GL84 Hiking through the Irish countryside, a group of tourists encounters a group of demented locals living in a remote village offering sacrifices to a deadly leprechaun intending them to be next and must find a way to fight off the villagers as well as the deadly creature.This one isn't nearly as bad as its reputation. One of the strongest aspects of this one is the fact that there's a lot of work done here to enhance the historical connection of their trip with the folklore of the area. The film features some rather enjoyable work about the story of the Celtic origins of the area, from their stories about the past settlers and it's connection to the different monuments around the woods to the different measures of protecting them from the creature as it sets out to hunt them one-by-one all manage to readily make this one quite nice in that regard. As well, there's plenty of incredibly fun action to be had throughout here which carries this one along quite fast and frantic, with the opening stalking of the couple lost in the woods, the later scene of the group getting chased through the woods into the secondary cabin where not only do they come face-to-face with the true intentions behind the arrival there and a pretty enjoyable brawl in the woods where they're captured and prepared for the sacrifice. The ensuing fight with the creature when it appears is rather decent as well, and the final lead-up to the brawl in the cabin where it tracks them down for its final big fight is a big highlight, yet none of this is possible without the glorious high-impact action with them trapped in the cabin unaware of the creature stalking them outside. Discovering their trapped inside, the first hints that something is inside with them and the different means of barricading themselves away and it breaking through which really enhances the suspense of the situation and gives this one a ton of action along the way. The finale does come close to the impact of this one, with the scenes of them inside the truck and escaping into the woods with the creature right on them and leading into the house ambush which is rather tense and gives this some solid action to finish this off on a high- note. Along with the fine gory kills, these here hold this one up over it's few flaws as it did have a few troubling issues. The film's biggest problem is the fact that the creature never really seems consistent in its motivations. Initially it seems to be after them for encroaching on its territory, then it goes after the franchises' storyline of the desire for gold and then it becomes a part of the sacrificial storyline which doesn't make any sense and contradicts most of the other issues here as it never really seems to be consistent within itself. Neither of these really make it play that well into the franchise as well which gives it a rather odd feeling of being just an ordinary creature on the loose and has nothing in common with the others so it does feel somewhat out-of- place in that regard. The other problematic area is the rather lousy special effects on the creature itself, which is usually so blurry and distorted by the rapid-fire quick-cut editing that you never get any kind of view of it and can tell what it looks like until the end despite it being present most of the movie. These here really drag it out.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

one-nine-eighty OK first things first, this is not a Warwick Davies Leprechaun title. In fact the WWE (yes the actual Wrestling company) have 'rebooted' the film, however instead of a little fella running around in Green it's more of a rubber demon/goblin attacking people rather than a stereotypical Leprechaun. I was actually hoping for the later when I saw that Dylan "Hornswoggle" Postl was in the film, especially having been a Leprechaun in some of the Wrestling angles within the WWE over the years. This film is soo poor that I was angry with myself for sitting and watching it, at least my girlfriend managed to fall asleep - I wasn't that lucky (FML) !!!Where do I start? OK this is a typical 'cabin in the woods' and 'locals up to no good' film. A handful of American kids backpacking through Ireland (even though the scenery shows it's clearly not Ireland at all!!). They meet strangers, they get put up for the night in a random cabin, they don't question the amount of locks on the doors, they don't question why the locals are being nasty and then nice to them for no reason, they get attacked by a monster - yes a monster, and one by one they get attacked. The monster is so bad and is blatantly a small man in a rubber suit, maybe it was an embarrassment for the film crew as there are very few shots of the monster without a random post editing blur applied to hide how embarrassingly rubber the monster was - I've seen more convincing beast in very early Hammer House Horror films. The blur is annoying and the fact that you never really see the monster in a full shot is very like early horror films where production teams were cleverly trying to be convincing with the like of the 'Monster from the Black Lagoon', apart from in this there is technology to make a good film… but it just wasn't used properly.After watching this film I might go back and bump the ratings I gave for the original Leprechaun films up by a few stars - this travesty of an embarrassment of a film was that awful that I am really struggling to say anything nice about it. In hindsight any low rating I gave the original Leprechaun films should be revoked, re-rated, drizzled with gold and diamonds and re-submitted to IMDb.Bad directing, poor acting, terrible narrative, annoying effects…. Did Lionsgate and the WWE really want to put their name to this? The Leprechaun formula has been smashed into tiny pieces and it'll be hard to put it together again - poor Warwick as he really managed to find a film franchise perfect for him (ok, that was slightly tongue in cheek praise but if you have seen this film you'll understand.)My mum raised me with the belief that if I haven't got anything good to say about something I should stay quiet, with that in mind my final summary of the film is this………………………………………………………..Thank you - Avoid this film!

sarahwess1596 DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. Zach Lipovsky IS A MORONIC AND INCOMPETENT DIRECTOR as is the writer, Harris Wilkinson. I cannot believe anyone funded this garbage. You will be checking the time every 6 to 7 minutes to see how much more horribly directed crap you have to sit through.Characters fall over just from standing still, not tripping over anything, not running, they just fall down as if they have no balance (although they all trip while running too, and then act as if they are paralyzed from head to toe). When they get somewhere safe, the directors and writer have them go outside one by one to get killed for no reason, even though they were untouchable where they were. The director has them leave whatever weapons they have in hand when moving from one location to the next- they literally just set them down before they run. Without even shooting a round, characters always cock their guns whenever they point them at something as if there wasn't a round in the chamber the first fifty times; even the double barrels have a cocking sound effect added even though that's impossible. Shotguns hold as many rounds as a machine gun. When characters with machetes and axes are waiting for a guy they know has a gun to come through a door, they stand in front of the doorway on the opposite side of the room rather than next to the door off to the side (seriously writers and directors? How stupid are you to make such a weak movie). Everyone falls down and then dies, now you don't have to waste your time. Only good part is the the actors were great which is even worse because now their careers will be permanently sullied by this trash.

Michael_Elliott Leprechaun: Origins (2014)** (out of 4)Four friends are backpacking through Ireland when a kind old man (you know what that means) tells them about a historical site they should go see. The old man offers them a cabin in the woods to stay in for the night so that they can start walking that morning but of course they end up being offered to a murdering leprechaun who holds the town captive.I guess I should start off by saying that I found the LEPRECHAUN series to be the worst horror franchise ever made. I really thought the first six movies were quite poor but being a completest I couldn't help but check out this reboot. While this thing is certainly a lot different than the previous six films, there's no question that it's also a little better than them. With that said, that should somewhat come as a warning since I'm sure fans of the original series are going to hate the changes they made here but at the same time I guess you should at least give them credit for not simply remaking it or giving us the same thing.If you're expecting an ugly little leprechaun to be going around telling jokes then you're not going to find that here. This "leprechaun" is more like a raging demons that runs and stalks his victims. I will admit that I thought these creatures were rather stupid and for the life of me I'm not sure why they were being passed off as leprechauns. I do also admit that I think it would have been better having some sort of leprechaun that we're used to seeing. Again, there's nothing wrong with the creatures here but it seems they would have fit better into a movie not called LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS. With that said, there are a couple decent kills scattered throughout the movie and there's no doubt that the creature itself looks good, whenever you can actually see it.The performances are actually quite good for a film like this with Stephanie Bennett, Melissa Roxburgh, Andrew Dunbar and Brendan Fletcher all doing nice work. Garry Chalk is also good in his role. Dylan Postl plays the leprechaun here and to be honest it's rather hard to judge his performance since you hardly see his creature throughout the picture.Again, if you're a fan of the original series then I can see why you might hate this thing. If you're not a fan of horror then you'll certainly hate it. There's certainly nothing great or good about this movie but I found it to be mildly entertaining and thankfully it didn't run on too long.