Director: Steven
Kostanski
Notable Cast: Taylor
Spreitler, Pepi Sonuga, Sai Bennett, Heather McDonald, Emily Reid, Oliver Llewellyn
Jenkins, Leon Clingman, Mark Holton, Linden Porco, Pete Spiros
To properly address Leprechaun
Returns, we need to start by having a brief conversation about the Leprechaun franchise thus far. After the
first film came out with a bang, utilizing the emerging direct to home video
market and developing a video store cult audience, the series has seen its
relative ups and downs. This is a franchise that was never meant to be taken
seriously. The tongue is very, very firmly planted in cheek from the onset.
Whether or not you are willing to ride the series through its waning issues of
quality and over reliance on gimmick is more or less a question of how far you
are willing to accept ridiculousness and horrific puns. When the series suffered
a reboot back in 2014 with Leprechaun:
Origins, it was a wild mistake and wholly misguided venture that left most
people, even those who enjoyed the series, myself included, perplexed. Did we
ask for a super serious, dark, and modernized manipulation that forgot
everything that was core to series?