Leprechaun 4K 1992

When I was a kid, characters like Leprechaun and Rumpelstiltskin used to terrify many children—myself included. Back then, movies about them were considered the scariest horror films imaginable. But a lot has changed since then, and now these films look completely different.

Recently, I stumbled upon this movie on TV by pure chance and watched it with great pleasure.

If we turn to Irish mythology, a leprechaun (or leprechaun) is a shoemaker dwarf who guards his treasure. Generally, it’s a very funny and kind creature. But the filmmakers decided to make the leprechaun a rather unfriendly little fellow.

According to the plot, a certain O’Grady returns from Ireland to his family home as a very wealthy man. He insists to his wife that he became rich after stealing a bag of gold from a leprechaun. His wife thinks he’s just drunk and talking nonsense. But she’d better have believed him right away, since the leprechaun, hiding in a suitcase, arrived with her husband and is eager to get his bag back... Years later, a family from the big city—consisting of a father and daughter—moves into the same house...

Yes, watching the movie again now, it’s even funny to me to remember how, as a little kid, I was terrified to watch it. Now I can’t bring myself to call this film a horror movie. It’s just a great fantasy comedy, spiced with a healthy dose of dark humor. And even though all the plot twists are easy to guess and the main characters’ actions are predictable, it’s still a pleasure to watch this movie.

Warwick Davis brilliantly pulled off the role of the Leprechaun. He became the face of the film, just like Robert Englund was for “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. No matter how bad the subsequent Leprechaun sequels were, they have one undeniable plus: they feature Warwick.

I can’t help but mention the performance of the actress playing the female lead. I stared at her face for a long time before I recognized Jennifer Aniston! She doesn’t look like herself in this movie. I realize this was 15 years ago, and Jennifer was still a 24-year-old girl back then. But in this film, she has a completely different hairstyle (long dark hair), which makes her simply unrecognizable. She gave an excellent performance!

If you want to dive into the world of those lighthearted horror films from the late ’80s and early ’90s, then the first Leprechaun movie is the best choice for you.