In his first foray into directing, special effects maestro Stan Winston created this monster film in 1988, but oddly didn't do the sfx.
Plot: In the back woods of the south USA, a group of guys and gals go for a fun weekend in the country. Pulling up to a fruit stand, they decide it's time to take the motor-cross bikes for a whirl. As a result, they accidentally run down the owners little boy and kill him, running away as the guilty party is on parole. The angered father- Lance Henriksen (Aliens, AVP) seeks revenge from an aged women, in the form of a resurrected demon called Pumpkinhead.
This is a film designed to scare. It isn't one of those 80's horrors that floods its storyline with bad jokes and makes light of the situation, it revels in the fear it emotes. The effects are actually very good. Yes, it's a guy in a monster costume, but it's a damn good costume.
Gross: $4,385,516
Fun Fact: Based on a poem by Ed Justin, kind of an evil nursery rhyme. Sequels include Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, Pumpkinhead 3: The Original Sin, Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud.
Plot: In the back woods of the south USA, a group of guys and gals go for a fun weekend in the country. Pulling up to a fruit stand, they decide it's time to take the motor-cross bikes for a whirl. As a result, they accidentally run down the owners little boy and kill him, running away as the guilty party is on parole. The angered father- Lance Henriksen (Aliens, AVP) seeks revenge from an aged women, in the form of a resurrected demon called Pumpkinhead.
This is a film designed to scare. It isn't one of those 80's horrors that floods its storyline with bad jokes and makes light of the situation, it revels in the fear it emotes. The effects are actually very good. Yes, it's a guy in a monster costume, but it's a damn good costume.
Gross: $4,385,516
Fun Fact: Based on a poem by Ed Justin, kind of an evil nursery rhyme. Sequels include Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, Pumpkinhead 3: The Original Sin, Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud.
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