Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan's hometown of Modesto, California -- right before Halloween -- the team is dispatched to investigate. Everything appears normal, right down to the jack-o-lanterns peering out from every doorstep and windowsill. But when Halloween arrives, those innocent-looking carved pumpkins reveal themselves for what they really are mutant aliens. The altered pumpkins then start to implement their fiendish plan to take over Earth. The Monsters are there to combat the mutant gourds and try to smash their wicked scheme!

Our read · Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) reads as a cosy, breathless, surreal tv-movie · animation · family entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Cast constellation

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

2009

5 cast reunion

Seth Rogen · Reese Witherspoon · Hugh Laurie

adjacent

B.O.B.'s Big Break

2009

4 cast reunion

Seth Rogen · Hugh Laurie · Will Arnett

adjacent

Horton Hears a Who!

2008

2 cast reunion

Seth Rogen · Will Arnett

same tone

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

2012

2 cast reunion

Seth Rogen · Hugh Laurie

same tone

Seth Rogen

actor path

Horton Hears a Who!same toneShrek's Thrilling Talessame toneThe Night Beforenear DNA

Reese Witherspoon

actor path

Just Like Heavennear DNAPleasantvilleadjacentLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blondenew register

Hugh Laurie

actor path

Stuart Littlenear DNAShrek's Thrilling Talessame toneThe Amazing Mauricesame tone

Will Arnett

actor path

Horton Hears a Who!same toneThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Partnear DNAThe Lego Batman Movienear DNA