Synopsis
They couldn't leave dead enough alone.
Thrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.
Thrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.
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Kids today are frequently all too blind to the evils of marijuana, now that you can buy it in stores and whatnot but back in the 1990's, things were different! there was so little weed and it was of such poor quality, adulterated with paraquat and goddess knows what else having been stashed underneath cars and inside tankers that the additional chemical load could cause immediate-onset delinquency in adolescents who might share one joint in a parking lot during lunch only to skip school, hang out by abandoned mine shafts drinking beer and smoking more weed which only furthers a downward spiral of empty kicks, ending inevitably in a horrific assault on a local witch, jacking her necromantic scrolls and…
Not as effective as it legendary rural folktale predecessor (at least for me, anyway), but Jeff Burr’s foray into Pumpkinhead land does have its moments... and I can’t help but think that this very much feels like an 80’s movie made in the 90’s? Caught in that nexus of weirdo pre-Scream horror that everyone seems to hate but I seem to love, and I’m ok with that—even if it never fully hits the mark as a slasheresque legend gone amuck folk jam.
Drags a little here and there but there’s enough P-head mayhem to satisfy (sex dream dude getting mashed in half), and the early 90’s vibes are very much my thing, just as Pumpkinhad II is very much it’s own thing... slathered in that Jeff Burr sequel charm that he does a well. It’s fun, goofy, better than the next two sequels, and features punky brewster, Bill Clinton’s brother, and the zodiac killer so I really can’t complain too much?
Wait, the mayor walks right into the doctor's office--during the sheriff's physical--to pick up his guitar, which the doctor has tuned for him? What?
Woo boy this movie is a f*cking disaster and I still kinda love it because it is deep.com in the 90’s dtv vibes. Ami Dolenz, Andrew Robinson, Linnea Quigley, it is soooo 1994, y’all! It even has a random and awkward cameo by Bill Clinton’s brother as a mayor named Bubba so it’s impossible not to think fondly of this if you saw it back when it first came out.
Let me just get the hard truth about this movie out of the way: the writing, editing, and directing are some of the worst I’ve seen in recent memory. Sorry JB, I love ya but this ain’t the one, k? Every line is forced as hell. Characters walk on screen out of…
The original Pumpkinhead was a nice self contained story. I'm not sure it really needed a sequel....but it got one, and it's not as crap as I thought it would be! This film doesn't work as an actual sequel - it ignores most of the rules of the original, preferring instead to go with a generic bunch of kids awaken a demon storyline, with some links to an earlier event. The plotting is absolutely hilarious - it hinges on some absolutely ludicrous character decisions. There's plenty of incredulous dialogue and a real sense of heavy drama - it's silly and cheesy but somehow manages to take itself seriously, which really just makes the whole thing more fun. Andrew Robinson does…
Somehow pumpkinhead still doesn’t have a pumpkin for a head. When that old lady cursed them with pumpkinhead, I could not take her seriously, that is not a name that instills fear into the masses. This film bears almost no relation to the previous as Ed was supposed to take the mantle of pumpkinhead, whilst also serving as an origin story kinda? Not as wacky or as interesting.
notes on pumpkinhead ii: blood wings (research later):
roger clinton as "mayor bubba" (ref to cult leader & CIA asset meher baba) stops sheriff from killing a demon bc itll be "good for tourism" = CIA fake satanic panic
occult/MILAB psyop trigger -
Abductee: "When Vril Type 3 Lizards (“The Greys") get old, they look like Pumpkinhead." (stan winston/m.j.)
DEA deep tech fx konspiracy:
attorney general william barr ("robert johnson") - "Barr chided Clinton that he should have taken Nancy Reagan’s advice: “Just say no.” Brother Roger Clinton at the time was facing drug charges along with his friend Dan Lasater, a convicted cocaine distributor and member of the Dixie Mafia." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Mafia
FBI isis/cleopatra symbolism - christlike sacrifice
"On one of…
The 90s VHS horror section staple where Punky Brewster I Know What You Did Last Summer’s the swamp witch from the original Pumpkinhead (who’s face is made of silly putty this time around?). Linnea Quigley and Kane Hodder are witness to two of the best gore puppet murders in any straight-to-video title—Linnea’s post-coital Pumpkinhead attack that happens under a blaring 90s country ballad, and when Hodder watches as Pumpkinhead smashes his farmer buddy’s head into a chicken coop where his eyes are immediately pecked out. It’s ain’t good…but it’s good enough for crap vacuums like us!
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Pretty good sequel in my opinion.
But Tommy deserves better!
*sad pumpkin-alien-monster noises*
Noticeably lower budget than its predecessor, but that didn't stop them from increasing the kill count and Pumpkinheads screen-time. We also get much more Pumpkinhead background, mostly through exposition, but at least it was something. I enjoyed this Pumpkinhead entry as I've certainly sat through many, many worse horror flicks than this. It might not be as good as the original, but if you're a Pumpkinhead fan it's worth a watch, as long as you don't take too much offense to the few changes made to the sets and costumes due to the lower budget that is.
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My word, this is such an excellent bad early 90's DTV sequel. The first Pumpkinhead is a masterpiece, especially next to this piece of trash, but ya know what? I loved this piece of trash!
A deformed boy named Tommy is BRUTALLY murdered in 1958 by a bunch of jerks I think as a prank(?). Now in the present, an old witch has a vial of blood to resurrect dead Tommy but after getting hit by a car by a group of rowdy teenagers they then follow her to her home and steal the vial and resurrect Tommy themselves which unleashes Pumpkinhead to kill everybody.
Aw man trying to make sense out of that kinda hurt my brain. The plot…