Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Once again the Leprechaun is revived, only to find that one of his precious golden Shillings is missing and the usual killing spree ensues. This time the action has moved to Las Vegas, making good use of The Strip and for me personally this is cool because I was last there in 1995. The film has better gore & wit than the first 2 entries, plus a bit of sex thrown in. When one of the main characters gets bitten by the Leprechaun he starts turning into one himself with hilarious results. This film really did make me laugh out loud, best in the series.

Leprechaun 3 is the best sequel and possibly the best film in the leprechaun franchise (But at the end of the day, its still a killer leprechaun)SPOILERS AHEAD!Leprechaun 3 was released in 1995 from Trimark Entertainment. Australian born genre director Brian Trenchard-Smith directed the film, Smith is known for his horror exploits in such films as Dead End Drive-In (1986) and Night of the Demons 2 (1989). The film stars Lee Armstrong (Fraggle Rock), John Gatins (Kong: Skull Island), Marcelo Tubert (Tremors 2: After Shocks), Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2), and of course that ever talented green-thumb, Warwick Davis (Willow) is the Leprechaun.Warwick Davis returns as the titular leprechaun in this the third installment of the leprechaun franchise. For such a small menace the leprechaun fills up the screen with witty dark humor and a genuine creepiness at certain points. Davis seems to gleam right through he makeup and shoot out at the audience. Without Warwick at the helm of the character, the leprechaun would be nothing but a re-hashing of a formula that doesn't always work ... Leprechaun: OriginsThe other actor within the film definitely fit in the film. The actors certainly bring a certain cheesy camp nature to the film and that is how this materiel should be treated. A film about a killer leprechaun on the loose for his lost gold, that's crazy. The film stars Lee Armstrong and John Gatins as the two leads. Though the film is silly their performances fit perfectly within the content. Gatins at one point in the film starts to turn into a leprechaun after being bitten by the little green bastard. The idea of a person turning into a leprechaun is absurd but given the nature of the materiel and the context of the film the acting on Gatins part lends a lovely, cheesy blend to all of those scenes. Next to Gatins we have Lee Armstrong, who plays the classic B-Film girl. Though i said she is the classic B-girl one thing she doesn't do the whole movie is scream. Thank god! No, she kicks leprechaun ass in the film. She is great and it is a true shame she didn't do more acting, who knows she could have become the next scream queen.The film also features wonderful makeup effects by underrated effects artist Gabe Bartalos. Bartalos is mostly known for his work for director Frank Henlotter and his films such as The Basket Case Trilogy and Brain Damage, and others. Bartalos has also worked on other well known films in the genre like Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Texas Chainsaw 2, and From Beyond. Among his work obviously is the leprechaun films. He has worked on and done the effects for all including the first film. His effects have certain creativity and fantasy element i love about them. The leprechaun makeup is beautifully crafted and the gore and shock effects are very well done. The Leprechaun film franchise has always been one of my favorites. I not the biggest fan of the later films, these being both of the In The Hoods and Origins, they suck! But i will admit the 3rd installment is my personal favorite. The film is full of dark comedy and wonderful gore. Warwick Davis's performance is wonderful and creepy. I love the film, its a great B-Horror film.Two-Green Thumbs Up!

Leprechaun is another one of those horror franchises that goes on and on, sequel after sequel, new cast and crew every time, all that jazz, but unlike its fellow horror franchises like Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, Leprechaun doesn't even try to be good. They're all unconscionably dumb. Self-aware, but dumb. There isn't even a thread of a narrative to connect the movies other than there's an evil leprechaun who speaks in ridiculous rhymes and needs his gold and will kill anyone in his way to get it. But for any fan of camp, Leprechaun may be the horror franchise for you. And I'm using horror in the absolute loosest sense of the word because I got more shivers down my spine watching Jack and Jill than I did during any of these movies. What puts it in the horror category is simply the fact that it's an evil entity that likes to kill people, and there's bountiful gore and T&A. Having said all that, Leprechaun 3 is probably the best in the series. There's something oddly fitting about the Leprechaun running around Vegas using real magic to fool gamblers and phony magicians, which makes for some entertaining developments. The cast is passable. Discussing the acting in a Leprechaun movie is as fruitful as analyzing the intricacies between Adam Sandler's Jack and Adam Sandler's Jill (I don't know why Jack and Jill is my go-to comparison but sure, why not). But overall, it's passable; a huge improvement over Leprechaun 2's acting which was just infuriating to watch. The movie actually has a plot, too! One of the Leprechaun's gold coins falls into the wrong hands and goes from person to person in a casino, granting the holder whatever they wish for. Again, story-wise this is by far the most practical of the Leprechaun movies.What prevents this from being a great movie is the fact that it's vehemently stupid. I know that's the point, but there were moments where Leprechaun 3 felt like a legitimately decent movie. I enjoyed where the plot was going, the Leprechaun was throwing some classic one-liners, the deaths were highly amusing, but then it would shift gears and focus on a particular character or subplot that no one cares about and it would kill its momentum. If the whole movie focused on the main narrative of the coin going 'round and 'round the casino and the Leprechaun having to go through hurdles to find it and kill every poor sap in his path, it would've been a good movie. But they throw in crap like the Leprechaun now has werewolf powers so if he bites someone, they'll also turn into a leprechaun. Also before the Leprechaun actually gets to the casino, the movie is really boring. It's like ten minutes of the Leprechaun antagonizing some random store owner and spitting out stupid dialogue for the sake of spitting out stupid dialogue with no advancement to the plot.Truthfully, I enjoyed this movie. A lot more than I thought I would actually. The first Leprechaun was decent, just barely, because Jennifer Aniston was great eye-candy. The second one was an abomination even by camp horror standards. This is one of those instances where the third time really is a charm. I mean, it's not much of a charm, but it accomplishes what it sets out to. It's amusing, it's ridiculous, basically the quintessential stoner horror movie, and it reaches the potential that its predecessors missed. Now, is it a good movie? Get the f*ck out of here. You know it's not. But is it a fun watch? Sure it is, especially if you're under the influence of a foreign substance. Even then, as far as campy horror movies go, you could do a lot worse than Leprechaun 3. You could do a lot better, too.

Leprechaun 3 was the best film in the 6 part series. In this one, the lep is in Las Vegas creating trouble. Several people die like in the other films, but even an evil and greedy leprechaun knows better than to disrespect Elvis in Sin City-he briefly bonds with an Elvis impersonator without causing him any harm.The lep also has some good lines, and this one even features a naïve college student (Scott) who gets bit by the lep and starts to turn into one of the green monsters. Fortunately, the naïve college student and his sexy female companion (Tammy-working as magician's assistant to a wannabe magician (Fazio) who gets sawed in half by the lep)defeat the little evil green guy. Scott even manages to avoid becoming a little evil green midget at the end of the film.My favorite death scenes are the one where the an older woman jealous of Tammy's good looks finds one of the lep's coin, and wishes she was beautiful again. The lep makes her boobs, lips, and butt big and then proceeds to blow her up. The other good death scene is where the dirty old man casino owner gets seduced by a sexy female robot with big boobs, and then gets electrocuted by the lep.The lep also manages to ruin Fazio's magic trick by turning an animal into a pile of poop in his hand-that was also very funny. If you have limited time and want to check out this series, recommend watching this one as the 1st film to view.