Pumpkinhead 2 is not a terrible movie and it does manage to provide a few minor chills. However, the choice to shake up the mythology can be jarring and confusing to anyone who really love the first one. Though I guess it's better to do that earlier in a franchise than later. I question is they should've even tied it to the first one by labeling it Part 2 and treated it as a spin-off or a reboot to help explain why these Pumpkinhead creatures are a little different. It's still manages to be a decent movie over all and I would still recommend to any horror fan. Especially if you like the first one.

Pumpkinhead 2 is not an awful movie plus it does provide some decent thrills and chills. That being said, i don't think it was a great idea to label this as a sequel to the first Pumpkinhead. Other than the general appearance of the creature, reinventing the mythology is confusing for those of us that liked the first movie. Perhaps they should have called it "Pumpkinhead: Resurrection," and explained that Pumpkinhead creatures came from certain circumstances that are now repeating for the second time. Oh well. The movie is in the can and you have to either take it, warts and all, or pass it by. It's worth at least one watch if you are a die-hard horror movie fan.

After accidentally killing an innocent woman, a group of teens learn the truth about a terrifying legend as they release a voracious monster that begins stalking residents around the town and must try to stop it before it completes it's rampage.

This is such an underrated effort with a lot to like about it. One of the best features here is that it manages to keep the creature relevant here as it come out quite early on here so the creature has a fairly substantial amount of screen time. Being able to see it for all that time as a full-scale suit and prop does have some advantages where it actually looks like a tangible force in the moment, so whether you see it wounded or even just stalking around there's a lot to like with this one as it continually gets on-screen and active throughout here. The actual resurrection sequence, as the glaring fires from below the ground as the rolling fog from the woods hides the creature coming up from the grave, starts this off nicely with a chillingly Gothic- styled sequence, and from there it gets plenty of fun encounters all throughout here as the creature manages two separate rampages that's quite fun by using the revenge theme on the original gang, there's a strong series of attacks as the short attacks in the barn mangling the victim and attacking the couple at the shack where it scares the terrified witness, as well as longer, more involved ambushes as the chicken farmers attack taking out the whole gang there and the encounter at the house where it brawls around the house before the frantic foot-chase through the woods finishing off the secondary group with some fine graphic kills mixed in amongst the fine chasing an thrilling stalking. That the whole finale comes off with a hint of melancholy and sadness is a nice feat as well, and along with the great creature makeup in the gore here gives this one enough positives to be really enjoyable over it's few negatives. The main problem here is the fact that the main group of friends here are such a despicable group that it's really hard to believe they're friends, mostly due to how he treats them as the bullying, yelling and posturing them simply to save himself, and by pushing them into the proceedings in the first place which makes it really hard to care what happens to him and the group in general. The other real flaw to this one is the fact that this features such an easy-to-guess mystery about the gang getting killed off yet why it goes so long to put the flimsy clues together makes little sense as a supposed big shot detective would see them and put together in order to figure, lending this to a rather troubling plot-line. Otherwise this one has a lot to like.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity.