Leprechaun 3 (1995)

Leprechaun always faced that uphill battle of not being taken seriously, thing is they really aren't supposed to. These are comedy horrors and harmless ones at that.Leprechaun 3 is noted as being Warwick Davis favourite and I can see why, it blows the others I've seen out of the water with it's fantastic humour and performances by the cast.Our leading lady however retired straight after production, perhaps this isn't what she had in mind when she went into acting.This third part see's our titular character venture to Las Vegas where one of his golden shillings is stolen. Cue the bloodshed & brilliant comedic quips.Watching this almost helped me forget about the embarrassment that was the WWE's reboot of the franchise back in 2014 with Origins.Harmless fun and the best one of the franchise that I've seen up until now.The Good: Humour is on point Cast is great especially Davis Looks solid The Bad:A bit silly in places Things I Learnt From This Movie:Leprechauns need health insurance toI really want to see a Leprechaun vs Chucky crossover now

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!

Top o' the morning to ye! Unlike Lucky Charms Cereal, the Leprechaun Series of Movies has never been magically delicious. The original movie was shite & every one of the sequels, was equally as crappy, because how ridiculous, non-continuity, the films were, and how none of the settling for the movies, matches with the 'Irish Luck' premise of the killer Leprechaun. 'Leprechaun 3', somewhat continues with that, as none of the characters from the first & second film aren't seen or mentioned at all in the film, also the movie doesn't explain, why Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) is frozen in stone, unless this is a sequel to 2003's 'Leprechaun Back 2 tha Hood', which I doubt. In truth, the Leprechaun is supposed, to be blown up in the last movie. So, how in the hell, was he able to put himself, back together!? Also, why a man with missing limbs named Lucky (Richard Reicheg) has him!? Who is this guy!? He wasn't in the last movie! In spite of that, at least, the third entry directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith had the most grounded of settlings for the Leprechaun to run amok at: Las Vegas. It makes a lot of sense for him, to be there, terrorize horrible folks. Once again, the makeup work for the Leprechaun was great, and Warwick Davis was a treat to watch, as the short status villain. It's too bad, that his rhyming puns weren't really that funny. Despite that, another thing, great about this movie, is the addition gimmick that one of the leprechaun's gold shillings grants whoever holds it, a wish. Because of this, it allows for more outlandish fun than the previous movies, were, missing. It's also adds to the clever death scenes, as well. I love how each of the characters meet their demise, related to their own selfish greed and faults. For example, one of female character is killed by her shallow wish to become beautiful & another is killed, by his pride of becoming the best magician in the world. It reminds me so much of the crappier version of 2000's 'Bedazzled', in how the leprechaun twist their wishes, against them. It was memorable for the low budget, they had. Even the gore effects were alright, even if you can clearly see, white foam stuffing in the exploding models. However, it does ask the question, why the leprechaun was unable to hurt the holder of the gold coin, in the last movie, but he somewhat can in this movie. It's so weird, that the stipulation was abandoned, just like the magic MacGuffin of the gold medallion that turns the walking talking symbol of St. Patrick Day into stone. Another confusing thing that the film added, was the addition gimmick that anybody that the Leprechaun bites, turns into one, themselves. I get that, they wanted to put a little more tension between the human characters and the mythological creature, but it never quite have the impact that it could've had. The turning of a Leprechaun by Scott McCoy (John Gatins) rarely adds anything. In short, the human characters are just not that strong or interesting. They also just aren't the best actors around. Scott McCoy comes across, as a creepy stalker than a likable main lead & Lee Armstrong gets annoyingly bad at times as Tammy Larsen, a magician's assistant trying to make a better life for herself. The only redeeming qualities of her performance was the little striptease, during the middle of the film. No wonder, why she quit acting, a year after, this film, released. Her acting was mediocre. The supporting characters that surround the main actors, are also borderline shallow one-dimension cardboard stereotypes that for the most part, are not that important, for the film to invest, so much time into them. The editing lacks the precision needed. Certain scenes like the pawn store, lags, and others felt a little too rushed like the outside scenes. It's seems to me, that film doesn't take much, advances of being filmed in Las Vegas. You don't see, many Las Vegas landmarks. I get that they couldn't film in famous casinos, due to licensing issues, but at least, have scenes with Vega Vic or the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign", more in the film. It's sad that most of the film was filmed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. None of the set pieces fully plays up to their kitschy nature. As well, as the music score by composer Dennis Michael Tenney fails to heighten any of the thrills. Even, the shots of tits, couldn't save this film from being a failure. It's weird to hear that the movie was first considered for release in 3D. By the time the movie began production, the idea was abandoned. In my opinion, it could work. At least, it would made this movie stand out, more. Overall: You may not find a pot of gold in this particular Leprechaun movie, but you might a get a laugh or two out of Davis' patently hyperbolic performance here. Other than that, Leprechaun always struck me as a poor's man parody of the horror genre rather than a serious attempt at being a legit comedic horror film. It's can kiss my clover. Nevertheless, it's by far, the least annoying movie in the series. Still, don't pressed your luck. Watch something else if you can. Leprechaun 3 is only fun to watch if you're drunk. Like a beer, this direct to video film was totally wasted.

After watching Leprechaun 2, I thought the series from this film and on, with it's oddly absurd scenes and horrible dialogue would soon fall flat on it's face. By watching the trailer, I had a good feeling that this film would be good, but I still wasn't sure. Boy, this one was way up in the series. It beats Lep 2. Even at one stage I thought it was nearly better than 1! I don't, but I definitely think this is the top Leprechaun sequel of the series. I believe after this Lep film, they suddenly went down hill, because they couldn't think of anymore ideas. Here's why I think Lep 3 is such an awesome sequel.The film's music isn't really heard to the best in my opinion, but it works enough to show the film's true colors. I believe they went back to the more campy/black humor slasher style of the original Leprechaun. They had a great plot like the previous and there were some great characters with absolutely awesome-stupid violence. Even the deaths this time round I felt were funnier.I mostly have to give props to Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun again, as he did a marvelous job with making him more interactive with the human side of life, which includes meeting an Elvis lookalike or sawing fazio on his magic show with a Chainsaw! All of these elements which I positively praise, I think make this sequel a tad stronger than it's predecessor.Sure like every Leprechaun film so far, many of the plot lines and the story itself don't make sense, but it doesn't matter. These films are an excellent time waster, because of how funny they are.I highly recommend Leprechaun 3 as it is definitely one of the best in the series by far.It'll be 7.5/10 schillings out of 10 me las