Leofwine_draca An obnoxious dwarf. Lots of silly deaths. Lame comedy throughout the film. You might be forgiven for thinking that you're watching LEPRECHAUN here, but no, this is just another in the long line of silly "killer creature" movies including the likes of TROLL, GHOULIES, and lots more. I'm desperately trying to think of something positive to say about this film, but the best I can say is that it's slightly better than LEPRECHAUN, but not much...Things kick off promisingly with a scene set in the 1400s, which sees a group of frightened villagers set fire to Rumpelstiltskin and banish him, but not before he's torn out somebody's eyeball and munched it! Sadly, almost immediately, the film goes forward to the present day and we are introduced to the biggest group of non-actors, poor performers, and basic idiots that you are ever likely to see. The prize for "most irritating actress of all time" goes to the woman playing the lead's friend, who wears silly hats and has a fine line in ridiculous facial expressions. Her brutal neck-snapping comes as welcome relief.In a film which has criminals who decide to steal cars WHILE POLICEMAN STAND TALKING ABOUT FIVE FEET AWAY and in which a man escapes from a huge truck ON A CHILD'S BUGGY, the only impressive thing is Rumpelstiltskin's appearance, designed and created by the talented Kevin Yagher. With dead grey drawn skin and an almost reptilian look, Rumpelstiltskin seems to be the logical progression of some of Jim Henson's creature creations, for example the ones in THE DARK CRYSTAL. Sadly, the scriptwriters decided to make Rumpelstiltskin a ridiculous villain by giving him lots of silly Freddy Krueger-style wisecracks which totally ruin the impression.The plot seems to have been borrowed from THE TERMINATOR (Rumpelstiltskin rides a bike, massacres a police force and chases the leads in a huge truck which then explodes), the moronic comedy just isn't funny and even the silly gore effects - severed heads, arms, etc. fail to impress. From the moment the heroine sticks a broom handle into Rumpelstiltskin's mouth to defend herself you just know this is going to be a bad film, and indeed it is, in every possible way. Sometimes I wonder why I watch rubbish like this, when I could be doing something more productive. Please don't make the mistake I did, and avoid this at all costs!

ryangalicia818 Like it says in the title, that's all there is to talk about. This movie only has 2 very descent scenes in it. The epic Car Chase & The Go-Kart scene. The rest was dragging on and on. I do like the Rumpelstiltskin character, he's like the Leprechaun in every way. Funny jokes, they dress up funny, and there sense of humor. Another problem, they barely even show Rumpelstiltskin. It feels like to me that he is only in for like 20 minutes total??? Maybe it's just me. When they aren't showing Rumpelstiltskin. The main woman is either bragging to the cops or complaining about her baby keep on missing. Not very good. After watching this movie I just wanna watch Leprechaun movies again.4.5/10

seanman5000 This film is ridiculous on so many levels! I don't understand why they have to take every single fairy tale character, and make them a killer. Now, I realize that The Brothers Grimm sort of did that, but come on! You are afraid of a being that is half your size?!! Really?!! The whole film goes like this, "Oh no Rumplestiltskin is after my baby! What do we do? What do we do?" Here's an idea...move to Alaska! Jeez! I just don't understand why people are so afraid of midgets in horror movies. Yes they have powers, yes they are creepy, and yes they can be annoying, but come on! You want my advice. I will make this short. Beware of this film's stupidity!

thebadwolfe Rumpelstiltskin is excellent for what it is, and that is a wonderful, cheesy horror movie. If you are a fan of the Leprechaun series, you will most assuredly like this. It has a great mixture of funny dialog and violent humor, and, unlike most films, the bad guy is obviously the only star. This is done by contrasting the boorish, uninteresting people of the film with our colorful, funny anti-hero. Of course, who watches a film like this for dialog or characters? We want to see the bad guy on the screen, doing what he does best. And Rumpelstiltskin does this this quickly, not wasting a lot of time developing other characters, whom we could care less about. However, the characters are certainly not underdeveloped either. You'll just have to see this film for yourself.