ThiefHott
Too much of everything
RyothChatty
ridiculous rating
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Scarecrow-88
The Hatfields and McCoys are two rival families who have been at each others throats since Uncle Abner(a Hatfield)was hit by a car(driven by reckless joyriding McCoys)confining him to a wheelchair..to fuel the ongoing feud, the McCoys didn't provide the motorcar they promised to deliver because of the incident. When Ricky McCoy's sister is killed while running from Tommy and Bob Joe Hatfield, he'll conjure the Pumpkinhead demon to seek revenge. In true Romeo and Juliet fashion, Ricky McCoy(Bradley Taylor) loves Jodie Hatfield(Amy Manson) and such a forbidden courtship leads to inevitable consequences as does the summoning of Pumpkinhead. As the Pumpkinhead demon dispatches McCoys, Ricky's soul is slowly "eaten away". Meanwhile, the damned spirit of Ed Harley(Lance Henriksen, with a more substantial role in this film than the previous entry in the series)tries to talk the witch out of allowing Ricky to summon the Pumpkinhead, and, when that isn't successful, attempts to warn Jodie of the acts set in motion and what she must do to rectify the unfortunate state of affairs which will take away all those she loves. Because of his love for her, Jodie is exempt, it seems, from the fate of her brothers. Everything just escalates; tensions intensify as those Hatfields which remain seek to get vengeance for their fallen brethren.The Pumpkinhead series perhaps comes to an end as Ed Harley is able to contribute mightily in ending the demon's reign of terror by convincing Jodie to make a devastating choice under strenuous circumstances. Like the other films in the series, the Pumpkinhead demon will not stop until all that are marked are killed so the source will have to be taken care of before it can be vanquished. This could've been called THE PUMPKINHEAD MASSACRE as the demon monster has plenty of victims to rip apart and destroy. The Pumpkinhead series is a nice throwback to the rubbersuited creature features of yore, but I'm not sure why this particular film has such poor hick characters living in Depression era conditions. By all rights, this is set in a modern setting years after Ed Harley conjured the Pumpkinhead, but, for some reason, the film takes place in a western-like town, with surrounding wilderness. It was nice to see Henriksen given more than just a five minute part, his role, Ed Harley condemned to live "between two worlds never to ever see his son for the calling of the Pumpkinhead", extended past "paycheck status". Lots of men crushed, mangled, with their guts spilling out, heads crushed, and tossed about like pillows. I think the oft-used "family feud" plot is played out and tired, but such a premise does seem sensible for the classic Pumpkinhead tragedy, always a factor in every film in the series, where innocents are sacrificed due to a hunger for revenge. We know that once a death takes place, the Pumpkinhead will be called by someone in a moment of blinded rage, and it will not end well for the person who summoned the demon from hell or those marked. The witch is a grotesque sight and the Pumpkinhead creature is as ugly and menacing as ever. Still, I reckon Pumpkinhead's time is up and there's really nothing left to do with Stan Winston's monster..time to retire and let it's bones rest. Rob Freeman has a part as the sheriff, Dallas Pope, who shares a history with the Pumpkinhead demon, and his role in the hit and run accident which left a woman for dead, will be justified(often visited by Harley, who reminds him of what awaits)."We are what we do."
Boba_Fett1138
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.5/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Claudio Carvalho
In spite of the long feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys because of a car accident, Jodie Hatfield (Amy Manson) and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy (Bradley Taylor) love each other and are planning to leave their families and move to another place. During the night, after the Hatfields having trashed a McCoy wedding, Jodie sneaks out from her house to meet Ricky, while his young sister Sara (Maria Roman) looks out for them. However, Jodie is followed and they are found together in the woods by Jodie's brothers Bobby Joe (Ovidiu Niculescu) and Billy Bob (Elias Ferkin) that accidentally kill Sara. Ricky seeks revenge, going to the house of the witch of the woods Haggis (Lynne Verrall) that summons Pumpkinhead to kill all the Hatfields except Jodie. When his vengeance is set in motion, the Hatfields are attacked by the demon in a bloodshed night."Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud" uses the forbidden romance between a young couple of two families in permanent feud and a tragic love story like in Romeo and Juliet to bring back the powerful demon Pumpkinhead in another bloodshed. This television movie is not as bad as indicated in many reviews; actually I liked the enjoyable story and I found it underrated with the 4.5 IMDb Rating. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Pumpkinhead 4: Maldição Sangrenta" ("Pumpkinhead 4: Bloody Curse")
Phillemos
I realize it's a small statistical sampling (8 votes as of this posting), but 5.9 out of 10? I'm giving this movie a 3 and even that's generous. I've tried to watch this movie three times now (the Saturday night 9 p.m. premiere on SciFi Channel, and the Saturday night at 1 a.m. and Thursday night re-broadcasts) and I've fallen asleep all three times before the movie ends. Which leaves me with a laundry list of unanswered questions. For example, is Lance Henriksen that strapped for cash that he has to keep playing supporting roles in these god-awful "Pumpkinhead" sequels? Is Henriksen contractually banned from doing any non-"Pumpkinhead" movies? Can't the creators of this franchise do better than a monster that looks like a geriatric, emaciated "Alien" who walks like he has a stick jammed up his a**? When are the hick characters in these movies going to realize that handguns and rifles don't hurt the "Pumpkinhead?" Why don't they try jamming another stick up this thing's a** instead? And, lastly, are the writers of this movie so creatively challenged that they couldn't come up with names for the two feuding families more original than the Hatfields and the McCoys? While you're at it, why not write a screenplay about a fictional president and name him George Bush? Someday I may have the mental stamina to watch this movie all the way through without drifting off to sleep. Until then, if somebody has the answers, please let me know.
