Pumpkinhead
This one kept popping up as I was scrolling through the Amazon Prime movies, and I kept scrolling right on by. The name is absolutely ridiculous. It's been around long enough that if it was something special, we would know. (And there would possibly be Pumpkinhead 4,5,6, and a reboot) But, out of curiosity we watched the trailer. It did not look terrible. And the effects looked cool. (It is from Stan Winston after all.) So, with a shrug and a "Well, it can't be worse than Prom Night!" we watched it.
Okay, so the name is ridiculous but apparently comes from a poem. I still think I might have tried find a different name for the movie, because it just does not quite do the job of inspiring fear. It's not quite a bad movie (and oh my, it is pretty.) It's disappointing because it just could have been so so good- an interesting exploration of tensions between "city folk" and "country folk" and responsibility and forgiveness, and all that - and it never quite fulfills that promise. This came out in the 80s, so almost every horror movie of this ilk had to have a final girl (and I LOVE me a final girl,) but the choice in this one felt forced, and a different choice for the lone survivor could have been much better.
Okay, so the name is ridiculous but apparently comes from a poem. I still think I might have tried find a different name for the movie, because it just does not quite do the job of inspiring fear. It's not quite a bad movie (and oh my, it is pretty.) It's disappointing because it just could have been so so good- an interesting exploration of tensions between "city folk" and "country folk" and responsibility and forgiveness, and all that - and it never quite fulfills that promise. This came out in the 80s, so almost every horror movie of this ilk had to have a final girl (and I LOVE me a final girl,) but the choice in this one felt forced, and a different choice for the lone survivor could have been much better.
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