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A lithe, pumpkin-headed monster is the menace, and the heart, behind David Slade’s new film, an adaptation of Norman Partridge’s 2006 coming-of-age novel about the evils that lurk in a small town’s secrets.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Selick turns Burton’s original story and fanciful sketches into fully realized characters and walks that fine line between comedy and horror while maintaining the sense of wonder instilled by the pumpkin-headed Halloween king.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2021

The creepy pumpkin-headed kid/being named Sam will be there to chronicle it all.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2015

But there are also some deeply creepy moments, such as a visit to a town of pumpkin-headed creatures whose intentions may or may not be friendly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2014

But there was no mistaking him, because he was the only pumpkin-headed man alive in the Land of Oz.

From Glinda of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)