Pumpkinhead 2 Blood Wings (1993)
Every year in October I watch Pumpkinhead 2 Blood Wings. Why? It's not good. In fact in production value its probably less then a quarter as well crafted as the original. But I still fucking love this movie and it is without a doubt my favorite in the series (not hard since the other sequels are totally forgettable) . Its very hard to explain my love for this movie and I don't really expect to convince you but I need to express my love. Is it the wave of genre cameos that really serve no purpose like making Linnea Quigley, R A Mihailoff and Kane Hodder randoms kills for the monster. Is it that the mayor of the town is played by Roger Clinton brother of Bill Clinton and is obviously making fun of him in the process IS it that Punky Brewster her self is all grown up in this as the "bad girl" of these hilariously stereotype "teens" in a horror movie? Is it that the also stereotypical blonde good girl of the "teen" group is the daughter of a Monkee?
IS IT that they accept they have half the budget but also have no reason to hide the monster so basically Pumpkinhead is a big wobbly armed rubber monster?
IS IT that basically its the plots of imagry of Pet Semetery , Nightmare on Elm Street and Rawhead Rex in one film but only using the bare minimum of these elements making it more of a slasher then a dark folktale? Is it the total lack of suspense but yet never being boring? Is it that Gloria Hendry from Black Belt Jones does not want to be in this movie and you can tell as while Andrew Robinson is acting the hell out of every scene even if the lines are totally stupid? IISSSS IT because of that hilarious video game that shows Pumpkinhead dancing to the music that plays at the beginning of this movie? I don't know.
Maybe its none of those things, maybe its ALL of those things. So innocently dumb while trying so hard to make a modern horror icon they just end up making a 1950s Corman beach monster movie by mistake. Fuck I love Pumpkinhead 2 BLOOD WINGS! It really fits in my year spoopy viewing. I may be crazy but Im sure someone out there feels me. Now stay safe kids, don't set fire to old witches and go wash your hands.
In closing may I say this.. Pumpkinhead 2 is the movie about a deformed child that dies and comes back as a ghost but the ghost is a Dinosaur. This is the plot but no one making the feel seems to be aware of this.
