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Pumpkinhead is a 1988 American horror and fantasy film directed by Stan Winston, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie features Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino, and George Buck Flower in the cast. Bojan Bazelli served as the director of photography, with Richard Stone composing the score. The production was handled by the Dino De Laurentiis Company, DEG, Lion Films, United Artists, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Filming took place in Los Angeles.
The film has a runtime of 86 minutes and is rated R. It was distributed by United Artists and Netflix in video on demand format. Pumpkinhead has a tagline described as "A grim fairy tale." It is part of the Pumpkinhead Collection and was followed by Pumpkinhead II. The production had a budget of 3,500,000 and generated revenue of 4,400,000.
Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores include 5.7 out of 10 and 51 percent. The Metascore is 47 out of 100. The film received three nominations for awards.
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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.
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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Pumpkinhead II
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Stan Winston
- Cast member
- Lee de Broux
- Composer
- Richard Stone
- Production company
- Dino De Laurentiis Company
- Cinematographer
- Bojan Bazelli
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 419963
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1988-09-01
- title
- Pumpkinhead
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 51%
- capital cost
- 3500000
- box office
- 4400000
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