kclipper Review of Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006 TV Movie)

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes gets a fair review

[6/10 · 1 April 2007]

I am a long time fan of the original Pumpkinhead. Its dark, moody theme and awesome creature effects by Stan Winston are top notch. Lance Henrickson maintains a good screen presence in the horror genre which leaves this new sequel questionable for fans. For an original T.V. movie, this was entertaining enough and surprisingly gory. Horror icon Doug Bradley (Pinhead) is interesting as a sinister surgeon performing operations on townsfolk in order to sell their organs. When a woman finds that her family was murdered by Bradley and his clan, she summons the demon to get revenge. Plot keeps true to the original, but the creature looks cheap and hokey due to the CGI effects. It really falls flat in comparison, but not bad considering the long wait for a third sequel.