Stylish but barely mediocre overall

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I saw this movie because it came in a 7 movie Leprechaun Set from WalMart for about $10. I saw a youtube video where all the films were ranked and this ranked as the worst one. I AGREE. What I liked about the other Leprechauns is the fun vibe and Warwick Davis giving the Leprechaun personality. In this film the "Leprechaun" is a growling creature. A monster creature, nothing leprechaun about it. WWE Studios keeps assuring me that their films are garbage.Does NOT belong in the series. It was terrible. Why do they try to my the wrestler "Hornswoggle" come across as the star , when they treat the creature as something that you only see in the shadows and with a shaky cam. Or the view see his predator like night vision. Even has a "Predator" rip off spine pull out kill. The creators were confused and this sucked!

Two young couples backpacking through Ireland discover that one of Ireland's most famous legends (Dylan Postl) is a terrifying reality.Someone said this movie causes cancer. Now, that may be an exaggeration, but you know... as bad as the "Leprechaun" series is, this may be the new worst. Which is really saying something after the "In the Hood" entries.Here, with Warwick Davis missing, we get the the little bit of dark humor that was the series' saving grace removed. Why do we want a monstrous leprechaun rather than the silly one we have grown used to? Such a mistake.

Most of the reviews here do nothing but whine about it not being like the original. Well, I am glad it wasn't. I don't think a horror movie should be more of a comedy than horror. No the acting wasn't spectacular, but they did OK and it was fun to watch. I do think they could have done a little better on the leprechaun monster, as it did look like it had been burnt or something. But the leprechauns of Celtic lore made them out to be horrific monsters anyway. And in all, I think this was a good little horror flick, so thank you to the director and screenwriter for taking it a totally new and HORROR direction!

Leprechaun: Origins (2014)** (out of 4)Four friends are backpacking through Ireland when a kind old man (you know what that means) tells them about a historical site they should go see. The old man offers them a cabin in the woods to stay in for the night so that they can start walking that morning but of course they end up being offered to a murdering leprechaun who holds the town captive.I guess I should start off by saying that I found the LEPRECHAUN series to be the worst horror franchise ever made. I really thought the first six movies were quite poor but being a completest I couldn't help but check out this reboot. While this thing is certainly a lot different than the previous six films, there's no question that it's also a little better than them. With that said, that should somewhat come as a warning since I'm sure fans of the original series are going to hate the changes they made here but at the same time I guess you should at least give them credit for not simply remaking it or giving us the same thing.If you're expecting an ugly little leprechaun to be going around telling jokes then you're not going to find that here. This "leprechaun" is more like a raging demons that runs and stalks his victims. I will admit that I thought these creatures were rather stupid and for the life of me I'm not sure why they were being passed off as leprechauns. I do also admit that I think it would have been better having some sort of leprechaun that we're used to seeing. Again, there's nothing wrong with the creatures here but it seems they would have fit better into a movie not called LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS. With that said, there are a couple decent kills scattered throughout the movie and there's no doubt that the creature itself looks good, whenever you can actually see it.The performances are actually quite good for a film like this with Stephanie Bennett, Melissa Roxburgh, Andrew Dunbar and Brendan Fletcher all doing nice work. Garry Chalk is also good in his role. Dylan Postl plays the leprechaun here and to be honest it's rather hard to judge his performance since you hardly see his creature throughout the picture.Again, if you're a fan of the original series then I can see why you might hate this thing. If you're not a fan of horror then you'll certainly hate it. There's certainly nothing great or good about this movie but I found it to be mildly entertaining and thankfully it didn't run on too long.