A vicious killer wearing a grotesque pumpkin mask (a genuinely scary portrayal by David J. Wright) stalks teenagers at a rowdy Halloween bash being held on a remote farm in the sleepy country town of Carver. Director Robert Mann, who also co-wrote the compact script with Sheldon Silverstein, relates the absorbing story at a steady pace, does a sound job of creating and sustaining both an eerie atmosphere and a good deal of tension, vividly captures a flavorsome Halloween party mood, and delivers the gruesome goods with the gory murder set pieces. The solid acting from a capable cast helps a lot: Michael Zara makes for a sympathetic protagonist as the troubled and tormented Jonathan Starks, Terrance Evans almost steals the whole show with his marvelously lively and quirky turn as creepy'n'crusty old coot Ben Wickets, Minka Kelly provides plenty of charm and warmth as the sweet Tammy Boyles, and Alex Weed and David Phillips supply hilarious comic relief as boisterous hipsters Spinner and Bone Daddy. Moreover, it's nice see a recent fright feature that takes time to establish the well drawn characters and rural setting before getting down to bloody brass tacks. Philip Hurn's sharp cinematography gives the picture a neat autumnal look and makes fluid use of a gliding'n'prowling camera. David Kowal's shivery score does the spine-tingling trick. A worthwhile slice'n'dice opus.

In the Halloween in West Minister, the teenager Lynn Starks (Amy Weber) is attacked by a man wearing a pumpkin face mask in the basement of her house. Her younger brother Jonathan Starks (Michael Zara) is carving a pumpkin in his room and hears her sister crying for help. He uses the knife to protect his sister, stabbing the assaulter. When they take the mask off his face, they realize that the man is Lynn's boyfriend Alec (David J. Wright) playing a prank on Lynn.One year later, the siblings are living in Carver, and they are invited to a Halloween party in the field. Lynn introduces her friend Tammy (Minka Kelly) to her brother, who is haunted by Alec, and Jonathan stays with Tammy. However, her former boyfriend Lance (David Austin) bullies Jonathan along the night. Meanwhile several youngsters are attacked by the Pumpkin Face that carves their faces."The Pumpkin Karver" is a film with terrible story, characters, direction and acting. The plot is unoriginal and full of clichés; there are several slashers very similar to "The Pumpkin Karver", but the conclusion is awful. The characters are stupid and non-charismatic and the two guys dressed in white are annoying and unbearable. The direction and the acting are bad, and Michael Zara is very weak in the lead role. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): "Pumpkin Karver, a Nova Face do Terror" ("Pumpkin Karver, the New Face of Terror")

I'm sorry, but I cannot understand how anyone could possible enjoy watching this movie. Indeed, I am annoyed with myself for watching the whole of this terrible piece of trite. Okay, so the film starts off fine, for the first five minutes, and looks like it's going to be quite interesting... but then it descends into nonsensical rubbish! Key problems: The plot (if I can call it that!) - just does not make any sense! And the so called twist at the end is so obvious that it can't even be called a twist! The characters - The lead character whines and moans, and just becomes plain irritating - why the girl falls for him I have absolutely no idea! Add to this a bunch of totally annoying 'friends' (especially the 'stoner' mates, who are horrific!) who are all cardboard cutout prats. The acting - Words can hardly express how awful they are... especially the lead guy who is so bad I wanted to stick pins in my eyes. The writing - whoever wrote this should look very hard at themselves - a lot of it makes no sense - for example the old man, what the hell is he talking about?!?!?Overall: There is nothing for me to praise in this film, please stay away from it, this is one of the worst films ever made - I am amazed that it was ever put into production. Terrible!!!!

"Low budget" is not a valid excuse for a lousy film. Some great films have been products of extremely low budgets. This is not one of them.Quick plot summary: Halloween night, sister's boyfriend pretends he's a masked murderer. Sister doesn't get the joke and screams for help. Young brother arrives with blade in hand and viciously attacks assailant. Shoot forward one year, sister and brother are moving to a new town and attend a locals' Halloween party on a pumpkin farm. As the evening progresses, so does the body count.The villain's mask in this film is above average in the grotesque category and was pretty effective. Amy Weber and Minka Kelly are gorgeous. A couple of interesting plot twists.Now for the bad: 4000 plot holes! Albeit, the masked-serial murderer has been (pardon the pun) done to death, but this film had potential to be a decent Halloween flick. Unfortunately, it is all presented in a choppy, careless manner that not even its gratuitous (and extremely brief) bare breast scene could assist in saving.Amy Weber and Minka Kelly are gorgeous, though.