Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Hurst directs. Erik Wilson behind the camera. Rob Lord scores. Robin Hill cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Romania, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 19 years ago.
• 2International production across 3 countries: Romania, United Kingdom, United States of America.
• 3Part of the "Pumpkinhead Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 4Directed by Michael Hurst, shot by Erik Wilson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Original score by Rob Lord. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 6Editor Robin Hill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 7Lance Henriksen and Rob Freeman and Amy Manson carry the top of the cast.
• 8Marketing tagline: "Vengeance will be his.".
• 9IMDB entry: tt0790816 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 10Classified under 8 themes, including "monster", "ritual", "halloween", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography

Erik Wilson

Original score

Rob Lord

Editing

Robin Hill

Production design

Christian Niculescu

Costume design

Ioana Albaiu

Makeup / hair

Miruna Panaitescu

Stunt coordinator

Vasilescu Valentin

Runtime

95 min · 1h 35m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007) ↗

Part of

Pumpkinhead Collection

Pumpkinhead is a 1988 American dark fantasy horror film about a vengeance demon. It was the directorial debut of special effects artist Stan Winston. The film has built up a cult following in the years since its release. The first in the Pumpkinhead franchise, a sequel, entitled Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, went straight to video in 1994 directed by Jeff Burr. Two additional sequels, titled Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, were filmed in 2006 as made for television movies and aired on Syfy. Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes aired in October 2006, and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud aired on February 10, 2007. There is rumors of a reboot.

• 
  Pumpkinhead

  1988
• 
  Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

  1995
• 
  Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes

  2006
• 
  Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud

  2007 · this one

Also by

Michael Hurst

• 
  The Baby Juice Express

  2004 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Femme Fatales

  2011 · ★ 6.1
• 
  Re-Kill

  2015 · ★ 6.0
• 
  New Blood

  1999 · ★ 5.5
• 
  The Darkroom

  2006 · ★ 4.9
• 
  Room 6

  2006 · ★ 4.9

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Gimly2017-12-10
  ★ 2/10

  The "Well at least Pumpkinhead looked good!" excuse has officially run out of steam as we hit the fourth entry into the vengeance demon's horror franchise, Blood Feud. After some bullshit about how the Hatfields and McCoys actually hate each other because one family didn't give a car to the other(???) the titular Pumpkinhead is summoned because of course he is, to act as secondary antagonist in redneck Romeo and Juliet and- you know what, I'm done? It's the worst of the bunch and that's saying something considering it's coming off of two back-to-back failures in the series before it. Final rating:★ - Of no value. Avoid at all costs.

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• Filipe Manuel Neto2022-07-05
  ★ 1/10

  Bloody Romeo and Juliet: if they won't let us marry, we'll slaughter them all. Soon after the 2006 film, released directly to television, the producers bet on its direct sequel, also in physical format. The story appears to take place about five years after the events of Pumpkinhead 3 and tells how the creature will be awakened back in our world to decimate an entire family. If there is something that has guided the sequels of Pumpkinhead it has been the permanent ineptitude of the screenwriters involved, incapable of creating credible, logical, appealing stories capable of reasonably supporting a horror movie. The script of this film, if you look closely, looks like a sly and weird retelling of Romeo and Juliet: the couple love each other and come from families that have been at war for decades over a pittance. However, as the families won't let them stay together, the boy decides that the most logical and natural thing to do is, of all the options available, visit a witch, wake up a hellish demon with the risk of losing his own soul and slaughtering the whole beloved woman's family! It makes sense… who wouldn't do the same? In addition to this poor script, we have characters that are frankly sketchy and not very believable, who have been left to the care of an amateur cast, which is not capable of dealing with all the problems at hand and is doomed to fail in their efforts. And this time there's not even a worthy villain here... just a petty war between redneck families, for futile reasons, and a little scary monster. In fact, the monster has long since lost any ability to scare us, even though it makes excellent bloodshed with the corpses of its victims, much to the delight of lovers of gore and some violence. Lance Henrikssen is still present, and his character is given greater relevance in this film, but he doesn't do much for the film, nor could he prevent its failure. Technically, it's a cheap and not very scary movie, although it has some scenes that can make us nauseous and a general improvement in the technical quality, at all levels, when we compare this movie with the third in the franchise. In fact, the cinematography is better and the shooting and editing are more regular. Also, the effects are much better, more effective and believable, and the sets and costumes are quite good.

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Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Motion Picture Corporation of America

  US

• 

  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

  US

• LO

  Lost Junction Films

  GB

• CL

  Clubdeal

  GB

• 

  Castel Film

  RO

• SO

  Soho Square Productions No. 4

• FU

  Future Films

  GB

• SC

  Sci Fi Pictures

• PU

  Pueblo Film Group

Key crew

• ProducerBrad Krevoy
• ProducerDonald Kushner
• Executive ProducerReuben Liber
• Line ProducerBogdan Moncea
• Executive ProducerKarri O'Reilly
• Co-ProducerVlad Păunescu
• ProducerPierre Spengler
• Associate ProducerRichard Turner
• EditorRobin Hill
• CastingCarolyn McLeod
• Production DesignChristian Niculescu
• Art DirectionAdrian Curelea
• Set DecorationDan Toader
• Costume DesignIoana Albaiu
• Makeup ArtistMiruna Panaitescu
• Supervising Sound Effects EditorBen Meechan
• Foley ArtistJack Stew
• Key Hair StylistCătălin Ciutu
• Key Makeup ArtistIoana Angelescu
• Special Effects Makeup ArtistIonel Popa
• Makeup DesignerGary J. Tunnicliffe
• HairstylistCristina Temelie
• Second Assistant DirectorOana Ene
• First Assistant DirectorMircea Hategan

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• monster
• ritual
• halloween
• sequel
• demon
• based on song, poem or rhyme
• family feud
• pumpkin head

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2007-02-10R· SyFy

Also known as

International titles

• Pumpkinhead 4: Blood FeudUS
• Pacto de Sangre 4 La Cólera del InfiernoSV
• Pumpkinhead IV: Love HurtsUS
• Pumpkinhead IV: Blood FeudUS
• Pacto de VingançaPT
• Pumpkinhead 4 - BlutfehdeDE
• Pumpkinhead 4: Maldição SangrentaBR