Written & Directed by: Mark Jones Starring: Warwick Davis .... Leprechaun Jennifer Aniston .... Tony Reding Ken Olandt .... Nathan Murphy Mark Holton .... Ozzie Release Date: Supposed Limited Theatrical: January 8, 1993 *Images courtesy at: www.lepconnie.com Rating:

A man named Daniel O'Grady (Shay Duffin) and his wife who returned to the USA from thinking that they are filthy rich after stealing gold coins from a vengeful Leprechaun (Warwick Davis). However, the Leprachaun tagged along in one of their suitcases as he kills O'Grady's wife but then he is locked away in a wooden box with a four leaf clover to keep him there down in the basement of O'Grady's home and then O'Grady himself gets sick and is sent to a hospital.
10 years later a man named J.D. Reding (John Sanderford) and his spoiled daughter Tony (Jennifer Aniston) move into his home as its all dusted and broken down.
While they try to get the house back in shape with some painters, one of the painters who is a meantally challenged adult named Ozzie (Mark Holton) goes down into the basement as he hears a childs cry through the wooden box the Leprechaun is trapped in. He wipes off the clover and the Leprechaun escapes.
He runs to tell the others but they find nothing and thinks he's using his imagination.
Next Ozzie spots a rainbow as him and his young friend Alex (Robert Gorman) finds the end of it and then spots a bad of gold coins belonging to the Leprechaun in a broken down truck. Ozzie accindently swallows one. They both decide to keep the gold coins but this enrages the Leprechaun and will kill to get all of his coins which puts Ozzie in danger after realising that Ozzie swallowed one of his coins as he terrorises everyone there.

This film was a clever flick having an evil Leprechaun putting curses on people and using his deadly powers too as Mark Jones really studied the Leprechauns background and making a children's fairytale into something deadly.
However the story doesn't pick up too much making it more corny than frightening almost cloning Freddy Krueger.
Still it's fun to watch if you're in the mood for it.

The acting is very well performed by all the cast members.
I first spotted Warwick Davis in the fantasy flick Willow and he proves to be very versatile with his acting talent at playing the Leprechaun as he is witty and deadly too. 4 bats for his performance indeed.
We have a nice performance by comedy actor Mark Holton as a mentally challenged adult but he seems to perom a goofy type character as he normally does in comedies but still he does well. Shows good expressions too.

There's a bloodied hand that was bitten
A bitten leg and then slaughtered by a pogo stick
An officers face is clawed and bloodied
The Leprechauns hjand is slammed off by a door.
Then his eye is stabbed by a police stick.
He melts into a crisp at the end

Mark Jones directs the actors very well but he doesn't make the story look too exciting.
However he directed Warwick terrifically as a sneaky and nasty Leprechaun with his blocking.
Towards close to the end of the film when Warwicks character melts to a crisp is well shot though.

Kevin Kiner and Robert J. Walsh composed the music for this film. Although they do well with it it's not too memorable.

We also have a songtrack when the film is about to start up with the song "Four Leaf Clover"

Ozzie: What are you?
Leprechaun: What do I look like, me lad? See the hat? The buckles on me shoes? Why, I'm a Leprechaun!

Leprechaun: Where's ME gold?

Leprechaun: [singing while bouncing a pogo stick on a man's chest] This old Lep, he played one. He played pogo on his lung.

Deputy Tripet: Say, aren't we a little young to be out this late?
Leprechaun: No, I'm 600 years old.

Ozzie: I think someone broke into the house.
Alex: No shit, Sherlock.

Tory: Nathan, that was no FUCKING bear.

Leprechaun: Try as they will, and try as they might, who steals me gold won't live through the night.

Leprechaun: Have you seen a crock of gold lyin' around?
[Ozzie shakes his head]
Leprechaun: Tell me or I'll bite your ear off, and I'll make a boot out of it.

Ozzie: Help. Help. It's happening. The attack is on. O'Grady farm. Uh, send help. The leprechaun is attacking. Army, navy, guns, marines, and we're gunna need some medicine.

Alex: Fuck you, lucky charms!

Daniel O'Grady: Burn in hell, you little green bastard!

DVD Features:

• Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

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