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*Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes*
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes
	Official release poster
Genre	Slasher, horror
Based on	Pumpkinhead ; by Ed Justin
Screenplay by	Jake West ; Barbara Werner
Directed by	Jake West
Starring	Lance Henriksen ; Doug Bradley
Theme music composer	Rob Lord
Country of origin	United Kingdom ; United States ; Romania ; Switzerland
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Brad Krevoy ; Pierre Spengler ; Donald Kushner
Cinematography	Erik Alexander Wilson
Editor	Justin Rogers
Running time	91 minutes
Production companies	MPCA ; Castel Film Romania ; Clubdeal
Original release
Network	Sci Fi Channel
Release	2006
Related
	Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings; Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud;

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes is a 2006 made-for-television supernatural slasher horror film and the third installment in the Pumpkinhead film series of horror films. The film is directed by Jake West (Evil Aliens), who co-wrote the screenplay with Barbara Werner.

Plot

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes plotline follows more closely to the first film, with townspeople angered over the local mortician stealing and selling the organs of their loved ones and then dumping the corpses in a swamp, rather than cremating them. When the townspeople find out, they have the old witch Haggis summon Pumpkinhead through the mummified body of Ed Harley (played by Lance Henriksen, who reprises his role from the first film). Pumpkinhead then proceeds to go on his killing rampage murdering all those responsible for the desecration, while Doc Frasier (Doug Bradley) hurries to murder those who summoned Pumpkinhead, which will effectively kill the demon in the process.

Cast

Doug Bradley as Dr. "Doc" Fraser
Lance Henriksen as Ed Harley
Lisa McAllister as Dahlia Wallace
Tess Panzer as Molly Sue Allen
Emanuel Parvu as Oliver Allen
Ioana Ginghina as Ellie Johnson
Douglas Roberts as Bunt Wallace
Radu Iacobian as Richie
Catalin Paraschiv as Ronnie Johnson
Dan Astileanu as Sheriff Bullock
Dicu Aurel as Tiny Wallace
Iulian Glita as Junior Wallace
Lynne Verrall as Haggis
Emil Hostina as Lenny
Philip Bowen as Reverend McGee
Vasilescu Valentin as Deputy Ben
Bart Sidles as Fred
Mircea Stoian as Agent Bensen
Radu Banzaru as Agent Black

Production

Initially announced as Pumpkinhead 3, it was filmed back-to-back with another sequel titled Pumpkinhead 4 in Bucharest, Romania. The films were renamed Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, respectively, before their release.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

Lance Henriksen had been asked by the producers of Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings to return, but Henriksen declined having read the script deeming it "terrible".^[2] Henriksen returned to the role of Ed Harley after talking with Ashes to Ashes director Jake West and Blood Feud director Michael Hurst responding positively to their ideas and excited to play Ed Harley as a ghost.^[2] In contrast to prior films most of the effects work was done with CGI rather than practical effects.^[2]

Release

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes premiered on SCI FI on October 28, 2006, followed by a home video release on March 27, 2007.^[3]^[4]

Reception

Ian Jane of DVD Talk rated it 2/5 stars and criticized its "cheap, shoddy filmmaking".^[5] Dread Central rated it 2/5 stars and wrote: "Despite the cast and crew's obvious devotion to the original, Ashes to Ashes hits every pitfall in the low-budget realm".^[6] Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times called it unmemorable and "rote slasher stuff".^[7] In an interview with YouTuber Comic Book Girl 19, Lance Henriksen expressed his disappointment with the film.^[8]