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An overlooked horror classic
Stan Winston, who is possibly the greatest makeup artist and creature effect artist ever, directed this unusually good horror film. Lance Henriksen stars as Ed Harley, a man who wants revenge against the city folk who accidently killed his son. He goes to a witch that lives near a swamp and she conjures up Pumpkinhead, a monster that will get revenge on the yuppies. However, Ed begins to realize that he has made a mistake, and he tries to stop the monster he helped unleash. Henriksen is unbelieveably good in his role, and it may be the best of his career. Stan Winston did a great job as director and its a shame he hasn't directed anything since. As with the original Halloween, Pumpkinhead is a horror movie that pulls off being scary and good at the same time without buckets of blood and gore being splashed every other scene. Highly recommended.

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Good, with "quirks"
This movie could have been big if it had been released ten years earlier, when horror was still the genre of the day. This is a good solid horror movie. The bond Ed Harley and his son share is clear, which makes it all the more traumatic when Billy gets run down. This brings up an interesting topic not shown in many films of any genre: child mortality. The theme is also unorthodox for a horror film; it teaches that revenge is wrong. The monster's design was truly ideal for the setting, and Henriksen's acting almost made up for the terible acting of the teenagers. The writers made the mistake of making the city teens so dislikeable that you root for Pumpkinhead to rip them apart, one by one. I don't mind that they died either, because I've seen worse teen acting in only one other film: Pumpkinhead 2.

But that movie is another story entirely.

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Full screen?
Oh dear. Buy the R2 release instead, it's in proper widescreen.