R.L. Stine‘s Pumpkinhead is ready to face off against the Halloween competition.
The Tubi Original feature is set to debut on the free streaming service Oct. 17, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The cast includes Bean Reid, Adeline Lo, Kevin McNulty, Bob Frazer, Matty Finochio and Seth Isaac Johnson.
R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead centers on teenage Sam, whose family’s move to Redhaven is made worse when his brother Finn disappears — and no one else remembers that he existed. Sam joins friend Becka and eccentric Rusty in the race to find Finn and break a harvest curse before Halloween ends.
Jem Garrard (Slay) helmed the film from their own script that was inspired by Stine’s The Haunting Hour. Garrard executive produces alongside James Mattagne, Joan Waricha, Harvey Kahn, Yvonne Bernard, Dan Bernard, Allen Lewis and Rama Diallo.
R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead
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“R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead is a playful blend of good fun, big scares with an element of adventure that taps into everything audiences love about Halloween and young-adult horror,” says Tubi chief content officer Adam Lewinson. “We’re thrilled to collaborate with the legendary ‘master of fear,’ R.L. Stine, as part of our growing slate of YA storytelling that bridges generations and delivers fresh, genre-driven entertainment.”
Adds Stine, “There’s something rotten inside these pumpkins — and it isn’t pumpkin meat! I’m so happy to see one of my most terrifying Halloween stories brought to chilling life in this new movie.”
Stine is the best-selling novelist known for such horror book series as Goosebumps and Fear Street. R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead hails from production company Front Street Pictures.