Episode #702 - Pumpkinhead
Added 2023-10-17 04:00:03 +0000 UTC“[Pumpkinhead is] not a major player when you’re dealing out October recommendations…I would argue, maybe it should be?” - Andrew
On this week’s episode, the Halloween Spooktacular continues as the guys talk about the totally kick-ass Lance Henriksen horror vehicle, Pumpkinhead! How great is this big, Stan Winston Workshop-created, monster suit? How bad does this witch’s house smell? And is there a functioning toilet anywhere in this town? PLUS: Steve dramatically reads the poem that inspired the film!
Pumpkinhead stars Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D’Aquino, Kimberly Ross, Joel Hoffman, Cynthia Bain, Kerry Remsen, Florence Schauffler, Brian Bremer, Dick Warlock, and George ‘Buck’ Flower as Mr. Wallace; directed by Stan Winston.
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Comments
So now I laugh when I hear the word Columbine. Really helping the reputation at work.
Kate
2023-10-20 16:20:38 +0000 UTCJust discovered the kid playing young Lance Henriksen in this was Laddie from The Lost Boys!
Happy Birthtime!
2023-10-20 14:13:57 +0000 UTCThe lovers the dreamers and me
Colin Vitro
2023-10-19 21:52:18 +0000 UTCBeen goin thru the back catalog, waiting for Eirc's sure favorite- The Duras Sisters !
Nathan Lemire
2023-10-19 04:05:59 +0000 UTCCan we get a movement to put Millennium streaming somewhere? Soon enough that Lance can feel the love? Who’s got connections?
Samuel McGuire
2023-10-18 23:32:28 +0000 UTCCOLUMBINE!
Matt
2023-10-18 19:19:36 +0000 UTCFound it interesting that no one picked any similarities between the Pumpkinhead and Predator puppet / costume)? The Stan Winston connection….
Shut It Off
2023-10-18 17:31:34 +0000 UTC"little old southern grandma" is my favorite voice you guys do. all the witch impressions had me rolling. might have to check this movie out - i always assumed it was just schlock (but it sounds like it's the fun kind!)
Emily B
2023-10-17 20:05:53 +0000 UTCSure was! And there was too much discussion of it for me to just cut the whole thing out, but it was very painful to listen back to this. What a shit movie. - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-10-17 17:58:16 +0000 UTCThanks, Busiris! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-10-17 17:57:12 +0000 UTCI heard you say they shot in California and I decided to look up where specifically because I myself lived in a part of rural California that very much had hollers. Turns out it was LA. Los Angeles is full of surprises. That said, you get deep into rural California...it is indistinguishable from the rural east or south. People even have twangy accents in some parts.
The Wheel
2023-10-17 17:52:23 +0000 UTCI get a little thrill when favorite podcast events occur (a new Once in a Lifetime shows up, favorite guests on some podcasts), but nothing compares to how much I perk up when I hear Steve say, "let me push PLAY real quick."
Paul DeCoursey-Clark
2023-10-17 17:16:25 +0000 UTCI see this was recorded prior to Andrew being very disappointed that David Duchovny was barely in that Pet Sematary movie.
Steven Avalos
2023-10-17 16:23:50 +0000 UTCThe Patty Mayonnaise voice is back ❤️
Tim O'
2023-10-17 13:47:07 +0000 UTCEven though Pumpkinhead was the superior film, I used to cross it up in my head with Rawhead Rex for probably a decade.
MarkNM
2023-10-17 13:23:57 +0000 UTCI always loved how Joel realized the error of his ways right before he gets disposed of
Michael flores
2023-10-17 13:08:31 +0000 UTCrecently got the lovely steelbook for this classic. RIP steelbooks/physical media @ Best Buy
Frank Grimes
2023-10-17 12:32:23 +0000 UTCAndrew mentioning that old phone company ad gave me such a vivid childhood flashback. I was young enough, when that commercial aired, to be genuinely impressed by the plot. It was like a 30-second heist film.
Noura Sarayel
2023-10-17 11:24:39 +0000 UTCPeacemaker (1990) is the Robert Forester movie
Maurice Jones
2023-10-17 11:13:39 +0000 UTCI'm sorry Roger Clinton had an acting career!?
Luke Witherell
2023-10-17 11:04:32 +0000 UTCEven just mid-way through listening and this one absolutely feels like it'll end up a classic Spooktacular episode, really hysterical!
Busiris
2023-10-17 07:25:46 +0000 UTCI love a good old fashioned Chekhov’s flamethrower
Francesca
2023-10-17 07:15:56 +0000 UTCPlease do THE HIDDEN! Absolute banger of a movie.
John Halski
2023-10-17 05:02:48 +0000 UTCI'll die on this hill (via dirtbike) that this is one of the most underrated horror movies from the 80s. Great creature effects and Lance Henny at his best. It's effective and perfectly paced. And the sequel has Bill Clinton's brother, Roger, in it. So, suck it, Poltergeist franchise.
You Bred Raptors?
2023-10-17 04:11:23 +0000 UTCI was hoping this would be posted tonight, yay!!! And now I need to rewatch this movie. I saw it when I was way too young and had nightmares and haven’t seen it since
Jaime Lee Ezell
2023-10-17 04:06:55 +0000 UTC
