Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007) (TV)

Director:

Michael Hurst

Writer:

Michael Hurst (writer)

Release Date:

10 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Vengeance Will Be His

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Pumpkin Head | Revenge | Witch | Monster | Based On Poem

Cast

Amy Manson	...	Jodie Hatfield
Bradley Taylor	...	Ricky McCoy
Claire Lams	...	Dolly Hatfield
Rob Freeman	...	Sheriff Dallas Pope
Ovidiu Niculescu	...	Bobby Joe Hatfield
Peter Barnes	...	Papa McCoy
Peter Barnes	...	Papa McCoy
Lance Henriksen	...	Ed Harley
Elvin Dandel	...	Tristan McCoy
Richard Durden	...	Old Man Hatfield
Alin Constantinescu	...	Emmett Hatfield
Razvan Oprea	...	Brett Hatfield
Rudy Rosenfeld	...	Abner Hatfield
Lynne Verrall	...	Haggis
Calin Puia	...	Tommy Hatfield

Also Known As:

Pumpkinhead 4: Blood Feud (USA) (DVD title)
Pumpkinhead IV: Love Hurts (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | UK:18 | Singapore:R21

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Castel Film Romania

Movie Connections:

Follows Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) (V)

The best of the sequels so far.

It was a bit surprising to note that this fourth movie from the Pumpkinhead franchise was the best of the sequels to watch. Not that that means that it was a great movie though but it featured a decent enough story, that stays true to the Pumpkinhead-franchise but is not as predictable and clichéd as its predecessors. The characters are all better and the movie also features a decent enough amount of gore to pleasure the genre-fans.

The movie has the same look and feels as the third movie "Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes" and also seems to be shot at the same locations. This isn't a very positive thing though. It got shot in Romania, which is of course nothing like the South of the USA, which made the first Pumpkinhead movie such an atmospheric one.

The movie features some pretty good effects, which also provides the movie with some nice gory moments. It also uses the monster at the right moments and it doesn't make the mistake of featuring it as prominently as any of the other earlier sequels.

Yet again the movie features Lance Henriksen, who had played the main character almost 20 years prior to this movie, in the first Pumpkinhead movie from 1988, directed by Stan Winston. He also reappeared in "Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes" but his role in that movie was rather small and pointless. In this movie his character doesn't make a totally redundant impression and it's a pleasure to watch him in this movie. It still gives the movie a certain bit of more overall professionality over it, despite its overall obvious low-budget look and feel.

A decent enough movie and certainly the best out of the so far three sequels made.

5/10