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First Trailer Drops for R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead, Tubi’s Halloween Premiere on Oct. 17

The YA feature adapts a 1999 Nightmare Hour short under writer-director Jem Garrard.

Overview

  • The plot follows teenage Sam in Redhaven as he races to undo a harvest curse after his brother Finn disappears and others forget he existed.
  • The movie will stream free exclusively on Tubi starting October 17 on the ad-supported platform.
  • Jem Garrard writes and directs, with Bean Reid and Adeline Lo leading alongside Kevin McNulty, Bob Frazer, Matty Finochio, and Seth Isaac Johnson.
  • The feature builds on an R.L. Stine short from the 1999 Nightmare Hour collection, previously adapted as an episode of The Haunting Hour.
  • The first official trailer debuted with an exclusive at Collider, as Tubi and Stine describe the film as a playful, scary young-adult horror entry.