Leprechaun (1993)

Directed by

Mark Jones

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, comedy horror

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 867 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mischievous leprechaun hunts down a family he believes stole his pot of gold. They try to find the gold to calm him down.

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What happens

Leprechaun is a 1993 American horror comedy film written and directed by Mark Jones, and starring Warwick Davis in the title role, with Jennifer Aniston supporting. The film follows a vengeful leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his pot of gold. As he hunts them, they attempt to locate his gold to mollify him. Originally intended as straight horror, Davis injected humor into his role, and reshoots added increased gore to appeal to older audiences. Leprechaun was the first in-house production at Trimark Pictures for theatrical exhibition; it earned a domestic gross of $8.556 million against a budget of roughly $900,000 and became a cult film. While reviews were negative, with critics lambasting both the direction and the characters and saying that the film is neither scary nor funny, the commercial success spawned a media franchise with a sequel, Leprechaun 2, released theatrically the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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