Official Synopsis:
One Gruesome Leprechaun, 3 Terrifying Tales!

Leprechaun - 1993
A horrific Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) goes on a rampage after his precious bag of gold coins is stolen. He uses all of his magical powers to trick, terrorize and kill anyone who is unlucky enough to hinder his relentless search. In a frantic attempt to survive the wrath of the Leprechaun, Tori (Jennifer Aniston) must scramble to find the only weapon known to kill this monster.

Leprechaun 2 - 1994
Now the Leprechaun's in the big city using all his deadly tricks to snare the girl of his nightmares. His quest becomes deadly when her boyfriend steals one of the Irish monster's precious coins, and a bloody rampage filled with grisly thrills and gruesome special effects follows.

Leprechaun 3 - 1995
The Leprechaun's reign of terror begins when Scott, a young college student, has a run of bad luck in Las Vegas. While at a pawn shop, Scott discovers one of the Leprechaun's gold coins, which will grant the fondest wish of the one who holds it. Unfortunately, the Leprechaun will gladly kill to get his coin back.

Our Take:
Quite possibly the greatest bad movie trilogy ever, the Leprechaun films are probably more famous now for their place in the Wayne’s World sketches on Saturday Night Live (“Arrgh! I’m the leprechaun!”) than for the actual films that inspired them. I’m sure that Jennifer Aniston probably isn’t all that upset about that, either. Yes, that is her prominently featured in the art for the first film, and yes, just like Leonardo DiCaprio in Critters, Jennifer Aniston got one of her first feature film starring roles in Leprechaun. Ahhh… thank goodness for DVD; otherwise, how would we be able to go back and revisit big stars’ painful early days?

The Leprechaun films are kind of terrible, but they’re kind of terrible in that fun, cheesy way. I’ve always found Warwick Davis’s “monster” to be very un-scary (kind of like Chucky), so the fact that this franchise has spawned some 37 movies is a testament to how enjoyable a fun bad horror movie can be. Of course, they get increasingly worse as they go on, but with three movies in one set for the price of a single DVD, you really can’t complain with the Leprechaun Triple Feature.

You could complain about the lack of extra features, but again, these aren’t the kind of movies that people are going to sit down and do commentary tracks for. (Although wouldn’t it be great to get a Jennifer Aniston commentary on the first film? I’d pay extra for that!)

Leprechaun 3 is directed by the made-up-sounding Rodman Flender. If that probable pseudonym doesn’t make this set worth owning, what does?

Overall Picture:
Movies (average): C
DVD: C+

- Mike Spring
Editor