Review – Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes

I don’t think Doug Bradley has had this many lines in a movie since the third Hellraiser picture. I suppose the extra strain of acting might have been relieved a bit by the luxury of not spending hours every day getting done up in the Pinhead makeup. Beyond Bradley, this is yet another one of these. One group of hicks wants revenge on another group of hicks, so they hire our old friend Haggis to once again conjure the Melon Man to go after them. The main problem is that all the hicks look so much alike that who’s being killed and who’s responsible for the killing is often solely a matter of weight, facial hair or (in the case of the ladies) hair color. As an added complication, the night shots – i.e. most of the picture – are so dark that often the screen goes almost completely black, leaving us with nothing but the sounds of Pumpkinhead breaking crap in search of victims. The final product is therefore even harder to pay attention to than most pictures of this ilk. At least it was a bit better than Pumpkinhead 2. See if desperate