User blog comment:SnakeTongue237/SnakeTongue's Worst Horror Films Ever Made/@comment-10789912-20150926194918/@comment-4715955-20151003002244

I can't believe I'm on a horror site where nobody gets the movie Pumpkinhead! It breaks my heart.

If you go into it expecting a gory slash-fest with disposable characters, you're going to be disappointed. It was made to be a modern southern folk tale, the same way the Fog was made to emulate classic campfire stories, both of which you often found in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. The story is tragic and it takes the time to make the characters human, even the douchebag who runs over Harley's son. It's full of genuinely creepy moments and has a memorable monster. Give it another chance with all that in mind and I think you'll appreciate it more than you realize. It has a lot more heart and soul than the average popcorn horror film does.