Review of Pumpkinhead (1988) by Chris Willman for Los Angeles Times — 15 Jan 2018
Stan Winston steps in as director (and co-scenarist) here after many years leading one of Hollywood's top special makeup effects units. Ironically, Winston shows a surer directorial touch with the early, more human scenes (especially those between Henriksen and son) than he does later with the spooks and scares, which are never even faintly frightening.
He doesn't win any more points for having his creature followed by artsy mood lighting wherever it goes in the supposedly black night.
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This review of Pumpkinhead (1988) was written by Chris Willman and published by Los Angeles Times on 15 Jan 2018.
Pumpkinhead has generally received mixed reviews.
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