A real solid little creature flick that has one of the best looking monsters I have seen in a long time. There are some great shots that show the full length of the effects work and it’s absolutely flawless. The film it’s self is pretty good too. Very atmospheric with a foggy woods and the kids all do a good enough job. Lance Henriksen is hamming it up a little too much at times. I wish the kills would have been better. They consist of people being dropped from a height or just killed off screen. It’s a letdown that a film with such a great monster, doesn’t bother with some nice gory kills. It would have made things just that bit better.

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Another childhood favorite of mine.

Part of me dies when I see Lance Henriksen cry, I just want to hold him in my arms and hug the sads away.

this is one of the movies I remember watching as a kid...

not that great but compleatly nostalgic for me

Cool premise, awesome creature and really fun flick.

Stan Winston's directorial debut, the classic monster flick Pumpkinhead seems better now than when it was first released. Moody and atmospheric, he captures the spookiness of the rural mountain setting perfectly. The bits with Lance Henriksen and the witch are a real highlight. The monster still looks good, although it would have been nice to see just a bit more of him.

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A surprisingly effective monster movie. I really enjoyed a lot of this film. The plot in particular I found really interesting. The way it blended crime with supernatural horror was really fascinating, especially when exploring the theme of revenge. All this injected into the rural setting puts together a really original horror flick.

I did however get some of the negative things I expected. While the titular creature looked better more often than worse, there were some figurative "I-can-see-the-zipper" moments. As I assumed, the acting was cheesy, but I really enjoyed Lance Henriksen as Ed Harley and John D'Aquino as the "jerk jerk" Joel.

I really want to find more negative things about this movie but I honestly enjoyed it a lot.

Good story, eerie backwoods, swampy setting, awesome cinematography and a cool, cool monster. Stan Winston, the FX wizard directs. And Lance Henriksen is always fun to watch.

A creepy creature-feature starring a great performance by Lance Henrikson. Check it out!

A great looking monster for its time, which only added to its believability as a monster, and not just another "man in a suit" job.

Fairly average spook fest as a whole, but man Lance Henriksen is terrific. He really sells the grief. He might get a little over the top once the title monster starts to wreck havoc but the progression is nice and subtle. He knows he's in a monster movie and he knows that he's really the monster...even if he is a sympathetic one.

A real solid little creature flick that has one of the best looking monsters I have seen in a long time. There are some great shots that show the full length of the effects work and it’s absolutely flawless. The film it’s self is pretty good too. Very atmospheric with a foggy woods and the kids all do a good enough job. Lance Henriksen is hamming it up a little too much at times. I wish the kills would have been better. They consist of people being dropped from a height or just killed off screen. It’s a letdown that a film with such a great monster, doesn’t bother with some nice gory kills. It would have made things just that bit better.

Cool premise, awesome creature and really fun flick.

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Great concept! Just doesn't do enough with it.

Great atmosphere, an interesting story and a creepy 12 foot tall creature that is out for revenge. The beginning of this film is great, displaying the bond between a father and son and then the tragic loss of said son. This film also has one of the creepiest old ladies of all time in it and PumpkinHead himself is very creepy. There is a lot to love about this film, but there are a few things that could've been better like explaining more of a back story on PumpkinHead and how he is able to just come alive from a few drops of blood. Also, the kills for the most part were pretty lame with most of them consisting of PumpkinHead just throwing his victims into something or clawing their face. So, I remember loving this a lot more as a kid, but it was still pretty good as an adult.