His Enemies Are Mostly Dead

Pumpkinhead
(1988)


Two things:

1. I'd gladly pay the price to take a few people off the planet...and no, I would not regret it.
2. Love this movie but it's really not nearly the gore-fest it's hyped up to be. Still...

Any revenge plan that starts with digging up a dead demon is bound to end with regret...and you might want to find out the small details before you enter the contract.

Some cityfolk done kilt Ed Harley's only boy. Fulla hurt, he let one' them Wallace younguns steer him to ole Haggis' place up in them mountains. That there witch done set him on the path to hell.

Several impalements later, we learn what the real payment is for unleashing the demon (and possibly a hint at why Haggis helps).

So the movie was inspired by the following poem, though it seems like no one knows anything about the author (Ed Justin) who wrote it, or where it came from.

Keep away from Pumpkinhead,
Unless you're tired of living,
His enemies are mostly dead,
He's mean and unforgiving,
Laugh at him and you're undone,
But in some dreadful fashion,
Vengeance, he considers fun,
And plans it with a passion,
Time will not erase or blot,
A plot that he has brewing,

It's when you think that he's forgot,
He'll conjure your undoing,
Bolted doors and windows barred,
Guard dogs prowling in the yard,
Won't protect you in your bed,
Nothing will, from Pumpkinhead.

5/5 - c'mon it's Pumpkinhead, King of the Revenge-Demon-movies...and I love his smile.