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Mar 2024
1h 32m

202 - Pumpkinhead (1988)

Night Vale Presents
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Dirtbike shitheads are at it again

Approachability: 5/10 ( Not as gory & we thought; More fairy-tale horror than gloopy/gloppy horror )

Content Warnings: Child death; Jump Scares; Blood/Gore; Suicide; Domestic Abuse

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