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Films like Pumpkinhead.

Pumpkinhead (1988) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme creature / revenge, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Raat (1992) poster
1. Raat1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sweet Home (1989) poster
2. Sweet Home1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aenigma (1987) poster
3. Aenigma1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jelangkung (2001) poster
4. Jelangkung2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pengabdi Setan (1980) (1980) poster
5. Pengabdi Setan1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Demons 2 (1986) poster
6. Demons 21986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Saturn 3 (1980) poster
7. Saturn 31980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pet Sematary (1989) poster
8. Pet Sematary1989

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Candyman (1992) poster
9. Candyman1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) poster
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tourist Trap (1979) poster
11. Tourist Trap1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mimic (1997) (1997) poster
12. Mimic1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Pumpkinhead’s neighbours — where are yours?

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