Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Spookley the Square Pumpkin is a 2004 computer-animated film about a geometric pumpkin based on the book The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano. It was made by Holiday Hill Farm and released by Kidtoon Films and Lionsgate. The Honeydoos, three singing honeydews who sing in the style of The Pointer Sisters, are also featured. Bobby Pickett makes a brief cameo near the end of the film; his hit song "Monster Mash" is mentioned in one of the musical numbers "Transylvania Twist". Troiano and Zahn had previously written new music for Pickett's 1995 film adaptation of Monster Mash.
Plot
Two bats who live at Holiday Hill Farm, bug-eating Boris and bug-loving vegetarian Bella, discover an unusual sight in the pumpkin patch and rush to inform the farm's scarecrow, Jack, of their find, which is a young, innocent pumpkin named Spookley, who is unusually square-shaped instead of round. Jack takes a liking to Spookley, but Little Tom, a small pumpkin attached by a vine to the much larger Big Tom, immediately begins bullying and body shaming Spookley and states that only round pumpkins are real pumpkins. Jack quickly puts a stop to Little Tom's teasing.
Cast
More details
author | Tom Hughes |
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director | Bernie Denk |
editor | Muvico |
keywords | body shaming bully burned alive essentialism live at only round pumpkins are real pumpkins pumpkin patch river tease tree branch |
musicBy | Jeffrey Zahn Joe Troiano |
producer | Jeffrey Zahn Mark Zander |
productionCompany | Holiday Hill Farm |
publisher | HIT Entertainment Kidtoon Films Lionsgate |
theme | animated direct-to-video |