Pumpkinhead 2: Bloodwings is an awful film. This isn't news, the movie came out over twenty years ago. But the badness of this film goes beyond unlikable characters (which it has), and a boring plot (another get for this film).
The main plot centers on Officer Dad-From-Hellraiser trying to solve a set of murders in a sleepy little town, and a murder that happened in the fifties that are somehow interconnected. SPOILER: the people getting killed by the title character committed the murder in the fifties. Also, some kids pushed/murdered an old lady and dug up the demon in her backyard and the demon is after them as well.
Yet, with every stupid thing I just mentioned, it pales in comparison to the film's ultimate sin; SHODDY POLICEWORK!
I'm no cop, but I do know they can't share details of an ongoing investigation with their family. Especially crime scene photos!
Autopsy reports take more than a few hours to come back. One strange blood sample won't have the chief of police and the head medical examiner jump to demons committing murder. It takes me right out of the movie.
Don't get me wrong, the movie is a 'so bad it's funny' affair. But only just. I'm very happy it was part of a collection with three much better movies: Wishmaster, Wishmaster 2, and Leprechaun. That's right, LEPERCHAUN is better than PH2!
This is the closest I've come to regretting a purchase since Cabin Fever. I give this movie half a pumpkin out of a whole head. Skip it, unless you're a big Soleil Moon Frye fan.
You look like a mogwai.
The main plot centers on Officer Dad-From-Hellraiser trying to solve a set of murders in a sleepy little town, and a murder that happened in the fifties that are somehow interconnected. SPOILER: the people getting killed by the title character committed the murder in the fifties. Also, some kids pushed/murdered an old lady and dug up the demon in her backyard and the demon is after them as well.
Yet, with every stupid thing I just mentioned, it pales in comparison to the film's ultimate sin; SHODDY POLICEWORK!
It makes Wiggum look competent.
I'm no cop, but I do know they can't share details of an ongoing investigation with their family. Especially crime scene photos!
Autopsy reports take more than a few hours to come back. One strange blood sample won't have the chief of police and the head medical examiner jump to demons committing murder. It takes me right out of the movie.
Don't get me wrong, the movie is a 'so bad it's funny' affair. But only just. I'm very happy it was part of a collection with three much better movies: Wishmaster, Wishmaster 2, and Leprechaun. That's right, LEPERCHAUN is better than PH2!
PH2 is better than Leprechaun Origins, however.
This is the closest I've come to regretting a purchase since Cabin Fever. I give this movie half a pumpkin out of a whole head. Skip it, unless you're a big Soleil Moon Frye fan.
