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Pumpkinhead
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folk-horror

Pumpkinhead

1988 · R · 1h 26m

A grim fairy tale.

When 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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release & where to watch

In theaters
October 14, 1988
Home release
May 23, 1989

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Genres

fantasyhorrorthriller

Tags

Tone

tragicgriefdread

Setting

rural

Audience

cult-classic

Production

practical-effects
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Details

Budget$3.5M
Box office$4.4M

Directed by

Stan Winston

Written by

Gary Gerani, Mark Patrick Carducci, Stan Winston, Richard Weinman

Cinematography

Bojan Bazelli

Music

Richard Stone

Starring

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 · Kimberly Ross as Kim · Florence Schauffler as Haggis

Production

DEG, Lion Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists

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