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Pumpkinhead

Year:

1989

Duration:

86 min

Genres:

Horror

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Stan Winston

Awards:

3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1989-01-13

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $3,500,000

Gross: $4,385,516 (USA) Filming Dates 20 April 1987 - 9 June 1987 Copyright Holder 1988 MGM/UA, Inc. Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Madeleine Taylor Holmes

Pumpkinhead

Lance Henriksen

Ed Harley

Jeff East

Chris

John D'Aquino

Joel

Kimberly Ross

Kim

Joel Hoffman

Steve

Cynthia Bain

Tracy

Kerry Remsen

Maggie

Florence Schauffler

Haggis

Brian Bremer

Bunt

George 'Buck' Flower

Mr. Wallace

Matthew Hurley

Billy Harley

Lee de Broux

Tom Harley

Peggy Walton-Walker

Ellie Harley

Chance Michael Corbitt

Eddie Harley

Dick Warlock

Clayton Heller

Devon Odessa

Hessie

Joseph Piro

Jimmy Joe

Mayim Bialik

Wallace Kid

Jandi Swanson

Wallace Kid

Robert Fredrickson

Ethan

Greg Michaels

Hill Man

Mary Boessow

Mountain Girl

Mushroom

Gypsy

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Pumpkinhead

Did you know?

Trivia

Because of Stan Winston's request, the screenwriters made both Pumpkinhead and Haggis (the old woman), much darker than in the original script.

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Stan Winston's two children can be glimpsed as members of the Wallace clan.

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The origin of the story was a poem written by Ed Justin.

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Goofs

When Steve is lying dead on the cabin floor just before he is covered up by his brother Joel you can see his eyes moving.

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After Ed Harley shakes off the dog that's biting his arm, you can see an obvious shield under his sleeve where the dog had latched on.

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When the old woman is resurrecting Pumpkinhead, she cuts Billy's wrist or hand and blood trickles out. As he has been dead for several hours, this would be impossible.

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Quotes

Ed Harley: God damn you! God damn you!

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Bunt: [climbing into the back of Ed Harley's pickup] That old woman scares the piss out of me!

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Haggis: You're a fool, Ed Harley.

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Faq

His head doesn't look like a pumpkin...

He comes from an old pumpkin patch.

What happens to pumpkinhead in the end?

After it is killed, it combusts into a blazing fire. Then Ed Harley finishes his transformation into the new Pumpkinhead and shrivels up. The old witch buries the new body in the original grave in the pumpkin patch.

What is the Ed Justin poem that highlights the Pumpkinhead myth, and which inspired the movie?

"Keep away from Pumpkinhead, Unless you're tired of living, His enemies are mostly dead, He's mean and unforgiving, Bolted doors and windows barred, Guard dogs prowling in the yard, Won't protect you in your bed, Nothing will, from Pumpkinhead."

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