Listed below are the eight extant “Leprechaun” movies so as of their launch:
- “Leprechaun” (1993)
- “Leprechaun 2” (1994)
- “Leprechaun 3” (1995)
- “Leprechaun 4: In Area” (1997)
- “Leprechaun within the Hood” (2000)
- “Leprechaun: Again 2 tha Hood” (2003)
- “Leprechaun: Origins” (2014)
- “Leprechaun Returns” (2018)
Warwick Davis performed the Leprechaun within the first six movies, and so they all presumably share a continuity, though the connections between the sequels aren’t terribly sturdy. The tales all encompass the theft of the Leprechaun’s gold and the monster’s bloody style of reclaiming it. The Leprechaun has depraved magic and a monstrous face, however nonetheless wears a little bit inexperienced prime hat, buckled sneakers, and green-striped stockings. A Leprechaun could be trapped in a field indefinitely, offered its capturer locations a four-leaf clover on prime. If a Leprechaun sees soiled sneakers, it has to compulsively cease and clear them. The sneakers conceit solely sometimes comes up.
Solely the primary two “Leprechaun” motion pictures had been launched theatrically. Notably, “Leprechaun 3” and “Leprechaun 4: In Area” had been directed by longtime B-movie luminary Brian Trenchard-Smith of “Useless Finish Drive-In” and “Turkey Shoot” fame. Sure, the fourth movie does certainly happen in area, on board a starship within the yr 2096. There’s a mutant, a cyborg, an area princess, and laser gun battles, all whereas Warwick Davis cackles maniacally. It is wild, though “In Area” is just not practically as loopy as Rob Spera’s “Leprechaun within the Hood,” one of many weirdest horror sequels of all time. Set in ’03 South Central Los Angeles, that movie includes the Leprechaun looking for a magic flute. The monster smokes weed in between murders. It ends with Warwick Davis rapping about being an evil Leprechaun.
Sadly, compared, “Again 2 tha Hood” is comparatively restrained.
