The leprechaun from the "Leprechaun" movies has in fact actually killed more people than Freddy Kreuger. He's the most prolific serial killer in movie history that talks. The original movies were stupid and laughable, but this one was so unwatchable it isn't even laughable. The basic plot is that these four teenagers are traveling to Ireland and these two guys let them stay the night in a cabin. The leprechaun appears...and he doesn't wear clothes, is the size of a normal human, and doesn't talk. He looks more like a troll.So yeah with the title "Leprechaun: Origins" you'd probably expect to learn about the leprechaun's origins. You know, it would be kind of nice to see how he constantly comes back to life after being killed in every movie. This monster not only looks nothing like the original leprechaun, but doesn't even look like a leprechaun at all! This is one of the most cliché driven films ever created. We get a cabin in the woods, a dwindling party, sex of some kind and some monster thing. This movie was so horrendous even people who enjoy seeing leprechauns brutally murder people will hate it.It's apparently a reboot and I guess if the other slasher films can have one, so can "Leprechaun". There's one scene where a guy has enormous slashes on his chest with blood gushing out yet is somehow able to free three people from being tied up. The people who own the cabin stole the leprechaun's gold and sacrifice outsiders to it. You would think that a leprechaun that had his gold stolen would want to, you know, try to get the gold back. A dwarf played the leprechaun even though he was normal size so even that was a complete waste of time. This is one of the most horrible movies I've seen in my entire life and considering I've probably seen thousands, that's really saying something. Zero stars

Hiking through the Irish countryside, a group of tourists encounters a group of demented locals living in a remote village offering sacrifices to a deadly leprechaun intending them to be next and must find a way to fight off the villagers as well as the deadly creature.This one isn't nearly as bad as its reputation. One of the strongest aspects of this one is the fact that there's a lot of work done here to enhance the historical connection of their trip with the folklore of the area. The film features some rather enjoyable work about the story of the Celtic origins of the area, from their stories about the past settlers and it's connection to the different monuments around the woods to the different measures of protecting them from the creature as it sets out to hunt them one-by-one all manage to readily make this one quite nice in that regard. As well, there's plenty of incredibly fun action to be had throughout here which carries this one along quite fast and frantic, with the opening stalking of the couple lost in the woods, the later scene of the group getting chased through the woods into the secondary cabin where not only do they come face-to-face with the true intentions behind the arrival there and a pretty enjoyable brawl in the woods where they're captured and prepared for the sacrifice. The ensuing fight with the creature when it appears is rather decent as well, and the final lead-up to the brawl in the cabin where it tracks them down for its final big fight is a big highlight, yet none of this is possible without the glorious high-impact action with them trapped in the cabin unaware of the creature stalking them outside. Discovering their trapped inside, the first hints that something is inside with them and the different means of barricading themselves away and it breaking through which really enhances the suspense of the situation and gives this one a ton of action along the way. The finale does come close to the impact of this one, with the scenes of them inside the truck and escaping into the woods with the creature right on them and leading into the house ambush which is rather tense and gives this some solid action to finish this off on a high- note. Along with the fine gory kills, these here hold this one up over it's few flaws as it did have a few troubling issues. The film's biggest problem is the fact that the creature never really seems consistent in its motivations. Initially it seems to be after them for encroaching on its territory, then it goes after the franchises' storyline of the desire for gold and then it becomes a part of the sacrificial storyline which doesn't make any sense and contradicts most of the other issues here as it never really seems to be consistent within itself. Neither of these really make it play that well into the franchise as well which gives it a rather odd feeling of being just an ordinary creature on the loose and has nothing in common with the others so it does feel somewhat out-of- place in that regard. The other problematic area is the rather lousy special effects on the creature itself, which is usually so blurry and distorted by the rapid-fire quick-cut editing that you never get any kind of view of it and can tell what it looks like until the end despite it being present most of the movie. These here really drag it out.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

Leprechaun: OriginsTwo young American couples played by Canadians are backpacking through the Irish countryside, stumble upon an American Werewolf in London rip-off, and are left at the mercy of some bad camera work and some sort of half-arsed rotoscoping.This is a bad film.  I knew I was in for a stinker when the production company logo came on screen: WWE Studios.  Yep.  The "wrestling" people. So how bad is it?  Well obviously you've bad acting, a cheesy script, very approximate Irish accents, two-dimensional characters, glaring factual errors, crap special effects, no sense of threat, over-use of jump scares and Lewton buses… but I think the best way of summing up how just how crap Leprechaun: Origins is, is the fact that people are on IMDb defending the honour of the original Leprechaun (1993) film!That's all you need to know, really.  It's so poor, people are calling the original a "classic" by comparison.Avoid.yetanotherfilmreviewblog.tumblr.com

Alright now before you come to my home with pitchforks hear me out. Its been a long time since I watched the Leprechaun Series but I loved it! It was one of the first horror series' I went through when I fell in love with the genre. It was always incredibly campy, cheesy fun and Warwick Davis was absolute perfection in the role because he was silly and ridiculous and yet completely deranged. Should this have been considered a reboot/remake? No. They could have called it "Dead Irish" or "Green Isle of Horror" and made it a whole new movie. It literally has nothing in spirit or otherwise to connect it to that series. So let it be. Pretend its just another silly slasher/monster flick with a low budget. When you consider that...I thought it was pretty good. It has that isolation of the cabin and the small village and the deranged townspeople and a secret they're all hiding. Its not silly or slapstick but dark and twisted and disturbing. I wouldn't say scary necessarily unless you're not used to horror films but the tone of the movie works for what it is. The cast is typical and the story predictable but what else would you expect from a horror film following the recipe we all know and love.I will start with the most mundane casting choice. Dylan Postl is a WWE wrestler (WWE produced this movie of course) and he is headlined all over this thing. I suppose he has his fans and WWE does as well so it makes sense but Postl playing the Leprechaun is like Tom Cruise playing a breeze in the wind. It could have been anyone. You don't hardly see the monster Leprechaun (a plus in my book but hated by many) and Postl might not have even shown up for all I know. You literally never see the guy. The cast of travelling twenty-somethings are decent if not typical in their various roles. Stephanie Bennett, Andrew Dunbar, Melissa Roxburgh and Brendan Fletcher all play their roles well enough although none of them particularly stand out. You sort of get the vibe that Roxburgh is supposed to be like the "scream queen" of the film but she never quite hits that high note unfortunately. Garry Chalk is very good (probably the best in the film) as the nice guy townsman who "helps" the kids and ends up being the bad guy himself. Chalk is more evil and a better villain than the mysterious Leprechaun. Teach Grant is also good as Chalk's son who reluctantly goes along with Dad's ways.Its just a cheap little monster flick. No better no worse. If you're going to try to analyze it and hold it up to the original Leprechaun series and hold a grudge for them not bringing back Warwick Davis then of course you won't like it. Regardless of what they say, this is not part of the Leprechaun series period. It has nothing to do with it and it isn't even close to the tone of those movies. It would be like saying Nightmare on Elm Street is a remake of Friday the 13th. Same genre...very different films. So don't go into it looking for another Leprechaun movie from that franchise. Zach Lipovsky comes from making a host of TV films so his style is pretty basic and cut to the chase and he makes the film move alone nicely and he does use the setting and isolation and darkness very well. I actually think them not showing the Leprechaun was ballsy. I mean if you build up to it and then disappoint completely when you finally show him (Mama anyone?) then people would complain. This way he remains dark twisted and a mystery. Its not a great movie, its just an okay time waster than won't challenge you at all but I was entertained and indie horror films can be really awful and I didn't think this was that bad at all. 7/10