redrobin62-321-207311 You know, in the past 30 years or so, no genre of films has held more interest to me than horror. Given that I was brought up in an abusive family, and was bullied throughout my adolescence, you'd think I'd shy away from violent imagery. I guess this is what they refer to as the Stockholm Syndrome? If it is, then yeah, I'm guilty of it.I knew going into Pumpkinhead II what I was expecting - a quick cash production off a so-so title. Hell, if Mimic can do it, and Species can do it, and Wishmater can do it, and Hellraiser can do it, then why not Pumpkinhead? Will Hollywood EVER make a sequel that's better than the original? I think I can count on one hand how many times that's been done. Pumpkinhead II, unfortunately, gets lumped in with all the other films that milk the original's title for money. There were so many clichés in PII that I swore, looking at it, I've seen it before. Maybe I did and it didn't register back then. There must be a reason for that, huh?

GL84 After accidentally killing an innocent woman, a group of teens learn the truth about a terrifying legend as they release a voracious monster that begins stalking residents around the town and must try to stop it before it completes it's rampage.This is such an underrated effort with a lot to like about it. One of the best features here is that it manages to keep the creature relevant here as it come out quite early on here so the creature has a fairly substantial amount of screen time. Being able to see it for all that time as a full-scale suit and prop does have some advantages where it actually looks like a tangible force in the moment, so whether you see it wounded or even just stalking around there's a lot to like with this one as it continually gets on-screen and active throughout here. The actual resurrection sequence, as the glaring fires from below the ground as the rolling fog from the woods hides the creature coming up from the grave, starts this off nicely with a chillingly Gothic- styled sequence, and from there it gets plenty of fun encounters all throughout here as the creature manages two separate rampages that's quite fun by using the revenge theme on the original gang, there's a strong series of attacks as the short attacks in the barn mangling the victim and attacking the couple at the shack where it scares the terrified witness, as well as longer, more involved ambushes as the chicken farmers attack taking out the whole gang there and the encounter at the house where it brawls around the house before the frantic foot-chase through the woods finishing off the secondary group with some fine graphic kills mixed in amongst the fine chasing an thrilling stalking. That the whole finale comes off with a hint of melancholy and sadness is a nice feat as well, and along with the great creature makeup in the gore here gives this one enough positives to be really enjoyable over it's few negatives. The main problem here is the fact that the main group of friends here are such a despicable group that it's really hard to believe they're friends, mostly due to how he treats them as the bullying, yelling and posturing them simply to save himself, and by pushing them into the proceedings in the first place which makes it really hard to care what happens to him and the group in general. The other real flaw to this one is the fact that this features such an easy-to-guess mystery about the gang getting killed off yet why it goes so long to put the flimsy clues together makes little sense as a supposed big shot detective would see them and put together in order to figure, lending this to a rather troubling plot-line. Otherwise this one has a lot to like.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity.

callanvass (Credit to Parca Mortem on IMDb) After a group of teenagers indirectly cause an old witch to be burned, they accidentally revive Pumpkinhead. This time Pumpkinhead is inhabited by the soul of a deformed orphan killed 30 years before. He goes on a bloody rampage after his tormentors and the teenagers. Meanwhile, a local sheriff tries to solve the mystery and stop the murders.I know Pumpkinhead has a lot of fans, but I'm not one of them. I wasn't looking forward to this sequel. With how awful this sequel is, I'll watch the original over this one any day of the week. Not only is it very stupid, but rather dull as well. There were too many random killings as well. We get severed limbs, blood splashes, and more. The monster is really rubbery looking. He wasn't very threatening at all. Amazingly enough, we get a great horror cast. The performances are OK, but almost everyone is unlikable. Ami Dolenz is cute and makes a decent female lead. J. Trevor Edmond annoyed me. It's always fun to see Andrew Robinson in a role, but I disliked his character. I can't forget about the gorgeous, Soleil Moon Frye either.If you're gonna watch any of the Pumpkinhead movies, stick with the original. This is followed by two crappy straight to video sequels. 3.4/10

udar55 Sheriff Sean Braddock (Andrew Robinson), his wife, and his daughter Jenny (Ami Dolenz) have moved back to his childhood home of Ferrin Woods from big, bad New York City, where Jenny got into trouble. She quickly falls in with the wrong crowd again and soon she and beau Danny (J. Trevor Edmond) are riding around town with their headlights off. Crazy kids! This causes them to hit ol' witch Miss Ossie and, when they go to check on her, they end up resurrecting ol' monster Pumpkinhead, who has a score to settle with some town folks. This direct-to-video follow-up saw poor director Jeff Burr doing his third sequel in a row (following THE STEPFATHER II and THE Texas CHAIN SAW MASSACRE III). Not really much worthwhile in this one. You'll probably get a laugh of the opening credit "Roger Clinton as Mayor Bubba." Unfortunately, this crew doesn't even have the brains to have him make a joke like, "You better solve these murders Sheriff or I'll give a call to my big brother." C'mon, really? The incredible monster from the first film gets redesigned by KNB here and it is not for the better, looking much more like a man in a suit. Look for horror icons Linnea Quigley and Kane Hodder in small roles. It would be 12 years before Pumpkinhead came back in two direct-to-SyFy sequels that were actually worse than this.