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Ahhhhh thanks for this video Pumpkin!

Pumpkinhead is EASILY one of the most underrated horror movies of the 1980s and the practical effects that Stan Winston used to create this monster are STILL unmatched even today.

Pumpkin Head, known or not, followed a Shinto spiritual belief system: a soul that we belittled and done wrong by man becomes a demon, in death, and a karmic figure of retribution.

Honestly, my favorite scene from the whole film, was Lance Henrikson's character trying to take it back from the Witch an exclaiming "God Damn you!" "He *already* has!.....He Already Has......" It's just such a powerful line for me that it is the thing that sticks with me the most.

Roanoke taking a demonic creature and breaking it down with practical biology has become one of my favorite things. Keep it up man!

Pumpkinhead 0/10 His head wasn’t a pumpkin also no water IGN 2014

Roanoke: If you want to skip the summary go right on ahead: People who enjoy a walk down memory lane: No, I don't think I will.

This is one of those monsters who you feel comfortable around so long as you're not, y'know, running over innocent people!

4:57 I'm not suprised that the Joel's have friends. I'm suprised they aren't murdered sooner. By a normal human.

The fact that it looks like a human/ Xenomorph hybrid is really distracting

I remember something a old friend of mine from the 90’s had told me. This friend was also a pastor’s kid. He was a huge fan of the aliens movies and had a bunch of there figures. One interesting thing I’ve always remembered he told me was the aliens design from the movie “Aliens”, were taken from a book that described in detail what demons looked like. I remember a tales from the crypt movie that had portrayed demons in the same design but more human looking heads. The guy who designed these creatures for the movies really knew how to scare people.

Teenagers are the horsemen of doom in horror films (angry old man noises).

The lord of biology himself hath returned, you dear lord have me inspired.

“This demon cannot be killed” The doomslayer would like to know your location

Doomguy: *sketches enthusiastically into notebook* That's another one for the hit-list.

Good choice of monster to prepare for October. Though nothing comes to mind of what could be next, as I have not seen monster or horror movies recently.

Oh hell yeah! Pleasant surprise, no one talks about this movie.

I remember watching this film back when I was about age 8 or 9. I considered the monster to be the good guy because, well, it is bringing justice. After all, retribution isn't an evil thing.

Very eerie, atmospheric movie outlining the dangers and unforeseen consequences of seeking revenge. Guaranteed to giving impressionable children nightmares.

Oh dude I'm so glad you dropped this when I'm tripping my ass off

I see you're getting into the Halloween spirit early too

When you mentioned destroying the Summoner’s body, my first thought was “kill the witch too” but then I realized: if she can summon a demon, coming for her is probably not a good idea.

I actually guessed that the "what does this look like" was going to be a Genestealer tbh. Actually didn't expect Xenomorph. Good video though, love this seriea.

I absolutely love this movie series and it makes me happy to see it get some love

Pumpkinhead in Ashes to Ashes breaks into an Church in the middle of service and has holy water thrown on it to no effect. Of course it had multiple conjures so it was stated to be more powerful.

I always love the detailed scrutiny behind your descriptions, whether they be of the scientific or the fantastical. I do have a big suggestion though, the Evolution, Morphology, and Analysis of Zerg Species from Starcraft would be great! Mostly because they have a particular emphasis on evolution and adaptation.

Pumpkin head looks like a rejected Xenomorph design. Edit: oh shit, I said this before the end of the video, no wonder.

So he WILL acknowledge when something is clearly supernatural.

In my experience, when guys like Joel have friends, said friends are really stupid, like “How can you breathe and walk at the same time?” level stupid.

This is so weird I was trying to explain until dawn to my mom yesterday and wendigos and she said pumpkin head? And here is this video.

Happy Friday to all of you - sending positive vibes in all directions. Try to make a difference in somebody's life today, you never know what somebody is going through after all.

This was the first legit horror movie I ever saw, I'm 31 now and I remember this and blood wings (aka pumpkinhead 2) gave me nightmares for WEEKS. Between seeing this and American Werewolf in London by around 10 I had a pretty good intro to horror lol.

Incredible cliches and nonsense aside, this movie was pretty cool. Especially the link aspect, always thought that was interesting. I remember after seeing this movie when I was like 6, I went to play outside in my large backward. Unknown to me, it was going to storm, so while playing, a very strong wind picked up. Remembering that a powerful gust is the calling card of Pumpkinhead, I ran back inside. 😅

This movie scared the shit out of me when I was a kid lol

Oh what was that?...oh...oh yeah hes right here. Doom guy would like to have a word with you about your demon problem.

Alternate title: Human turned vegetable I know pumpkins are fruits

Thanks! From a kod to an adult I really love the Pumpkin Head lore and it really is a terrifying entity. I feel like the last two sequels i think, did not live up to the rest unfortunately, but I still watched them. Pumpkin Head should be made relevant as a franchise today considering the times we live in. They could really expand on the creature/entity. Great video!

The situation with Joel is probably pretty common at this age. This is the weekend they can't ignore afterwards. It's easy to be friends with someone for a long time before realizing they're scary. Especially if you're young when you first meet.

This pumpkinhead look way to much from aliens

Irony would be if Roanoke makes more money from YT then he does from his degree

Ah Pumpkinhead. I remember back in '04 when I was 9, this scared the absolute shit out of me during a Halloween marathon with my friends at the time.

Pumpkin Head when the face hugger misses the person and nails the vegetable

Hands down one of the most underrated horror movies, first and second will always be a classic

How to stop Pumpkin head: Holy hand grenade. Simple and easy.

KINDA RANDOM STORY: so in one Minecraft server I was being a sword for hire, and called myself pumpkinhead as a nod to this movie

Even if it was less science-y I still enjoy your commentary on it a ton concerning its features and even informative tidbits about spinal injuries and such. Side note, this movie scared the hell out of me as a kid too.

Yes Pumpkinhead one of my fave creatures ever nice one. Can you do Dog Soldiers next please ?. Respect dude keep up the epic work Roanoke 😃👍🏻⭐️.

It had been so long since I last saw this movie I had to look up the ending scene. I'd actually remembered it as Billy becoming the next Pumpkinhead but it was Ed as you note. I thought that would be a better twist if the lost innocent would be the next host as the ultimate price for the one summoning the demon in order avenge the lost innocent.

And by the by... Pumpkinhead=One of my all time favorite cult classic monster movies. This is part of my childhood that I hold dear. My mom and I had it rough when I was really young. Totally her doing as she was an alcoholic and I had to help raise myself lol. But she would just run us off to a motel for about a month or so, if CPS came sniffing around. And we would always watch the horror movies on HBO. This is where I met Pumpkinhead for the first time. So just thank you for this, sincerely.

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and it still is to this day. Great video, thank you.

Love this movie got me good when I was little

This a damn good movie not perfect but still very enjoyable, glad to see it recognized.

One of my favorite horror movies. This is on my list of horror movies to watch in October

I love this channel. I only found it this week and I am loving it. My husband and I love movies and we love to analyse them, though more me than him. Most people are like "it's not that deep, why does it matter" when discussing aspects of movies and sure, it doesnt really matter, but I am a very curious person and I like to think more in to things and figure them out. That is where this channel has me hooked. It fascinates me. Thanks for being here and doing these videos. I'm seriously considering joining your $5 Patreon.xx

When I was kid, Pumpkinhead was always a distant relative of the Xenomorph from Alien in my head canon. I always thought they looked a bit similar.

Amazing atmosphere, good acting, and great storytelling. I was very pleasantly surprised when I found this on Amazon. Definitely worth a watch.

Like you this movie scared the heck out of me when I was a kid I can't believe a lot of people haven't seen either definitely a good movie

Pumpkin head is one of those rare movies I can watch over and over

Loving these vids! Hoping you do more bro. Keep em up.

"It will just walk to a group and grab people" What a frikkin madlad

Its all good. I grew up watching John Carpenter's "The Thing" shortly after playing the game.

I grew up on Pumpkin Head and Pet Cemetery. Pumpkin was our favorite antagonist. He sure knows how to preserve bullets.

I saw this movie as a child. It was indeed scary.

One of my favorites! Very underrated.

Did you know theirs also other demons just like pumpkin head? Demons of lust, wrath, greed, and so on. Rage/Vengence which is pumpkin heads task. It's REALLY hilarious. Loved the video about pumpkin head. i loved this video when i was a kid.

I remember seeing this movie. I loved it then and still love it now.

I’m glad my suggestion came to fruition!

Maybe pumpkin head was killing Ed’s friend to make ed suffer rather than taking direct revenge for the child.

I was convinced that people forgot about this movie. This was one of my favorites growing up so thank you!

GOD. I absolutely love this movie. Lance was amazing as Ed, and the way he grieves his son is so heart breaking.

Thing looks like a damn Genestealer from Warhammer 40k

Oh god oh god oh god I’m going to enjoy this Thanks professor

For a moment I genuinely thought I was the only one remembering Pumpkinhead around Halloween.

Yes I agree I was a child and this scared me and got me addicted to monster movies.

Sure someone has pointed it out by now that in the closet scene Pumpkinhead knew he was in the closet the whole time and was just toying with him.

I remember watching a movie about the Headless Horseman and the Leprechaun Do you think you can cover both of these two guys They are demonic and evil in thier movies

Damn this movie scared the absolute shit out of me when I was a tot.

My grandma forced me to watch this when I was 5-6! I feel your pain. It changed me forever, it's one of my favorites lol

Speaking of the Xenomorph would you consider doing a video on it, as well as the infested from Warframe. Love the videos.

Now this is a story of a good man named Ed Left his son for a moment, returned found him dead Recalls a tale as a boy that he was told of an evil witch, so wicked, so old Seeks a farmers advice he will not give His oldest son knows just where the witch lived He took Ed there but refused to go in The boy knew what was about to begin She has the power to avenge the dead It cost your soul now come with me Ed I'm gonna take you where your body will lie I'm gonna take you there my friend I'm gonna show you where your life will end I'm gonna bring you here again Dig up this grave, the old lady said The thing we need lies here dormant sleeping with the dead You understand what you ask of me Not even death can set your soul free I cast this curse and you will find An evil darkness deep inside your vengeful mind God damn you to hell, he could not restrain He already has son the witch did explain I'm gonna take you where your body will lie I'm gonna take you there my friend I'm gonna show you where your life will end I'm gonna bring you here again

This is one of my favorite monster movies, I just love the practical effects 😃

I do love the “how do you stop it section” Its nice to hear your thoughts on it my dude

You should do a creeper versus pumpkin head who would win. Or do a space marine versus a spartan

People have friends like Joel because, for the most part, people are stupid. That is the only way to explain it. I mean, it's not like Joel or people like him make any effort to even pretend that they aren't douche lords so it can't be that others aren't aware. It has to be stupidity. With that out of the way, I'd like to say that this video is awesome. All of your videos are awesome. As far as I'm aware, you're the only person doing things like this and it's highly entertaining.

This movie also scared me as a 6yr old but the scarring me for life award goes to the scene in the original evil dead movie where the zombie chick busts out of the basement

This is my favorite movie monster from when I was a kid! I also saw this when I was about 5 or 6 years old, and I in turn also love monsters and creatures now! (Hence why I'm subscribed and watching your channel =D) And yes it did scare me as well lol.

So just a human who went to hell and became a ugly mfer Me: umm yeah that’s sums it up

Also! How to kill Pumpkin Head: First Film: Kill the summoner (probably the most effective way) 2nd Film: Shoot the mf demon into the iron mine (and it’ll blow up?? Idk that movie was a tragedy of a tragedy) 3rd Film: Have the Summoner burn herself alive in a crematorium (because reasons) 4th Film: Shoot the summoner. Again. Also your boyfriend the Summoner can Grab the demon and take a nice fall down a random well. Because *why not*!

Roanoke Gaming one of the few huge channels that actually replies to comments in the comment section

Honestly, the most terrifying thing about the first Pumpkinhead film is that in the beginning there were these loving father and son and in the end, they are both gone.

Looks like my ex. Sike like anyone would date me

Never heard of it before this video. Thanks for making me discover this movie! Speaking of horror, did you thought about making a collab with CryptTV? They have a lot, and I mean _a lot_ of interesting monsters!

I constantly forget this movie exists, but holyshit did I love it when I was younger. Now I need to look it up to watch it again. So hyped to see you do a video on this one.

This is THE most terrifying creature in all of horror film history hands down..and I was about your age when I seen pumpkin head fr the first time and you’re right scared the shyt of me ..and nice work

just leaving a comment on my favorite channel to please the algorithm, don't mind me:) side note, u should check out Steven King's Sleepwarkers. wonder how anyone can explain those monsters.

How do we beat this thing? If Doom has taught me anything, it's that all demons can be killed with BFG. Or the crucible. Hell, just bring Doomguy.

This was one of my favorite scary movies growing up 😭

This is one of the movies that i watched as a kid that scarred me

Ah yes, pumpkinhead morphology at 4am seems to be the perfect activity to kickstart spooktober.