Rating: - Not as bad as other reviewers describe!
Before watching this movie, all I knew was that it was a direct-to-dvd film, and was rumored to be a true sequel to the original film becasue it would include Lance Henriksen. I did not have high expectations at all, but I did expect it to live up to the title of sequel and not reinvent the story like Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings did.

I was worried that the scenes with Lance Henriksen were going to be reused footage "flashbacks" from the original movie, but my worries were put to rest. Lance Henriksen isn't in the film for longer than a few minutes at a time, but his presence as the ghost of Ed Harley was welcomed, and his connection to Pumpkinhead helped to tie this movie to the original.

The bad CGI was glaringly obvious, and is the only real low point for me. It just didn't need to be in the movie, and made it hard to get back into the film after seeing it. I think this has happened to other people and left such a bad tasted in their mouths that they couldn't give a better review of this movie.

What helped me through the movie most were the references to the original film. Ed Harley's necklace, Ed Harley himself, the witch, Bunt Wallace (The grown version of the boy in the first film), and even the pumpkin patch. All this carried the film for me and made it an enjoyable watch.