of teenagers camping in a remote mountain resort accidentally kill a boy and cover it up, and his aggrieved father (Lance Henriksen) vows revenge. Enlisting the help of a local witch, he conjures up a mythic demonic monster to kill those responsible for his son's death. The plot and dialogue are not very original, but the creepy mood and some fine work by director Stan Winston (the special effects whiz behind Jurassic Park) make Pumpkinhead an eerie gothic horror tale and great viewing for Halloween nights. --Robert Lane

Customer Reviews

A "B" horror movie, but a good one.
The first time I saw this was on tv.
I'm glad I watched it and I'm sorry I didn't see it in the theater.
The creature is super freaky. Remember the part when the kid is hiding in his closet from the monster???
BAAM!!!!!!!!
Sudden shocker!!!!!!
This movie has quite a few of those.
The acting is ok, the fx are ok, everything gets a passing grade.
Granted it's not in the same league as Halloween but it's a great movie to rent on a stormy night.
Recommended.

Pumpkinhead
I thought this movie was great. It was well done, Lance Henriksen is awesome, & was a perfect fit for the movie. The storyline was great, the look of the pumpkinhead demon was good. The director did a great job with this movie. It's just a overall excellent old school horror movie.

Overlooked classic
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.