Jack-o-Lanterns Go to the Movies

March 24, 2018

By Khrista Rypl

Like all red-blooded Americans, we here at Studio 360 love Halloween. And like all holidays,Halloween has its non-negotiablemainstays: candy and pumpkins. We’ll let you buy your candy of choice (this is ours), but we’ve got some pumpkin inspiration to help you with any carving-related activities this weekend.

Everyone carves creepyfaces, but next-level pumpkins have a theme. Asmovie and TVjunkies (second only to our candy corn addiction), we rounded up the best pop-culturepumpkins on the internet.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

A holiday movie for the whole year round, The Nightmare Before Christmasis particularly well-suited to All Hallow’s Eve. Tim Burton’s stop-motion-animated Jack Skellington is a perfect subjectfor aJack-o-Lantern.

Something’s up with Jack… #jackskellingtonpumpkin #bigthunderranchjamboree #disneypumpkin #pumpkincarvers #bigthunderranch #nightmarebeforechristmaspumpkin
A photo posted by Ray Brown (@findraybrown) on Sep 21, 2014 at 9:30am PDT

Jack skellington pumpkin for Halloween #nostencil #freehandsketch #onlytook3hours #halloween #disney #pumpkin #pumpkincarving #jackskellington #jackskellingtonpumpkin #proudeffort
A photo posted by Amber (@sushimondo) on Oct 31, 2014 at 5:18am PDT

my #pumpkin is complete! #OogieBoogie #OogieBoogiePumpkin #halloween #pumpkincarvings #thenightmarebeforechristmas
A photo posted by ashipedia (@ashipedia) on Oct 26, 2014 at 10:23pm PDT

Jack Skellington

(PumpkinWayne/Flickr)

Zero the ghost dog

(grfx Playground/Flickr)

Star Wars

The eternal favoriteof nerds everywhere,Star Wars pumpkinshave the added bonus of being especially topical this year. If you’ve already bought presale tickets to Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, these carvingsmight be for you. Plus, now that there’s a new trailerwhere you can find adorablenew droids to sculpt.

Carve of BB-8 for all the #Star Wars fans!
A photo posted by The Pumpkin Geek (@thepumpkingeek) on Sep 26, 2015 at 7:25pm PDT

#DeathStar by yours truly
A photo posted by Nikki Phillips (@nikkiphillips) on Oct 7, 2015 at 2:47pm PDT

Are you ready for Halloween? My first jack o’ lantern of the season. A little bit of the dark side. #isoscare15 #jackolantern #halloween #canyoucarve #isobag #zombies #starwars #starwarspumpkin #showmeyours #picoftheday
A photo posted by Brianna Rae (@krazy_stuff) on Oct 14, 2015 at 12:56pm PDT

The force is strong with this carve….try the same, you cannot! #Halloween #StarWars
A photo posted by The Pumpkin Geek (@thepumpkingeek) on Sep 27, 2015 at 7:44am PDT

A photo posted by Carizza Rose (@carizzarose) on Oct 29, 2014 at 6:44pm PDT

Almost Halloween!!! My favorite time of the year!!
A photo posted by Veronica Veritz Alatriste (@veronicavtzaltrste) on Oct 30, 2013 at 12:20am PDT

Harry Potter

Wizards and witches are timelessHalloween subjects, so why not go with the greatest wizard of all time?Bonus points foruse of medium when you carve “Lumos” on a lighted pumpkin. My favorite is the abstract rendering of the Deathly Hallows sign — unless you’re a real Potter fan, it will just look like a coolgeometric design.

How much of a #HarryPotter nerd am I? I was told to carve the pumpkin, this was the result… 😀 #SorryNotSorry #HP #Halloween #HarryPotterPumpkin
A photo posted by manutddenbronx (@manutddenbronx) on Oct 31, 2014 at 5:02pm PDT

Always fun when a client orders a #HarryPotter pumpkin! #Halloween #Pumpkins #Craft
A photo posted by The Pumpkin Geek (@thepumpkingeek) on Sep 30, 2015 at 9:40am PDT

Pumpkin number one this year, side one. #pumpkin #pumpkincarving #harrypotter #hogwarts #halloween #thanksgiving
A photo posted by Sam, 24 (@snow426) on Oct 13, 2015 at 3:29pm PDT

I solemnly swear I am up to no good. #hp #harrypotterpumpkin
A photo posted by quasty (@quasty) on Oct 30, 2014 at 7:05pm PDT

Yup! I’m a nerd! #deathlyhallowspumpkin #harrypotter #harrypotterpumpkin #halloween #pumpkincarving
A photo posted by Tagen Kirk (@tagenmariee) on Oct 30, 2014 at 8:47pm PDT

My AWESOME pumpkin!!!!!! #ILoveHarryPotter #HP #DeathlyHallows #HarryPotter #HarryPotterPumpkin #BestPumkin #Ever #BadAss #HarryPotterFanatic #HarryPotterIsReal #Hogwarts #Halloween #HappyHalloween #Halloween2013
A photo posted by Shealynn Mace (@shealynnswaggg) on Oct 30, 2013 at 3:34pm PDT

Jurassic Park

I couldn’t findas many dinosaur pumpkins as I’d hoped, but the onesout thereare fierce. After Jurassic Worldopened this summer, you could be the first to carve Chris Pratt with some velociraptors in the best zookeeping pose of all time.

More Jack O Lantern Art… This one was life size… Well, life size for a Velociraptor… I mean, IF a Velociraptor were alive, and a skeleton… Never mind. #velociraptor #jackolantern #riseofthejackolanterns #pumpkincarving #amazing #cool
A photo posted by Jeff Wallace (@jaws_gallery_of_horrors) on Oct 13, 2015 at 5:03pm PDT

The park is now open #pumpkincarving #jackolantern #jurassicworld
A photo posted by Lynn Shenk (@shenk_aholic) on Oct 13, 2015 at 4:44pm PDT

Finally done with my #JurassicParkPumpkin!
A photo posted by A pretty fly-guy (@cordarro_mejia) on Oct 28, 2013 at 7:47pm PDT

Miscellaneous Pop-Culture Pumpkins

These didn’t coalesce into a cohesive theme, but they are rad as hell. TheVertigoone is clearly for AP Pumpkin Carvers, but I bet most of us could manage Batman. Probably.