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Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

Andrew Robinson (Actor), Ami Dolenz (Actor), Jeff Burr (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 850 ratings
IMDb4.6/10.0
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Genre Horror
Format Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Full Screen
Contributor Steve Kanaly, J. Trevor Edmond, Hill Harper, Alexander Polinsky, Gloria Hendry, J.P. Manoux, Mark McCracken, Ivan Chachornia, Lilyan Chauvin, Soleil Moon Frye, Jeff Burr, Constantine Chachornia, Ami Dolenz, Andrew Robinson, Caren Kaye, Will Huston See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 28 minutes

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The soul of the deformed boy that was killed in the original film is re-awakened in the form of a grotesque monster that seeks revenge against those who originally killed him and against the teens that brought him back

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 2.65 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Jeff Burr
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Full Screen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 28 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 20, 2005
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Andrew Robinson, Ami Dolenz, Soleil Moon Frye, J. Trevor Edmond, Hill Harper
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Lions Gate
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000A6T1ZY
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Constantine Chachornia, Ivan Chachornia, Will Huston
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 850 ratings

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Ronnie Richardson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Creature Feature
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
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If you like horror films with demon creatures that kill off most of the cast, this one will be right up your alley. Is it the best film of all time? No. It is a lot of fun? Yes! Highly recommended.
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snibbles
5.0 out of 5 stars Super scary!
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2023
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Bought it for myself even though I've seen it many times. My grandson was staying with me and wanted to see it so that's why I got it
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Static
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic cheesy sequel
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023
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Not as great as the first, but still have nothing but love for the value you used to get from the old school horror movie sequel.
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John's Horror Corner
3.0 out of 5 stars A decently entertaining ill-written/acted/directed B-movie sequel, but unworthy in comparison to the 1988 original.
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2016
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Anyone seeking a worthy follow-up to Pumpkinhead will surely be disappointed. But adventures in search of a worthy B-movie or a silly scary movie date night will find an entertaining evening.

Some people dread the sequels of their favorite classic horror movies, often picked up by different and less experienced writers and directors and remanded to direct-to-video/DVD. Not me. Even when they never measure up, I’m happy someone tried. Director Jeff Burr (Puppet Master 4-5, Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III) takes the helm and follows in the footsteps of makeup special effects wizard turned one-time horror director Stan Winston (Pumpkinhead). Those are some big shoes to fill.

The opening scene is far from promising. It’s a shining example of how the video era made the 90s a terrible decade for horror. Anyone could make a film in the 90s (and today…but not in the 80s). They couldn’t necessarily act, write, direct or edit. But they could film whatever drivel that wandered in front of the camera. In this sequel the acting is bottom tier, the characters aren’t at all likable, and the dialogue is 80% lame exposition; just awful.

We flash back to 1958, when a disfigured boy is tortured and killed by a clique of malicious greasers as his elderly mother watched. Then we shift to present day and find the modern counterparts of those young criminals. These delinquents waste no time smoking pot, drinking underage, and making unwanted sexual advances. Pumpkinhead (1988) was heavily troped up, but this is just crass.

A big city cop (Andrew Robinson; Hellraiser, Trancers 3, Child’s Play 3) moves his family to the woods to become a small town sheriff. His daughter Jenny (Ami Dolenz; Ticks, Witchboard 2) falls into the wrong crowd almost instantly.

While out late and up to no good they hit the local witch (Lilyan Chauvin; Predator 2, Silent Night, Deadly Night) with their car and stumble across her cabin. In her primitive and filthy home they find a ritual, a spell from the Book of Shadows to raise the dead. But the vehicular assault clearly wasn’t enough, so a teenager (J. Trevor Edmond; Lord of Illusions, Return of the Living Dead 3) beats her, steals a magical totem and leaves her to die as her cabin burns down with her in it. So naturally, the witch curses them that the demonic entity Pumpkinhead will exact her revenge.

But what’s strange is that, after being cursed, the kids go dig up her dead son (somehow knowing exactly where to dig), desecrate his grave, and perform the dead-awakening ritual themselves! Soooooo… did the curse even matter? Well, like I said, it’s not competently written.

Well now somehow all the locals know that “it’s back” and “it won’t stop until it gets what it wants.” Evidently the local folklore is more like common knowledge.

To call the special effects inferior to Stan Winston’s glorious original wouldn’t be unwarranted. This rubber monster is certainly more than passable. The long fingers lack some of the refinement of Winston’s Pumpkinhead, which also had a perpetual mucousy sheen and a more expressive face that conferred greater personality. There’s some blood and dismemberment, but most of the flesh-rending action takes place off-screen. The important thing is that we really get to see the monster—it’s entire body—and not just his head in some shots and a swinging claw in others. We see it and we see a lot of it! And if I had never seen part 1 for comparison, I’d be pleased with this creature feature’s Pumpkinhead. One deficit, though, would be this monster’s feet. They lack the spindly xenomorphic look of 1988. No, this 1993 model is a bit more lumbering T-rex than velociraptor.

When it came to the witch, this sequel was barely even phoning it in. The 1988 witch was shrouded in menace and primitive mysticism. When she spoke your ears listened and your stomach tightened. She exuded that backwoods black magic atmosphere. This which was a lumpy latex-faced menace with no lines of substance and a cheaply over-staged cabin lair. But that would fit most comparisons to be made between 1993 and 1988. Woefully ill-written, less expertly effected, and unthoughtfully over-staged. Don’t even get me started comparing Lance Henriksen (Harbinger Down, Aliens, AVP, The Pit and the Pendulum) to Andrew Robinson; it wouldn’t be fair, especially with the hand Robinson (who was once great in Hellraiser) was dealt in terms of the script and director.

This sequel feels more campy. Kane Hodder (Smothered, Wishmaster, Hatchet, Love in the Time of Monsters) and Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Creepazoids) have cameos—really just an excuse to throw in some boobs and fan favorite actors. At one point Pumpkinhead picks up a victim and executes a WWF backbreaker—at which point any minimal semblance of creepy atmosphere the film had, is lost. A broken spine is devastating and all, but it didn’t seem like the style of a demon, nor did the “death by pecking chickens” scene.

And therein lies this movie’s greatest shortcoming: completely uninventive death scenes. It’s awesome seeing Pumpkinhead, but almost boring watching him kill (largely off-screen). That is, of course, outside of the so-bad-it’s-good chuckle here or there. With the exception of one sloppy campy decapitation, there is no gore worth mentioning. And, by the way, there are no “wings” in Blood Wings despite some suggestive movie posters. It’s just a really stupid play on a really stupid plot point.

Anyone seeking a worthy follow-up to Pumpkinhead will surely be disappointed…very disappointed. But adventures in search of a worthy B-movie or a silly scary movie date night will find an entertaining evening.
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Kevin Dudley
4.0 out of 5 stars A very cheesy sequel that is still fun. (review pertains to Scream Factory's bluray)
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2015
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Whereas Stan Winston's 1988 horror classic "Pumpkinhead" was a well made moody creature feature with gothic overtones, the in name only direct to video 1994 sequel "Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings" is complete schlock. While by no means a good film, everybody involved clearly had their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks. I have always felt like the Pumpkinhead monster felt shoe horned into the script and the extras on Scream Factory's special edition bluray release confirm this fact. The producers had a script completely unrelated to Pumpkinhead but found they needed to make a sequel fast or they would lose the rights so a hasty rewrite was done to make it a Pumpkinhead sequel. It also has pretty much nothing to do with the 1988 original other than the title creature. If you kept the right frame of mind, this movie can be a hoot and a half to watch with some friends and some cold alcoholic beverages. It really makes no sense at all but director Jeff Burr (who I still feel is incapable of directing a film and staging scenes properly) keeps things moving along at a brisk 89 minutes and it is never boring.

The cast contains some fan favorites such as Andrew Robinson in a starring role as the sheriff and Linnea Quigley and Kane Hodder in smaller roles. The cast playing the teens are alright overall. The creature is seen too much but this does help to add to the film's (unintentional?) humor. None of the rural and Gothic tones of the original are present and instead everything is presented in overly at times slick fashion. But somehow it all works.

Scream Factory's bluray like their release of the original film gives the film its due with a stellar video and audio presentation along with plenty of in depth supplementary material to enhance knowledge of how the film was made. Since this was a direct to video release, I believe this is the first time the film has been shown in its original intended 1.85:1 ratio. Detail is quite good and this is the best the film has probably ever looked and will ever look. No digital scrubbing has been done so everything retains a nice filmic appearance. The audio is presented in 2 channel lossless stereo. Extras include a little over an hour long interview with the director Jeff Burr in which he goes beyond just this film and goes into his overall career path and thoughts on independent filmmaking as a whole. I was surprised how deep this extra went actually. There's also an over half hour long look at the film's effects work and the director also contributes an in depth commentary track packed with even more information than I thought was possible. He literally never stops talking but is always interesting, honest and detailed. Rounding out the extras is some on set behind the scenes footage.

While by no means a horror classic like the 1988 original, the 1994 sequel still is a lot of campy fun and Scream Factory's bluray presents the film with a plethora of extras for fans to sink their teeth into. Highly recommended!
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Rick Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the first
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022
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I knew what to expect when I rented it. It's not a cinematic masterpiece, but I gave it 5 stars because it's PUMPKINHEAD!!!! Look, if you're wanting to watch a badass demon using practical special FX and not that CGI crap, watch it. And watch the others in this series and don't complain. Or, jog on!
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J. West
5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Horror In The Early 90's
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2018
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Andrew Robinson (Hellraiser, Child's Play 3) is a great actor, specially in this one. Including Linnea Quigley, a scream queen in the early 80's. She was in so many horror films you can count. I notice Kane Hodder (Friday The 13th Part VII The New Blood, Friday The 13th Part VIII Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes To Hell, Jason X, Hatchet, Hatchet 2, Hatchet 3, Victor Crowley) is in this one, he has a death scene. But I love these type of horror movies. The second one was awesome. Interesting.
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Wesley A. Morin
5.0 out of 5 stars Got in good condition, sealed still. Blu-ray case in good shape
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2022
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The package came on time that was great. Product delivered was in excellent condition. Great product, great seller.
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Björn
5.0 out of 5 stars Super Film und fairer Preis
Reviewed in Germany on September 15, 2023
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Ich liebe diesen Film! Ich gehöre zu den Menschen, die Filme gerne in der Hand halten und diese gerne ins Regal stellen und sammeln. Ich versuche auch oft Filme gebraucht zu kaufen: schont die Umwelt und den Geldbeutel! Aber bei ganz aktuellen Filmen kaufe ich diese neu.

Die Bewertung von Filmen selbst ist ja immer ziemlich subjektiv. Aber die Lieferung und der Preis (im Vergleich zu anderen Anbietern) ist top und meistens am günstigsten. Ich wurde auch bei Vorbestellungen schon öfters im Nachhinein informiert, dass der Film doch günstiger wurde und habe dann nur den niedrigen Preis zahlen müssen.
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L.M.A
5.0 out of 5 stars Sólo me queda conseguir la primera.
Reviewed in Spain on March 16, 2021
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Edición bluray "pelada".
Castellano, Inglés e índice de capítulos.

Como siempre dvd store aunque haya que pagar gastos de envío son unos profesionales como la copa de un pino
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Teri
5.0 out of 5 stars Supernatural Justice
Reviewed in Canada on February 23, 2016
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I just LOVE this movie as those who mess with magic and those who committed a murder are brought to justice by a supernatural creature.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Evaluation du film impossible car PAS EN FRANCAIS CONTRAIREMENT A CE QUI ETAIT ANNONCE
Reviewed in France on October 5, 2014
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Malgré le fait que l'on indique zone 1 pour ce dvd, je pensais naïvement que les indications d'amazon étaient honnêtes (anglais, français, espagnol) et que je pourrais voir le film en français. Ce ne fut pas le cas. Donc déception, achat inutile et retour impossible vu les frais d'envoi élevés. Finis pour moi les achats sur amazon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Germany on December 31, 2023
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