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6.4When 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.
Released: 1988-06-0986 minDir: Stan WinstonFantasy, HorrorBudget: $3.5MBox office: $4.4MPart of: Pumpkinhead Collection
Cast
- Lance Henriksen as Ed Harley
- Jeff East as Chris
- John D'Aquino as Joel
- Cynthia Bain as Tracy
- Kerry Remsen as Maggie
- Joel Hoffman as Steve
Themes
- witch
- loss of loved one
- pumpkin
- murder
- cabin
- demon
- based on song, poem or rhyme
- evil
- vengeance
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
30,977 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
51%
Metacritic
47/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 419963
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- publication date
- 1988-09-01
- title
- Pumpkinhead
- review score
- 51%
- capital cost
- 3500000
- box office
- 4400000
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Categories
1980s dark fantasy films1980s monster movies1988 American films1988 directorial debut films1988 English-language films1988 fantasy films1988 films1988 horror films1988 independent filmsAmerican dark fantasy filmsAmerican exploitation filmsAmerican films about revengeAmerican independent filmsAmerican monster moviesAmerican supernatural horror filmsAmerican vigilante filmsDe Laurentiis Entertainment Group filmsDemons in filmEnglish-language fantasy filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about father–son relationshipsFilms about witchcraftFilms adapted into comicsFilms based on poems