Leprechaun 4: In SpaceYear: 1996 Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith Written by: Dennis Pratt Threat: Leprechaun Weapon of Choice: Cane |
Other movies in this series:
Leprechaun
Leprechaun 2
Leprechaun 3
Leprechaun in the Hood
Leprechaun Back 2 tha Hood
Rish Outfield's reviews
Movies like these are why I do this page.
I'm serious. Leprechaun 4 was the most fun I've had with a horror film in
a long, long time (not counting The Mummy). Boy, it was awful. But it was
also so great! It was so silly, so dumb, and so hollow a movie experience,
but you know, I would OWN this movie.
Luckily, I was watching it with a couple of cynical horror fans--tyranist, and
his new best friend brother-in-law (who has a name, but I've forgotten it).
We laughed, we snickered, we cheered, and we booed. It was schlocky Sci-Fi
combined with dumb Horror, and even without the robots, I felt like I was
watching a "Mystery Science Theater 3000." Also, there were only three women
in the movie, right? And all three were extraordinarily good-looking. The
future looks bright, huh? Warwick Davis, who also goes on the list of
celebrities I've met, said that these movies are fun and stupid, but good
money for a month's work. And he said it with affection, so I imagine there
will be more in the works. When a film as bad as this is made, perhaps the
filmmakers stop and say, "Look, we're not making art here--let's just have
some fun." This has to be among the dumbest films I've seen, but I would see
it again. And again. And maybe a time after that.
Best Scare: Oh, come on.
I'd Recommend It To: People with friends and a sense of humor. Drinking beforehand might help.
The tyranist's thoughts
I didn't really care for this movie at all. The whole idea was stupid, the acting was pretty bad, the budget was extremely
low, the whole movie just kind of sucked. Considering how much I have to fight to get Rish to watch the Leprechaun movies
sometimes, it is a wonder that I even still want to check out the third entry and possibly the fifth when it comes out
next year. In fact, I am having problems just writing about this. And I like space marine movies. Well, let it be said that
we saw it and I didn't enjoy the experience much although, in retrospect we did laugh at it a lot.
Total Skulls: 24
Sequel | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Rips off earlier film | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
Former celebrity appears | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
Bad execution | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Shower scene | ||
Car stalls or won't start | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
What the hell? | ||
x years ago . . . | ||
Dark and stormy night | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Killer wears a mask | ||
Killer is in closet | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unscary villain/monster | ||
Beheading | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
Unbelievably crappy ending |