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Pumpkinhead

Pumpkinhead

A grim fairy tale.

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

6/9/1988

Runtime

86 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

$4,400,000

Homepage

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A dark, elegiac revenge tale where a father's desperate love curdles into something monstrous. The film dwells in genuine sorrow and creeping dread, refusing easy catharsis.

Mood

Dread-soakedMournfulBleak

Themes

GriefRevengeFamilyMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Ed Harley

Jeff East

Jeff East

Chris

John D'Aquino

John D'Aquino

Joel

Cynthia Bain

Cynthia Bain

Tracy

Kerry Remsen

Kerry Remsen

Maggie

Joel Hoffman

Joel Hoffman

Steve

Kimberly Ross

Kim

Florence Schauffler

Haggis

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Pumpkinhead

Lee de Broux

Lee de Broux

Tom Harley

Peggy Walton-Walker

Peggy Walton-Walker

Ellie Harley

Chance Michael Corbitt

Chance Michael Corbitt

Eddie Harley

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