Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Paul Andrews The Pumpkin Karver starts one Halloween night as Lynn Starks (associate producer Amy Weber) prepares for a party, her younger brother Jonathan (Michael Zara) carves spooky faces in Pumpkins because, well, that's what he likes to do I suppose. Lynn's annoying jerk of a boyfriend Alec (David J. Wright) decides to play a Halloween prank on her & attacks her with a fake knife, Lynn is scared & calls out for help & Jonathan comes running with a very real knife of his own & stabs Alec to death. Jump forward One Year Later & Lyn & Jonathan are moving to the small town of Carver in order to forget the terrible events of a year ago, once there the first thing they do is prepare for another Halloween party with some local teens but that tragic events of a year ago still haunt Jonathan & when someone in a mask similar to what Alec wore starts killing people no-one is safe but who is it? Is it Jonathan? Is it the crazy old man? Is it the ghost of Alec? Who know's...Co-written & directed by Robert Mann this is your typical teen slasher that happens to be set around Halloween so comparisons to John Carpenter's seminal classical Halloween (1978) may arise but the two films are very different in terms of style & tone, while nowhere near the worst teen slasher I have seen that's by no means any sort of recommendation as The Pumpkin Karver is still a pretty damned bad 90 odd minutes. The script has some silly theme about Pumpkin carvers (the whole town is called Carver & the guy who founded it is a top Pumpkin carver himself) running through it, seriously the way some of these character's go on you would think it's an Olympic sport! The plot here is fairly basic with some sort of prank going horribly wrong & someone ending up dead or seriously injured & then on the anniversary of the accident teens start getting killed off, it's very familiar teen slasher territory to be honest & The Pumpkin Karver adds nothing to the mix. The body count isn't particularly high, the murders are forgettable & the character's are all horror film clichés although the girls do look very nice I have to say. I would say that the biggest problem with The Pumpkin Karver is the confusing narrative, the ending is supposed to be a twist but it's poorly done & you never quite know whether it's going for a supernatural angle or an unstoppable undead killer one, the whole body switching twist revealed at the end could have been used more effectively that's for sure.There's not even more gore to compensate for the lame & predictable story, a woman has her face cut with a knife, a guy is impaled on a huge drill, a guy is decapitated while taking a leak & ends up urinating on his own severed head (don't ask) & there's a bit of blood splatter but overall The Pumpkin Karver is pretty tame. There's zero nudity as well & I can't believe the makers killed off the best looking girl in the whole film so early, just another reason to dislike it I suppose. Generally speaking the film is competent & reasonably well made for what it is but there very little tension, hardly any build-up to the kills & scares are limited to people suddenly walking into shot & scaring various people who weren't expecting them. The whole film looks too bright & being set in a small desert town there's no Hollween late autumn feeling or atmosphere. The killer mask which looks like a rotten Pumpkin face is sort of cool & there's a amusing little Men in Black (1997) parody at the start but their hardly worth the effort of seeing the film for.With a supposed budget of about $1,000,000 it's competent as I said but bring nothing new to the slasher genre & doesn't particularly make a good job of ripping-off other better films. Apparently filmed in Lancaster in California. The acting is alright, as I said the girls her are very hot looking so that helps but not enough in the end.The Pumpkin Karver is a basic teen slasher film that can't decide if it wants a rational explanation to the twist ending or a supernatural one & in the end just feels like a mess. The fact there's hardly any kills doesn't help either.

Kashmirgrey "Low budget" is not a valid excuse for a lousy film. Some great films have been products of extremely low budgets. This is not one of them.Quick plot summary: Halloween night, sister's boyfriend pretends he's a masked murderer. Sister doesn't get the joke and screams for help. Young brother arrives with blade in hand and viciously attacks assailant. Shoot forward one year, sister and brother are moving to a new town and attend a locals' Halloween party on a pumpkin farm. As the evening progresses, so does the body count.The villain's mask in this film is above average in the grotesque category and was pretty effective. Amy Weber and Minka Kelly are gorgeous. A couple of interesting plot twists.Now for the bad: 4000 plot holes! Albeit, the masked-serial murderer has been (pardon the pun) done to death, but this film had potential to be a decent Halloween flick. Unfortunately, it is all presented in a choppy, careless manner that not even its gratuitous (and extremely brief) bare breast scene could assist in saving.Amy Weber and Minka Kelly are gorgeous, though.

hiimken I saw this movie in the theater on it's opening night (a preview). I've got to say, it has a very creative plot twist right out of the gate which I think sets it aside from most of the low budget, predictable horror flicks. There are a lot of fun, weird kill scenes (my favorite killing is the guy who gets it at the pumpkin patch). Okay, so we're not seeing any big movie stars running around in this movie, but you can't gage a horror movie on it's star power. It's a low budget hack and slasher but it's right up there with all the other low budget hack and slashers. I believe this movie has the potential to become one of those popular, underground horror flicks. A nice rental...

jack-958 What makes " The Pumpkin Karver" a great little film? When you can make a film of this quality for little or no money tells it all. The talent lies with the writer/director Robert Mann Jr. The Pumpkin Karver is a case study for any up an coming film maker. The late Jack Warner, of Warner Brothers Studios once said; a financial success is an artistic success. It is my understanding that the distributor" First Look" jumped all over this picture as soon as they screened it. The day the Pumpkin Karver showed up in the market place, people started buying it, renting it and enjoying it. The real win here, is for the viewer. Coming down the line soon, Robert Mann's next three films, which are in the making now, have solid budgets attached to them. They will take six months each to make, not six year; and yes, the first of the three films out will be a super Horror/thriller. Any writer/director who can take a penny and make it look like a dollar on the screen will be making films in this town for a long time to come. The secret is; to make high quality, cost effective films over and over again. Very few writer/directors can do that. Robert Mann Jr., has discovered this secret. I for one am investing in this young talents next three pictures.See you at the movies.....