History Film / Pumpkinhead

* LaserGuidedKarma: In Blood Wings, a CorruptHixk organizing cockfights gets his head rammed into his chicken coop, where the terrified chickens [[EyeScream peck out his eyes]] and slash up his face.

* ActorAllusion: Doc Frasier (who is played by Creator/DougBradley) of ''Ashes to Ashes'' has [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} puzzle boxes]] scattered about his office.

* ColbertBump: The series as a whole got ''much'' more attention after WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment did a review of the second movie's ... interesting... video game adaptation.

* ActorAllusion: Doc Frasier (who is played by [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Doug Bradley]]) of ''Ashes to Ashes'' has puzzle boxes scattered about his office.

* ActorAllusion: Doc Frasier (who is played by [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} Doug Bradley]]) of ''Ashes to Ashes'' has puzzle boxes scattered about his office.

* AntiVillain: Ed Harly from the first movie

* FateWorseThanDeath: It's implied that the summoners of Pumpkinhead and trapped in a sort of limo between life and death till the end of time in exchange for summoning him.

->"''Keep away from Pumpkinhead,\\
Unless you're tired of living,\\
His enemies are mostly dead,\\
He's mean and unforgiving,\\
Laugh at him and you're undone,\\
But in some dreadful fashion,\\
Vengeance, he considers fun,\\
And plans it with a passion,\\
Time will not erase or blot,\\
A plot that he has brewing,\\
It's when you think that he's forgot,\\
He'll conjure your undoing,\\
Bolted doors and windows barred,\\

->". . . It's actually pretty good, as far as monster movies go. It's certainly better than any movie called 'Pumpkinhead' has the right to be."
-->-- [[TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]

Pumpkinhead was special effects guru StanWinston's directorial debut and essentially deals with a monster [[NonIndicativeName that doesn't actually have a pumpkin for a head]].

* ManOnFire: The death of the priest (batted on to a table full of candles by Pumpkinhead) in ''Ashes and Dust'', and how one of the Hatfields dies (firing his old shotgun while soaked in moonshine) in ''Blood Feud''.

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* OnlySaneMan: The Sheriff from ''Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings''. It helps that he's played by [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Andrew Robinson]], who may be letting his own incredulity at the script seep into his performance.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Ed Harley's in the SciFi sequels.

* TheJuggernaut

Pumpkinhead was special effects guru StanWinston's directorial debut and essentially deals with a monster that doesn't actually have a pumpkin for a head. The quote above is said to be by Ed Justin and the inspiration for this movie making it possibly the only movie Based On A True Poem. However since nobody has ever heard of anything else to do with this Ed Justin some people (by which we mean someone at TheOtherWiki) wonder if he really exists, making this possibly BasedOnAGreatBigLie while not claiming to be based on any actual fact.

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-->-- [[TheSpoonyExperiment '''The Spoony One''']]

". . . It's actually pretty good, as far as monster movies go. It's certainly better than any movie called 'Pumpkinhead' has the right to be."

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: With a rifle. Pumpkinhead must have gotten tips from [[Film/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]].

The plot is actually the fairly common "Man summons demon to seek revenge" horror plot. It has the common hallmarks: the {{Jerkass Victim}}s do reserve some revenge but he takes it too far (they did a hit-and-run on the guy's son), there is one guy who was actually trying to help the victim but is targetted for revenge anyway, the victims are a bunch of bland teens, cue MyGodWhatHaveIDone and then RedemptionEqualsDeath.

* OnlySaneMan: The Sheriff from ''Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings''. It helps that he's played by [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Andrew Robinson]], who may be letting his own incredulity at the script seep into his performance.

* ColbertBump: The series as a whole got ''much'' more attention after TheSpoonyExperiment did a review of the second movie's ... interesting... video game adaptation.

* ActorAllusion: Doc Frasier (who is played by [[{{Hellraiser}} Doug Bradley]]) of ''Ashes to Ashes'' has puzzle boxes scattered about his office.

* OnlySaneMan: The Sheriff from ''Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings''. It helps that he's played by [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Andrew Robinson]], who may be [[BoredOnBoard letting his own incredulity at the script seep into his performance]].

* CorruptHick: In {{Pumpkinhead}} 2, Mayor Bubba wants to keep the deadly monster alive so its existence could attract tourists. The sheriff doesn't react well.