Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (PH3)

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Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes

This was the only poster I could find, so it wins:

After reviewing the second one, I got curious about the other Pumpkinhead sequels, so I tracked down the next in the line. There is a fourth one, but that will come some other day.

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This one planned on being a sequel to the original, ignoring the second. Let’s see how that worked out for them

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Here…we…go…

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A Jake West film. West, Jake West.

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A Sci-Fi Picture. Oh…oh no. No! Noooo!

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Starring Doug Bradley of Hellraiser fame/ Okay. I can deal a little better. Just because Syfy has something to do with it doesn’t mean it’ll be completely horrible, right? Lance Henriksen is here, too. Hooray flashbacks or ghost character.

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Music by Rob Lord. Lord, Rob Lord.

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Opening credits are around three minutes long with a flashlight approach to showing the names while, I assume, ash falls in the background.

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Screenplay is co-written by Jake West. West, Jake West.

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Alright…shots of water and wood. We must be in the desert.

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Anyway, a man is running as fast as he can. Multiple camera cuts following his flee from an unseen follower. He trips into water. Turns and sees…Pumpkinhead. He’s no Tommyhead, but he’ll do. The man screams and backs against a tree where our title character slices a cross into his head with a very sharp fingernail. The man screams and…

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Doug Bradley wakes him up. Yay, opening dream sequence! Bradley yells at the man to move a body because it smells. They must be the local mortuary…or serial killers.

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We cut to a man and his dog going through the forest. Suddenly, the dog starts barking and charges away. The man follows and sees the dog by a decomposed and rather bony corpse. After leading his master to this display, the dog takes off again, this time bothering our former dreamer who is dragging a dead body. Well, then. The new guy decides to go in the opposite direction.

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New guy rushes into a large building that reads “Crematorium” Good call. We see some paintings, a coffin, and some rather dreary curtains. He continues to wander around without calling for anyone.

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We cut to a dead body getting its throat cut out. “What a fine specimen…” states Bradley, who assumes the flesh can be used to cover a defect. Interesting way to introduce the two guys on one gal watching him. Then again, they’re most likely here to be death filler.

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Back to Dreamer. He shoves the dead body into the muddy waters and then looks up to see…Lance Henriksen! Well, “Ed Harley” but it’s Lance just the same. “You’re livin on borrowed time.” States our ghostly Lance. He tells the Dreamer about how his way of life is going to bring him a lot of pain in the afterlife, but then tells him to not let the vengeance come back again. Gee wonder what Lance is hinting towards…With that, Lance disappears and Dreamer states “You keep outta my head, Ed Harley. You stay where you belong, in hell!”

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Meanwhile, the wanderer finally shouts “Hello!...I need to use a phone.” This quickly gets the attention of the people in the room, the one woman opening the door assuming it is Dreamer for some reason. Shock and surprise for both as she realizes it’s a stranger and he sees the slicing and dicing being done in the next room.

She tries to tackle him, but he just shoves her away. So Bradley sends the guys after him. Wanderer rushes back outside and into a nearby barn because running to the forest would be silly. He then realizes that he’s trapped with dead bodies.

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The two goons get flashlights and Dreamer appears with the dog. They enter the barn looking for him, Goon #1, who has facial hair, stabbing at bodies with a pitchfork. This is a good idea since he’s actually hiding underneath one. Each stab gets a “DUN!” sound. Anyway, his dog rats him out and he gets a pitchfork to the shoulder.

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Cut to him inside, tied down. Bradley chloroforms him while assuring the lady that Wanderer knows too much. “And you know how much a fresh kidney is worth.” With that thought, she agrees to let the murder continue.

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So from there, we get a dissection while Bradley talks about pain. “It doesn’t happen here. It happens in the brain. .

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And then the brain sends the message to the body.” These speeches have to be easy for him now-a-days. With that, he pulls out an organ. He then tells Goon #2 to get Dreamer and dump the body.

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Cut to Bradley and Goon #1 pulling into a hotel to meet their black market organ seller. They pop open their cooler to reveal the kidney and a can of beer, which the Black Market Guy gleefully grabs. Hooray, another one for the bodycount.

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Back in the…swamp…area, Dreamer and Goon #2 shoves Wanderer into the mud. Dreamer keeps apologizing to the dead body.

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Black Market Guy gives Doc Bradley some white powder. Doc wants some money for the kidney and BMG offers an IOU. Doc asks how he’s supposed to give free medical care to the town on IOUs and they share a joke before shaking hands. Bradley then looks at his hand in a slightly disgusted manner.

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Meanwhile, Wanderer wakes up. That’s rather impressive on its own. Turns out the puddle is right by the road, so he wanders (duh) to it and stops a truck. A woman gets out and he tries to tell her what happened, managing to get out the name of the crematory. She gets him into the vehicle and takes off but he does the silent “tilt of death” onto her shoulder. She quickly arrives in town where she rushes into the police station.

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“A man’s been killed by the Wallace Crematory.” However, she’s apparently the town loon so the sheriff doesn’t believe her, asking if she’s having an episode. She tells them the body is in the truck so the deputy throws down his reading material and goes to look. He quickly calls for the sheriff.

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Cut to the crematory where Sheriff and Deputy are rounding up Lady, Goon #2, and Dreamer. Doc and Goon #1 manage to stop and see this happen. We then cut the arrested three being shoved into a cell while the Sheriff calls the Lady a coward for some reason I didn’t really catch. Family related, I’m sure.

.Cut to the next day as a priest and onlookers stand by the barn as it is emptied out. Sheriff arrives and is slapped by Loon, who I need a better name for since I assume she’ll be here for a while.

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*Pause. IMDB. Character’s name is Molly Sue Allen. Okay. Continue*

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Molly Sue confronts the Sheriff about what he’s doing while dropping exposition about losing her baby. He states that he’s called the FBI who’ll come to investigate. Investigate what? The dead bodies you’ve already found? This seems rather cut and dry. Just manhunt for Doc and Goon #1.

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Oh wait, there’s Doc. He’s not associated with the crematory so he offers to give the Dead Wanderer an autopsy to determine cause of death, mentioning that those in custody could be innocent, while stating he’s unsure what was done to the bodies “is actually a crime.” Nice way to not be suspicious Doc.

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Molly insults the sheriff while a woman screams and rushes out of the barn. Her mom was in there. Turns out that Oliver is Molly’s husband but has feelings (or perhaps relations) with the Other Girl. At least that’s what I think they’re saying. Molly won’t let him go console the girl.

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Anyway, a manhunt finds the dead bodies, which we see in multiple shots. Yay.

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Back in prison, Goon #2 starts babbling about Pumpkinhead. Dreamer repeats the poem while Lady gets irritated.

Elsewhere, Oliver stumbles upon a recognizable sight. The Pumpkinhead burial ground. He climbs up, digs, finds the necklace wearing corpse, and takes it.

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Meanwhile, Doc surveys the scene of dead bodies laid out. Oliver reappears with his newly found body and Doc recognizes that it isn’t his handy work. States that it appears “old.” Duh. Be less suspicious Doc.

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We cut to later where Doc and Molly are walking around the bodies. He tells her that there are no children, but, right on cue, the sheriff walks out with a child sized body. Commence freak out. Unlike other actresses, Molly can emote quite convincingly. Good for her.

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Doc consoles her and covers up the body. We then see an old haggard looking woman. “It’s the old woman from the woods.” “The stories are true!” Thanks Other Girl and Random Guy.

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She stops at the corpse taken from the Pumpkinhead Burial Site. “This one belongs to me.” She says they shouldn’t have “disturbed this one.” She then loads it up on a wooden made sled device and wheels it off. Molly Sue follows her.

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Oliver tries to stop her because “She’s not the answer.” Molly doesn’t care. She begs the supposed witch for help avenging her child. The witch says no and leaves.

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So later, Molly meets up with Other Girl, Random Guy, and…Who the frick is that? She calls him Ritchie. Hi, guy I’ve never noticed until now. She gives a speech about how they should go to the old woman and ensure vengeance for what was done. “I know you don’t like me but we’ve been wronged.”

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She states she’s going even if she has to go alone; so we obviously cut to all four walking to the old woman’s place. They arrive and enter. We get “creepy” shots of the place like skulls, spiders, and rats.

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“I know that’s you back there Molly Sue.” Before spouting about the price she has to pay. Molly offers money, but that’s kind of not what the lady meant. Old Woman talks about vengeance and makes all four people say the word to confirm this is what they want.

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The witch then cuts Molly’s hand, letting some blood pour into a ball. Ellie Johnson is the other woman of the group. She’s still getting Other Girl status from me. Just catching that in dialogue. Anyway, the other three get cut and the witch mixes together a brew as we get the creepy shots again.

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She pours some of the concoction on the corpse she had taken earlier. The Corpse morphs into Ed Harley himself before transforming into a CGI Pumpkinhead who then turns into a suited Pumpkinhead and hissing. During this the “connection” has occurred and the four vengeance seekers have passed out.

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Back at prison, Dreamer wakes up screaming. “He’s coming for me!” Suddenly, Pumpkinhead BUSTS DOWN the door. The people in the cell handle this amazingly well, while the Deputy grabs his gun and starts shooting. He is rewarded with a pimp slap across the room. “Do you believe me now?” asks Dreamer, who really should be panicking.

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Pumpkinhead slices the Deputy’s throat and then grabs Goon #2 through the cell, giving us our poster shot. Meanwhile, Lady has grabbed Deputy’s keys since he doesn’t need them anymore and works to unlock the cell. Blood is spurting from Goon #2. Splurt. Splurt.

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The other two get out and rush to the police car, taking off before Pumpkinhead can get a grip on it. They rush to Doc’s place, causing Goon #1 to freak out at a cop car arriving. Lady and Dreamer hurry in shouting about Pumpkinhead. Doc doesn’t believe it. Goon #1 does.

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Lady takes time out to ask for the drugs that Doc has. He asks for the truth first. “Did it say anything.” “It just kills, it doesn’t stop for a chat.” Amusing. Doc sends them off after giving Goon #1 the cop car keys so he can dispose of it. Doc doesn’t seem very worried.

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Lady goes to her room to take her drugs but Dreamer takes it saying he wishes she’d stop. “We got to figure out what we’re gonna do, or we’re gonna die. All of us.” He says this in a very non-terrified way. Not sure why.

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For some reason, Molly and Oliver arrive at Doc’s place. They enter and see him cocking a shotgun. He greets them and it appears they’re there because Molly isn’t feeling well. Feeling the pain of a guy having his head crushed through jail cell bars will do that.

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Meanwhile, Goon #1 hears a noise. Three guesses. First two don’t count. He’s not in panic mode yet and sees Oliver’s truck. This causes him to climb up the side of the house. Yeah…did I miss something? Oh well.

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Doc inspects Molly and gets some pills for her. It’s obvious he’s rushing. Oliver states that a memorial service is being held and Doc says he’ll be there.

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Outside, Goon #1 has stopped climbing and waits until Molly and Oliver drive off. It’s about then he actually sees Pumpkinhead. This inspires him to climb higher. Pumpkinhead shakes and breaks off the trellis but Goon gets to the roof and rushes over to Lady’s window, banging for them to let him in. But the window is apparently stuck. .

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Thankfully, Pumpkinhead shows up to help with that problems by bashing Goon #1 through it head first before carrying him to the top of the house and jamming him down on the weather vane. Nice work.

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We get a reaction shot from the four vengeance seekers feeling the pain. Doc, Lady, and Dreamer gun up and rush outside. They take a few shots at Pumpkinhead before getting in their car. You’d think they’d get a good head start, but Pumpkinhead uses his new CGI powers and jumps down to the ground.

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As they drive off, Doc tries to think up a “reasonable explanation” for the death bringing demon that is after them. Good luck with that. Dreamer has another vision of Ed Harley telling him that “You’re all marked.”

“It’s not my fault, Ed Harley.” “Try telling God that. I just laid down with dogs and got fleas…” Henriksen handles the lines well but it feels awfully forced. Anyway, Doc yells at Dreamer, breaking him out of his vision. This doesn’t help things as Dreamer now sees Ed Harley in the middle of the road and grabs the wheel of the car, causing them to wreck. This KOs Lady so Doc has Dreamer carry her.

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They walk through a cemetery towards the “back of the church.” I only know that thanks to exposition. Dreamer must have good legs to be out of shape, carrying someone, and not be winded walking to town. Anyway, they sneak inside and Lady is put onto a stone table. Doc asks Dreamer about Pumpkinhead causing a first movie flashback of the little kid from the first movie. This reveals Dreamer’s connection (He is the grown up version of that kid). We get a flashback recap of the first movie.

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Henriksen is in the background where Doc Bradley can’t see him. This leads to slightly humorous spots during this back story. Such as when Dreamer tells Doc to turn around and talk to him. Lance gives the “throat slice” motion to Dreamer and then disappears when Bradley turns around. Then reappears to do a “shot in the head” motion as Dreamer recalls the end of the first movie.

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They hear music from the church and Doc tells Dreamer not to leave and to not move Lady. Doc then steps out, blocking the exit on his way.

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In the church, there is a memorial service with candles and bit characters. Doc throws on a hat and enters, removing his hat when he sits beside Molly & Oliver so that they’re the only ones to notice the cut he got from the crash. Brief dialogue by them and then the preacher preaches.

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Outside, CGI Pumpkinhead props a broken off tree against the door to the church.

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Lady wakes up and Dreamer tells her that Pumpkinhead has arrived. In the church, no one suspects. Outside, Pumpkinhead uses his CGI powers to scale the church. Lady assures that Doc will take care of Dreamer and her. Preacher keeps preaching.

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The Priest states “Ashes to Ashes…” and Pumpkinhead breaks the stained glass window, the shards falling and sticking in the priest’s face. People, obviously, panic and rush for the door. Oopsie. That isn’t going to work.

The Priest throws holy water into Pumpkinhead’s face. This…doesn’t work. Pumpkinhead throws the Priest into the rows of lit candles. This…works. Pumpkinhead smiles at the destruction. Fire, fire, fire.

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Sheriff pulls his gun, but gets grabbed around the throat and choked to death before having his head spiked off a bench. Doc sees someone reacting to the pain going on. It’s Ritchie…I think. Maybe it’s Random Guy. Sorry…I can’t really recall these people. Anyway, this guy gets up to flee once the churchgoers bash the door enough to cause the tree trunk to roll away. Only problem is that a wooden beam falls and crushes him.

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This momentarily saves Doc since Pumpkinhead collapses from the pain. Doc gets out and stops Ellie because “Ronnie didn’t make it.” Oh, so that was his name. Guess that means Ritchie is still alive. Yay?

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Anyway, downstairs, Dreamer and Lady can’t get out due to the blockade put up by Doc. But he arrives and let’s them out. Yay false tension? “It’s over.” He declares, which is a cue for Pumpkinhead to come walking out of the flames. RUN AWAY!!!

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Back at her place, Molly wants to know why Pumpkinhead came to the church. Who it was after since only the “marked” are in the way? Oliver doesn’t know what’s going on, but he really does have an impressively deep voice.

Doc and crew return home for some reason. Dreamer is ordered to go remove Goon #1 from the weather vane. .

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Inside, he confirms that Lady has a concussion. Outside, Dreamer apologizes to Goon #1’s corpse while the rain pours.

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A car pulls in. Doc says he’ll go get rid of it. It’s Oliver. He is worried about Molly Sue and thinks it may have sprung from her walk to The Witch. This allows Doc to find out who are the others who went to see the old woman. This obviously sets up the rest of the movie sense he’ll want to get to them before Pumpkinhead gets to him.

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Meanwhile, Dreamer has slipped on the roof and is clinging to the dead body (still on vane). His weight causes the vane to start bending. The dead body starts sliding off. Dreamer reaches out for anything to grab onto. He barely makes it back on the slanted roof. The body slides off the vane.

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Ground level, Doc has convinced Oliver to leave. Oliver gets into his truck. The body starts to slide down the roof. Dreamer can’t reach it. Doc walks back towards the house. The truck starts to pull around. The body is going, going, falls.

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Oliver’s truck drives off and the body plops to the ground, Doc taking a moment to look at it before walking back inside. Amusing ending to the scene.

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At this point, Other Girl is freaking out about Pumpkinhead while tending to the other guy of the witching group. He apparently got hurt during the fire. I honestly didn’t notice. Oliver shows up and we have dialogue where Other Girl decides to go see the witch again. “I asked for vengeance. I thought it was going to be justice, but I was wrong.” Duh.

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Back at Doc’s…Dreamer digs a grave for Goon #1 lamenting their troubles while Doc keeps talking about how he’ll save them by…shock, shock, getting rid of those who went see the witch. Dreamer cries that he wants to go home. .

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We cut to him in a room looking for something. He finds it. A map…most likely to the witch’s place. He hears a noise and it’s…Ed Harley. We see the map…yep. Witch’s place.

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Dreamer goes to Ed, who wears the Pumpkinhead necklace. Ed walks away and Dreamer follows. Somewhere else, Other Girl and Oliver go through the forest. Wait, there’s Dreamer following them. Okay. Anyway, they reach the house.

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Cue creepy shots…again. Yay, padding. “Why have you come back, Ellie Johnson.” Not bad for a blind woman.

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Ellie woodenly asks for Witch to stop it. Oliver offers to right the wrong to stop the monster. Witch mocks him for the suggestion. Ellie doesn’t want vengeance anymore. Too bad. Oliver dips into the baritone by saying he isn’t afraid and they leave, him still thinking about righting the wrong. After they leave, she senses Dreamer and tells him he’ll find no pity from her.

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Back with Doc, he goes to visit the wounded member of the four vengeance seekers. Well, three now. Two soon. Doc gets a syringe full of nasty looking stuff but accidentally wakes up the man. Doc does his best to calm Ritchie so that he can stab him, offering to inspect the injury. However, before he can plunge the needle, an old friend with an odd shaped head shows up. The place starts shaking and both men fall to the ground. Injured guy sees the needle and instantly figures out that Doc is part of the bad crew getting punished.

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Doc shouts something at him and Pumpkinhead rips a hole in the wall with his tail. I don’t know why. “Who else, Richie?” shouts Doc, who should already know. Injured Guy won’t talk, even with the needle next to his throat. “See you in hell, Doc.” He forces the syringe into his neck. This stops Pumpkinhead and allows Doc to escape, although his vehicle is now destroyed.

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We cut to later when Oliver and Ellie find the carnage along with Doc’s hat. They instantly make the same jump in conclusion as Injured Guy. Awesome work Nancy Drew and Columbo.

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Moving on, Doc is running around. The other two back in Oliver’s vehicle. Oliver thinks cremating the bodies may undo the wrong. Elsewhere, Doc has tracked down Molly Sue. He creeps into her window and sees that she’s packing to leave.

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She is returning to the room, so he hides in the closet and starts straightening a wire hanger. Of course, his plans to jump out are slightly halted when she recovers gets her gun to pack. This delays him enough for Oliver to return and warn her about Doc. Only problem…she doesn’t believe him. I’m not sure why, but she just doesn’t. Oliver keeps insisting he can fix things, but she declares that “It’s over,” along with comments about him being better off with Ellie. With that she goes to her car and leaves for the local motel.

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Back at Doc’s place, Lady packs up making sure to get her money, hidden away in the bible, obviously. She calls for her brother, Dreamer, but he isn’t there. Doc returns and dismisses his absence. Then, for the fun of it, Doc tempts Lady with some crystal meth over her brother. “I ain’t going nowhere without him!” “Or your crystal meth?” That’s some blunt dialogue. Anyway, since she was having character development, we reduce her to junkie.

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Cut to the motel where Molly is banging on a door because music is loudly coming out of the room. Whose room? Shucks darn if it isn’t our Black Market Guy. He tries to seduce her (or something like that) so she pulls her gun on him before leaving.

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Soon after, Doc and Lady arrive and start banging on BMG’s door. Molly sees them. Once inside, BMG tells them about Molly before Lady starts to seduce him for more drugs. Doc smiles because “We’ve got business with her.”

Molly is in her dark room as memories scream from her mind. Pretty much.

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Dreamer is sprinting through the forest, passing by another Ed Harley vision who tells him he should just get it over with. Dreamer decides not to do so and rushes back to the crematorium.

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Inside, he finds Other Girl and Oliver. He gives his redemption speech and offers to help them. The accept.

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Cutting back to BMG and Lady partying. Clothes on, perverts. Doc is using his stethoscope to listen for Molly. Just go knock, Doc…

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Meanwhile, Dreamer, Oliver, and Other Girl get the furnace burning. Triumphant music plays. They then go to get the dead bodies, stepping past the police tape. Why are those bodies still there? Oh well.

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We get a burning the corpses montage and then Oliver states “Ashes to Ashes,” just in case you haven’t picked up on that.

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Back at the hotel, Doc decides to go to Molly’s room armed, but she’s waiting with her gun. He goes into a monologue about how he saved her life when she was 12. Doc says that the dead do not feel pain and Molly brings up the Wanderer. Doc essentially calls him collateral damage so he could keep the town healthy. Just wear an “I’m Evil” sign, Doc.

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Then we get more corpse burning at the crematorium. I want to make a BBQ joke, but I just can’t. Such triumphant music for something that is most likely going to fail hard.

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Doc keeps talking to Molly back at the motel. “I didn’t take your baby from you.” And, whoa, whoa, whoa. Her eyes just changed, complete with a sound effect. I guess that means Pumpkinhead is near?

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Meanwhile in the hotel room, Lady and BMG are…interrupted as Pumpkinhead busts open the door and steps in (ducking under the frame of course).

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BMG gets grabbed around the throat, Lady laughing while in her high. Lady ambles out of the room.

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Molly drops the gun while experiencing BMG’s pain. Lady arrives in Molly’s room, as does BMG. Only problem is that BMG’s arrival is via wall throw. So, now he’s the Kool-Aid Man.

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Anyway, Other Lady starts showing the “signs of vengeance” or whatever it is.

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Doc calmly steps up on the bed and starts firing. He misses horribly. So in a last resort, he shoots Molly in the gut. Which kills her rather quickly, actually. Bye, Molly!

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Elsewhere, Other Girl tells Oliver they would’ve been good together. Doc is proud of himself but apparently forgets that there is one more person as Pumpkinhead gets up and slaps him through a nearby window. Lady, still rather high, welcomes her demise and gets a clawed finger through the chest. Anti-climatic.

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One of Doc’s bullets hit a gas canister of some sort and the gas reaches a flame. KA. BOOM. Doc gets flung through the air and hits a car with a heavy thud.

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Other Girl Ellie feels the events and tells Oliver that she’s the only one left. Follows that up with how she’s the only one left from the four and can “feel it taking me. I’ll be lost to you soon.” She doesn’t really show much emotion in this revelation. Oh well.

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Back at the hotel, Doc gets up slowly and starts moving in the opposite direction as the fire. We then get a cut to show he is heading for the crematory.

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Speaking of that, they’re still burning corpses. I guess they were moving at actual speed during that slow motion montage. Ed Harley shows up to remind Dreamer how doomed he is. Thanks Ed. Doc enters. “I told you I would stop this.”

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He pulls his gun (unknowing that a rather stealthy Pumpkinhead is right behind him) and aims at Other Girl. Dreamer seems to think he’s part of the secret service as he dives in front of the bullet.

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Doc then gets smacked by our title character. We get a close up of a picture. Then, Doc gets impaled by Pumpkinhead’s tail. As this goes on, Other Girl throws the final corpse in the fire. Shockingly enough, it doesn’t work.

Doc falls to the ground, quite dead. Pumpkinhead grabs Dreamer and Oliver by the throat, so Other Girl decides to sacrifice herself by climbing in the fire. You know, there is a gun lying around…

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Anyway, flashes of the deaths in the movie as Pumpkinhead screams and then collapses. It transforms into Ed Harley and then disappears. Dreamer smiles.

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A couple men in black, the FBI Guys mentioned way earlier, arrive. The old woman appears, watching from a distance. The remaining main characters get handcuffed and hauled away for questioning. No one noticing that Dreamer got shot?

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Then, the Old Witch Woman goes into the crematory and carries out the Pumpkinhead Corpse to bury again, which we see occur. If it’s the original, then why did it disappear, if it’s Ellie, then how is it not pure ash. Nevermind, there is Ellie’s necklace. Guess it’s her. Movie over.

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Roll credits.

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The Score: 2.5 out of 5

It’s a passable direct to video sequel that does an okay job of picking up where the original left off. It also pretty much confirms that Pumpkinhead 2 is the Halloween 3 of this series.

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Constructive Criticism:

The movie definitely knew what it wanted to do. The connections to the first movie are well handled and Lance Henriksen wasn’t just shoehorned into the story. There was a very good reason for him to be there.

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Afterthoughts:

Okay, Old Witch Woman, why take the one that jumped into fire? Sure, “Ronnie” most likely reduced to ash by the church fire and Molly probably got burned away at the motel but Ritchie only had a needle of stuff shoved in his neck. He’s prime picking for corpse burying. Did you just want to make a female Pumpkinhead next time?

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Well that was interesting and tried to carry on from the first story…hey, wait a second…What happened to Wanderer’s Dog?!