Review of Leprechaun: Origins (2014) by Rory S — 26 Aug 2014

Although the film has a decent production value and is visually up to par with modern horror remakes, the film will displease fans of the franchise. Leprechaun is no longer a witty magical slasher, but instead a mindless beast running through the woods eating tourists.

In general, it's a bad idea to take a film made famous for being campy and trying to make it serious. Without any of Leprechaun's cheesy one-liners or creative death scenes, the film becomes a generic monster in the woods story with nothing to separate it from the pack.

I give credit for the attempt at trying to do something new with the series, however it's important in a remake to still pay proper tribute to the source material. Leprechaun Origins is just about as much of a remake to Leprechaun as 30 days of night is a remake of Dracula.

It really has nothing to do with the series and should not be advertised as though it does.