Pumpkinhead Remake Is Moving Forward at Paramount Players

Paramount
Pictures
have
always
had
their
hands
buried
deep
in
the
horror
genre,
and
their
Paramount
Players
label
have
been
keeping
up
the
tradition
with
recent
releases
including

Paranormal
Activity:
The
Next
of
Kin,
and
upcoming
offerings
of

Orphan:
First
Kill
and
the

Pet
Sematary
prequel
among
others.
Now
it
looks
like
they
are
adding
a
remake
of
a
classic
creature
feature
of
the
1980s,
the
iconic



Pumpkinhead,
to
that
list
of
in-development
projects.
With
the
original
directed
by
effects
master
Stan
Winston,
and
starring
Lance
Henriksen,
the
1988
movie
still
has
a
huge
following,
so
the
remake
will
have
a
lot
to
live
up
to
when
it
arrives.

According
to
Bloody
Disgusting,
a
script
is
already
complete
for
the
movie
and
Paramount
is
hoping
to
have
a
director
on
board
in
the
next
few
months.
There
have
been
rumors
of
a
remake
being
in
the
works
for
a
number
of
years
now,
including
the
announcement
a
few
years
ago
that

Peter
Block
was
producing
the
movie
based
on
a
Nate
Atkins
screenplay.
Whether
this
is
the
same
version
as
was
being
discussed
back
then
is
something
that
will
become
apparent
when
more
information
is
available
about
the
new
film.

Pumpkinhead
is
one
of
the
great “man
in
a
suit”
creature
feature
horrors
of
the
late
80s,
and
has
gained
a
huge
cult
following,
spawned
numerous
sequels,
a
comic
book
series,
video
game,
and
collector’s
action
figures.
The
original
storyline
saw
Henriksen’s
grieving
father,
Ed,
resurrect
a
monstrous
demon
to
take
vengeance
on
a
group
of
teenagers
who
kill
his
son
in
an
accident.
As
the
creature
and
Ed
begin
to
exchange
places,
he
must
take
drastic
action
to
end
the
creature’s
reign
of
terror.
The
film
was
made
on
a
micro-budget
of
$3.5
million
and
grossed
$4.4
million
in
the
U.S.
after
a
limited
release.
While
the
numbers
don’t
seem
huge,

Pumpkinhead
falls
into
the
genre
of
movies
that
performed
better
in
home
video
sales,
which
have
also
included
DVD
and

Blu-ray
anniversary
editions
which
have
continued
to
boost
the
original
meagre
profit.

At
the
time
of
its
release,

Pumpkinhead
brought
something
different
to
a
genre
that
was
full
of
slasher
movies,
and
while
there
was
certainly
plenty
of
blood
and
gore
in
the
film,
the
overall
feel
of
the
movie
brought
a
dark,
gothic
fairy
tale
feel
which
has
gone
on
to
be
replicated
many
times
since,
which
again
at
the
time
was
something
of
a
rarity.
As
well
as
being
named
in
numerous
“Underrated
horror”
lists,

Pumpkinhead
also
appeared
on
Fangoria’s
list
of
101
Best
Horror
Movies
You’ve
Never
Seen
in
2003.

The
last
outing
for

Pumpkinhead
on
screen
was
in
2007
in
the
fourth
movie
in
the
franchise,
which
despite
being
the
second
made
for
TV
movie
of
the
series
gained
a
reasonable
set
of
reviews,
and
was
given
the
respectful
comment
of “not
a
waste
of
time”
by
DVD
Verdict,
which
can
only
be
seen
as
an
extremely
positive
review
for
this
kind
of
film.
We
will
likely
have
to
wait
a
little
while
yet
to
see
if
the

horror
remake
can
gain
the
same
kind
of
sentiment.
This
news
comes
to
us
from

Bloody
Disgusting.