Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1993 film by Jeff Burr
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings is a 1993 American supernatural horror film and a sequel to the 1988 horror film Pumpkinhead. In this film, thrill-seeking teens resurrect a demon and come to regret it. The film is loosely connected to others in the series and was released in some territories under the title Pumpkinhead: The Demon Returns. The PC video game Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge was released shortly after the film.
Plot
In 1958 in Ferren Woods, a small backwater town, an old blind witch, Ms. Osie, feeds a deformed orphan named Tommy; he is the offspring of Pumpkinhead. As Tommy eats, a car of six thugs pull up and notice him. Convinced that he is some demonic monster, they chase him with switchblade knives and baseball bats; eventually, they corner him at an old iron mine, where they bludgeon him, slash him, and drop him down into the mine, deliberately killing him.
In 1993 (thirty-five years later), Sheriff Sean Braddock (who was friends with Tommy before his murder), his wife, and his daughter Jenny have come into town. Sean grew up in Ferren Woods and returned when offered a job as the local sheriff.
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