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Pumpkinhead (1988)

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Pumpkinhead is a cautionary tale if ever there was one. I’m not saying this as a bad thing, quite the opposite, it knows what it wants to be and does it pretty well. The overarching theme of the movie being “don’t seek vengeance because it doesn’t get you anywhere”, and while some movies might’ve made that a cheesy wholesome everyone learns a lesson in the end type bullshit, Pumpkinhead goes darker with it. Not everyone learns from their mistakes, and sometimes even if you realize you’re wrong it’s too late to change the actions you’ve set in motion.

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