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* Haggis, the old lady who helps Harley summon the beast. With her disturbing appearance, creepy voice, and extensive knowledge of Pumpkinhead and the process behind summoning him, it can be easy to wonder if she's actually human at all.
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* Haggis, [[WickedWitch Haggis]], the old lady who helps Harley summon the beast. With her disturbing appearance, creepy voice, and extensive knowledge of Pumpkinhead and the process behind summoning him, it can be easy to wonder if she's actually human [[HumanoidAbomination at all.all]].
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** Theres a sound effect playing whenever Pumpkinhead approaches that is like high tension wires in a high wind. You can hear it announcing his attack in the opening scene before his first victim is killed as well. HellIsThatNoise indeed.
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** Theres a sound effect playing whenever Pumpkinhead approaches approaches, a hissing, chittering noise that is like high tension wires rattling in a high wind. You can hear it announcing his attack in the opening scene before his first victim is killed as well.well as his "awakening". HellIsThatNoise indeed.
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** Theres a sound effect playing whenever Pumpkinhead approaches that is like high tension wires in a high wind. You can hear it announcing his attack in the opening scene before his first victim is killed as well. HellIsThatNoise indeed.
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* After Ed Harley has called up the demon to avenge his young son's death, he's driving with the boy's body wrapped up on the front seat of his truck. Suddenly, Billy - complete with the wounds he'd suffered - sits up and quietly asks "What'd you do, daddy?"
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* After Ed Harley has called up the demon to avenge his young son's death, he's driving with the boy's body wrapped up on the front seat of his truck. Suddenly, Billy - complete with the wounds he'd suffered - sits up and quietly asks "What'd "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What'd you do, daddy?"daddy?]]"
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* After Ed Harley has called up the demon to avenge his young son's death, he's driving with the boy's body wrapped up on the front seat of his truck. A bump causes the body to roll off, unraveling, and ask in a soft, scared, little-boy voice, "What'd you do, da ddy?"
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* After Ed Harley has called up the demon to avenge his young son's death, he's driving with the boy's body wrapped up on the front seat of his truck. A bump causes Suddenly, Billy - complete with the body to roll off, unraveling, wounds he'd suffered - sits up and ask in a soft, scared, little-boy voice, quietly asks "What'd you do, da ddy?"daddy?"
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** Even while we don't see much of the kills it's clear Pumpkinhead has a sadistic streak. Most of his kills are unnecessarily protracted, it's readily apparent that he ''could'' kill nearly any of his victims the second they're within reaching distance, but he usually causes slow, painful deaths. Haggis lampshades this, sarcastically asking if Ed Harley thought that the unholy force of wrath he had summoned would be "neat and clean and painless"?
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* The opening scene, showing a man being attacked by the eponymous demon, oozes paranoia. The initial shot of him running through the woods makes for an effective jumpscare, as well.
* Haggis, the old lady who helps Harley summon the beast. With her disturbing appearance, creepy voice, and extensive knowledge of Pumpkinhead and the process behind summoning him, it can be easy to wonder if she's actually human at all.
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* Haggis, the old lady who helps Harley summon the beast. With her disturbing appearance, creepy voice, and extensive knowledge of Pumpkinhead and the process behind summoning him, it can be easy to wonder if she's actually human at all.
* The opening scene, showing a man being attacked by the eponymous demon, oozes paranoia. The initial shot of him running through the woods makes for an effective jumpscare, as well.
* The opening scene, showing a man being attacked by the eponymous demon, oozes paranoia. The initial shot of him running through the woods makes for an effective jumpscare, as well.
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* Haggis, the old lady who helps After Ed Harley summon has called up the beast. With her disturbing appearance, creepy demon to avenge his young son's death, he's driving with the boy's body wrapped up on the front seat of his truck. A bump causes the body to roll off, unraveling, and ask in a soft, scared, little-boy voice, "What'd you do, da ddy?"
* One very subtle andextensive knowledge of Pumpkinhead and yet unsettling detail: Every scene the process behind summoning him, monster's in, it can be easy to wonder if she's actually human has a slightly different face until, at all.
* The opening scene, showing a man being attacked by the eponymous demon, oozes paranoia. The initial shot of him running through the woods makes for an effective jumpscare, as well.last, it has Harley's.
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* The opening scene, showing a man being attacked by the eponymous demon, oozes paranoia. The initial shot of him running through the woods makes for an effective jumpscare, as well.
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* Pumpkinhead himself, holy hell. When [[Creator/StanWinston the man]] who gave us [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]], [[Film/{{Aliens}} the Xenomorph Queen]], and [[Film/JurassicPark the ''Velociraptors'']] is given free range to work on a monster movie, you can bet on some utterly nightmarish effects, and boy howdy, did he not disappoint.
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* Pumpkinhead himself, holy hell. When [[Creator/StanWinston the man]] who gave us [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]], [[Film/{{Aliens}} the Xenomorph Queen]], and [[Film/JurassicPark the ''Velociraptors'']] Velociraptors]] is given free range to work on a monster movie, you can bet on some utterly nightmarish effects, and boy howdy, did he not disappoint.
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* Pumpkinhead himself, holy hell. When [[Creator/StanWinston the man]] who gave us [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]], [[Film/{{Aliens}} the Xenomorph Queen]], and [[Film/JurassicPark the ''Velociraptors'']] is given free range to work on a monster movie, you can bet on some utterly nightmarish effects, and boy howdy, did he not disappoint.
** Pumpkinhead's attacks are this as well. Unlike other, similar horror movies from around the time this was made, most of the deaths take place offscreen, [[NothingIsScarier and we are left to fill in the blanks with our imagination.]] One of the few exceptions is Joel, and good Lord, is his death a brutal one. We are initially led to believe that he will suffer a simple shotgun blast to the gut. By no means lovely, but it is still rather tame by the standards of the horror genre. But Pumpkinhead being his usual, sadistic self, the scene instead goes in another direction by having him actually ''impale Joel through the belly with the barrel of the shotgun'' and lift him up to give everyone a good view of what's happening. Ouch.
* Haggis, the old lady who helps Harley summon the beast. With her disturbing appearance, creepy voice, and extensive knowledge of Pumpkinhead and the process behind summoning him, it can be easy to wonder if she's actually human at all.
* The opening scene, showing a man being attacked by the eponymous demon, oozes paranoia. The initial shot of him running through the woods makes for an effective jumpscare, as well.
* The fact that defeating Pumpkinhead requires Harley to kill himself. Already unpleasant, but it gets worse when Harley (and, by extension, Pumpkinhead) is revealed to still be alive after his initial self-inflicted gunshot, and is briefly left bleeding out on the ground.
* Pumpkinhead himself, holy hell. When [[Creator/StanWinston the man]] who gave us [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]], [[Film/{{Aliens}} the Xenomorph Queen]], and [[Film/JurassicPark the ''Velociraptors'']] is given free range to work on a monster movie, you can bet on some utterly nightmarish effects, and boy howdy, did he not disappoint.
** Pumpkinhead's attacks are this as well. Unlike other, similar horror movies from around the time this was made, most of the deaths take place offscreen, [[NothingIsScarier and we are left to fill in the blanks with our imagination.]] One of the few exceptions is Joel, and good Lord, is his death a brutal one. We are initially led to believe that he will suffer a simple shotgun blast to the gut. By no means lovely, but it is still rather tame by the standards of the horror genre. But Pumpkinhead being his usual, sadistic self, the scene instead goes in another direction by having him actually ''impale Joel through the belly with the barrel of the shotgun'' and lift him up to give everyone a good view of what's happening. Ouch.
* Haggis, the old lady who helps Harley summon the beast. With her disturbing appearance, creepy voice, and extensive knowledge of Pumpkinhead and the process behind summoning him, it can be easy to wonder if she's actually human at all.
* The opening scene, showing a man being attacked by the eponymous demon, oozes paranoia. The initial shot of him running through the woods makes for an effective jumpscare, as well.
* The fact that defeating Pumpkinhead requires Harley to kill himself. Already unpleasant, but it gets worse when Harley (and, by extension, Pumpkinhead) is revealed to still be alive after his initial self-inflicted gunshot, and is briefly left bleeding out on the ground.
