Wo das Original im Prinzip ein sehr erwachsenes, stimmungsvolles Drama war bekommt man hier mit ,,Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings“ nun ein typisches Slasher Sequel.

Es gibt paar solide Kills und Pumpkinhead sieht erneut cool aus aber insgesamt ist dies ganz klar ein schwächerer Film. Erst recht wenn es um die Charaktere und Atmosphäre geht.

Kann man machen, ist okay aber muss man nicht.

Wo das Original im Prinzip ein sehr erwachsenes, stimmungsvolles Drama war bekommt man hier mit ,,Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings“ nun ein typisches Slasher Sequel.

Es gibt paar solide Kills und Pumpkinhead sieht erneut cool aus aber insgesamt ist dies ganz klar ein schwächerer Film. Erst recht wenn es um die Charaktere und Atmosphäre geht.

Kann man machen, ist okay aber muss man nicht.

Even though it has a lower budget I like this one more. This has nothing to do with the original and follows more of the teenage centered horror movies that would become more popular in the late 90s. The variation in kills is nice especially since theres atleast 10 in this. The kills are better than the original by a mile, decapitation, dismemberment and the fence impalement was a good callback to the shotgun kill. Pumpkinhead gets way more screentime in this with majority of it being him bitch slapping people around. This is a bad but fun kind of movie, the stupid dialogue and overdramatic acting make it a funny watch. Camera shots are still a highlight in this just like the original. Pumpkinheads back breaker has to be the funniest and best scene in the entire movie. I thoroughly enjoyed this even if I know its really bad.

Even though it has a lower budget I like this one more. This has nothing to do with the original and follows more of the teenage centered horror movies that would become more popular in the late 90s. The variation in kills is nice especially since theres atleast 10 in this. The kills are better than the original by a mile, decapitation, dismemberment and the fence impalement was a good callback to the shotgun kill. Pumpkinhead gets way more screentime in this with majority of it being him bitch slapping people around. This is a bad but fun kind of movie, the stupid dialogue and overdramatic acting make it a funny watch. Camera shots are still a highlight in this just like the original. Pumpkinheads back breaker has to be the funniest and best scene in the entire movie. I thoroughly enjoyed this even if I know its really bad.

This part was amazing ngl. Way better than part 1 , more emotional, better characters, better plot and broken villian. But as always yall love shitting on sequels...

This part was amazing ngl. Way better than part 1 , more emotional, better characters, better plot and broken villian. But as always yall love shitting on sequels...

This one actually had promise of being a good sequel, because the story was actual okay but what makes this bad is that it feels like they went with the first take each time. I wouldn't be surprised if this was filmed over the course of a couple days.
There's time when you can see the strings working Pumpkinhead in scenes that have lots of light to expose them when the scene could have been easily done darker.
There's also a weird bit with the sex scene were the woman roles over after they're finished and you can clearly see her black underwear so it comes across as kinda dumb and awkward. (Even more surprising is the actress in this scene has been fully nude in like 8 or 9 films prior to this one, but didn't for this one for some reason)

This one actually had promise of being a good sequel, because the story was actual okay but what makes this bad is that it feels like they went with the first take each time. I wouldn't be surprised if this was filmed over the course of a couple days.
There's time when you can see the strings working Pumpkinhead in scenes that have lots of light to expose them when the scene could have been easily done darker.
There's also a weird bit with the sex scene were the woman roles over after they're finished and you can clearly see her black underwear so it comes across as kinda dumb and awkward. (Even more surprising is the actress in this scene has been fully nude in like 8 or 9 films prior to this one, but didn't for this one for some reason)

How is it possible that a new sheriff coming to town always exactly coincides with a series of murders?

This very much feels like someone took all the wrong lessons from Twin Peaks. Everyone is shot with crazy headroom, we spend a lot of time in wood paneled kitchens, the teen/family drama is frivolous. But of course without all the self awareness, mystical profundity, and tonal absurdity that made Twin Peaks such a culturally influential phenomenon. 

And don’t even get me started on the wrong lessons it takes from the original Pumpkinhead. Not the worst misunderstanding I’ve seen a sequel have of its source material, but a big reason why the original works so well because each of Pumpkinhead’s victims are direct bystanders or active participants in the killing of the boy; that’s his whole thing. He is the concept of Vengeance taking a physical form— most of the victims here are characters introduced in the same scene in which they die. That theme of revenge is so consistent in the original and so inconsistent here.

I get that the victims are the 50s guy from the cold open a la Dark Night of the Scarecrow, but it’s muddied by the idea that Pumpkinhead is also going after the kids for burning his mother/late wife (yeah I’ll come back to that one). Which like……. Oh man. Come on. He’s a mythical demon, not a resurrected deformed little boy. They really expected us to buy that he accepts the sheriff’s sappy speech and spares his daughter. He doesn’t have a conscience. He’s a cruel, thoughtless force of evil.

Also, the music and cinematography are such aces in the original, and so deeply mediocre in this one. And Pumpkinhead himself… my sweet boy. He does not look good here. They just show too much of him too. In the first film they shoot around him in the dark, atmospheric environments so cleverly, revealing more of his horrific frame little by little. In here he’s just like, full Halloween onesie illuminated with a flood light. The hanging scene at the end was deeply hilarious to me, he looked like he was dancing puppet style. He doesn’t have the sick sense of subtle sadistic humor he has in the first, or the methodical yet animalistic overkill instincts; I could go on and on. Complete misunderstanding of the character on every level.

Lance Henriksen’s absence is also deeply felt, as is Florence Schauffler as Haggis the witch, who is recast(?) or is maybe a totally different witch named Miss Osie. Either way, the witch was metal as fuck in the first, hokey and lame in this one. 

This is watchable and has some interesting little moments but I’d really only recommend it if you’re a big fan of the first and curious. And even then, you probably won’t like it. It’s a lesser Pumpkinhead, a lesser Twin Peaks, and a lesser Dark Night of the Scarecrow. Not annoyingly bad, but just like, bad lmao

Also holy shit. Pumpkinhead fucks. The last iteration of Pumpkinhead had sex with Ms. Osie. P in va-G. With a human woman. He’s naked and on full display in this movie and we don’t get one look at his cock. How does he do that? Was it consensual? Did she want that? Did she at least have the decency to give him some Pumpkinhead first? That sounded funnier in my head

How is it possible that a new sheriff coming to town always exactly coincides with a series of murders?

This very much feels like someone took all the wrong lessons from Twin Peaks. Everyone is shot with crazy headroom, we spend a lot of time in wood paneled kitchens, the teen/family drama is frivolous. But of course without all the self awareness, mystical profundity, and tonal absurdity that made Twin Peaks such a culturally influential phenomenon. 

And don’t even get me started on the wrong lessons it takes from the original Pumpkinhead. Not the worst misunderstanding I’ve seen a sequel have of its source material, but a big reason why the original works so well because each of Pumpkinhead’s victims are direct bystanders or active participants in the killing of the boy; that’s his whole thing. He is the concept of Vengeance taking a physical form— most of the victims here are characters introduced in the same scene in which they die. That theme of revenge is so consistent in the original and so inconsistent here.

I get that the victims are the 50s guy from the cold open a la Dark Night of the Scarecrow, but it’s muddied by the idea that Pumpkinhead is also going after the kids for burning his mother/late wife (yeah I’ll come back to that one). Which like……. Oh man. Come on. He’s a mythical demon, not a resurrected deformed little boy. They really expected us to buy that he accepts the sheriff’s sappy speech and spares his daughter. He doesn’t have a conscience. He’s a cruel, thoughtless force of evil.

Also, the music and cinematography are such aces in the original, and so deeply mediocre in this one. And Pumpkinhead himself… my sweet boy. He does not look good here. They just show too much of him too. In the first film they shoot around him in the dark, atmospheric environments so cleverly, revealing more of his horrific frame little by little. In here he’s just like, full Halloween onesie illuminated with a flood light. The hanging scene at the end was deeply hilarious to me, he looked like he was dancing puppet style. He doesn’t have the sick sense of subtle sadistic humor he has in the first, or the methodical yet animalistic overkill instincts; I could go on and on. Complete misunderstanding of the character on every level.

Lance Henriksen’s absence is also deeply felt, as is Florence Schauffler as Haggis the witch, who is recast(?) or is maybe a totally different witch named Miss Osie. Either way, the witch was metal as fuck in the first, hokey and lame in this one. 

This is watchable and has some interesting little moments but I’d really only recommend it if you’re a big fan of the first and curious. And even then, you probably won’t like it. It’s a lesser Pumpkinhead, a lesser Twin Peaks, and a lesser Dark Night of the Scarecrow. Not annoyingly bad, but just like, bad lmao

Also holy shit. Pumpkinhead fucks. The last iteration of Pumpkinhead had sex with Ms. Osie. P in va-G. With a human woman. He’s naked and on full display in this movie and we don’t get one look at his cock. How does he do that? Was it consensual? Did she want that? Did she at least have the decency to give him some Pumpkinhead first? That sounded funnier in my head