A great fun Halloween tale with a deranged supernatural killer in a silly B-Movie style.
- Entertainment factor: ★★★★★
- Comedy factor: ★★★★☆
- Silly factor: ★★★★★
- Slasher factor: ★★★★★
- Monster factor: ★★★★★
Pumpkin Man Jane is all about the monster the Pumpkin Man and is a very fun silly read. Set at Halloween it has a lot of brutal kill. It’s a short but sweet read that is perfect for Halloween and is self-ware of its own silliness. There’s even a sequel that is as much fun and explains the origins of the Pumpkin Man.
It consists of 204 pages
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Plot
It’s 1975 and it’s Halloween in Birch Hollow. The town and its residents always celebrate Halloween in a great way, so that tourists come to celebrate Halloween. But Birch Hollow also has the Pumpkin Man.
We follow 18-year-old Jane who has to babysit Billy during Halloween and we follow police officer Valerie Strauss who is desperately looking for the Pumpkin Man. For a couple of years murders take place during Halloween, gruesome murders. Last year Valerie was at the murder scene and was stabbed by the killer. A hobo was arrested but she knows it was somebody else. And she’s still looking for him. Tony who lives next door to Betty in the same street as Jane and Billy and his mother, also knows that the Pumpkin Man is real and he is waiting for him.
In the meantime the Pumpkin Man is going on his killing spree, giggling as he kills and attacking people. And Jane is one of his targets.
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Short Review
It’s a silly story, in a good way. It has a fun B-movie style that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it has a lot of fun. The killings seem random and the Pumpkin Man doesn’t have a plan, only to kill, to play and have fun. While the oblivious people all think he has a great costume. There are a lot of kills, gruesome and violent and gory.
There are also lot of characters although not too much, for such a short story, although some are clearly the main characters. We follow different characters along this night who have each different dealings with the Pumpkin Man. This gives the story more body as we follow the story from different perspectives that eventually all come together in the end. The ending is fun but there is more to the story. That you can read in the prequel, Pumpkin Man 2: Origin.
If your are into some B-Movie slasher fun with a supernatural killer in a Halloween town in the seventies than this will be a great read.
Pumpkin Man: Jane is great fun for Halloween. It has a silly B-movie vibe with a fun supernatural killer, some gore, brutal kills and great Halloween vibes. If you liked this one you will certainly like the sequel that is actually a prequel and shows how it all began with a thrilling chase and a trail of kills all through town.
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