Review of Leprechaun (1993) by Glen M — 26 Nov 2009

This came out the first week of January in 1993, and on Saturday Night Live Wayne and Garth made the joke that it was the best movie of the year (since it was the only one out so far). Wayne also used to scare the shit out of Garth by putting a flashlight to his face and going "IT'S THE LEPRECHAUN".

LOL I remember seeing this crappy movie back then, but never bothered with any of the sequels. But after seeing the Troll movies last week, I decided to put all 7 of them to the top of my Netflix queue.

What, am I going to rent all the Ghoulies and Critters movies next? Probably. Leprechaun is probably most notable for being Jennifer Aniston's first movie. It must of been hilarious when she auditioned for Friends and Leprechaun was the best thing on her resume.

They were probably like, "You were in LEPRECHAUN!? You're hired!" Leprechaun is played by the world's most popular midget, Warwick Davis, who ruled as Willow and the lead Ewok in Return of the Jedi, Wicket.

I always heard that little people only live to be about 35 years old. But Warwick Davis is well into his 50s now so he must actually be an immortal leprechaun. So he wears no make-up in this movie, that's what he actually looks like.

The movie is simple, you take the Leprechaun's gold and he comes at you with a vengeance. Nowadays though, you're more likely to find a gay orgy at the end of a rainbow than a pot of gold. When the fat retarded guy accidentally swallows a piece, it makes it impossible to give back all of the gold to the leprechaun (which is all you have to do to make it go away).

The fat guy is played by Mark Holton, who you might remember best as the fat evil guy from Pee Wee's Big Adventure. He also played serial killer John Wayne Gacy (not John Wayne Bobbit, who had his penis cut off, and didn't eat them like Gacy did).

The film is extremely hilarious. There is nothing funnier than the image of people screaming and running away from a ridiculous-looking 3-foot-tall midget in a leprechaun costume. The best part is how they can distract it by throwing shoes, since he has to stop and shine them all.

Funny, but crappy movie. This can't be the best one, right? Part 2 should be better.