Vengeance of the Leprechaun's Gold

Yet another cheaply cranked out British 'horror flick' that's 90% talk and 10% horror.

Here we have a leprechaun (a fully grown man in a Halloween mask and costume) who comes after a group of thieves led by possibly the worst actor ever. Seriously, this guy seems to be phonetically repeating his lines, so unless he is def or doesn't speak English... yeesh.

Director Louisa Warren churns out multiple of these types of films a year, and I must be a sucker because I've watched most of them.

If you're looking for a fun leprechaun film, stick with the titular series. Leprechauns Game offers little fun apart from a few minutes chuckle at the audacity.

This movie defies gravity, as it both sucks and blows at the same time.

I wouldn't bother with this film, the villain's completely dull and has no personality unlike Warwick Davis's version where he's at least fun to watch. Plot is rubbish and moves at a snail's pace, kills are lackluster and uninventive, there's no appeal to watch the film.

1/10: Awful all round.

Seeing as most of my favourite films are cheesy B-movies which are either horror/sci-fi, or both, I have a special place in my heart for the (original) 'Leprechaun' franchise, starring Warwick Davis as the titular nasty little fella, always hell bent on getting his greedy supernatural little hands on his mislaid gold. Yes, as the franchise went on, generally audiences tuned out and the sequels were less and less impressive, compared to the original.

Now, I knew that this 'Vengeance of the Leprechaun' had nothing to do with that franchise and so wasn't expecting any of the cast or crew to spill over. But I was at least hoping the film-makers would have a decent take on the mythos and produce something that was at least entertaining (and I will always take 'entertaining' over 'good').

Sadly, all I got was a cheap, nasty little B-movie which could have been made for the price of a postage stamp. The actors (and I can just about call them that loosely) are pretty awful and some of the scenes are directed poorly and the edits drag scenes out making the dialogue even more shoddy than it already is.

Don't get me started on the special effects - they're really not that special, if they ever come at all. The inclusion of a slight green filter is about the high point of the film-makers budget. The creature himself is little more than a bloke in a mask and he's not even a little person, making his status as 'leprechaun' almost comically - in a bad way.

This is a bad, cheap film unworthy of the 'Leprechaun' name. I know it's probably not anything to do with the old Warwick Davis franchise, but if you're into cheeky black comedy horror films with little nasty supernatural bad guys then go for one of them over this pile of tosh.

I must admit that I wasn't harboring much of any high expectations for the 2020 horror movie titled "Vengeance of the Leprechaun's Gold" (aka "The Leprechaun's Game") given the movie's cover actually. But still, with it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I managed to find the time to sit down and watch it.

Well, it was a waste of my time and effort really, because this wasn't a particularly enjoyable or entertaining movie. And with it being in the horror genre? Well, let's just say that you will not find anything scary in the movie. Well, unless you count some dubious acting performances and the make-up on the leprechaun scary...

The storyline in "Vengeance of the Leprechaun's Gold" was pretty straight forward, and required absolutely no involvement from the viewer, so you can just lean back and watch the movie and switch off the brain. Not that the movie's storyline offered much of any worthwhile entertainment, though.

For a horror movie then "Vengeance of the Leprechaun's Gold" was really weak. There was nothing scary about the movie, as I mentioned earlier. It felt, at best, like a home project to make a horror movie.

You might want to skip on this 2020 movie from writers Shannon Holiday and Louisa Warren, as your time, money and effort is better spent elsewhere. I am rating "Vengeance of the Leprechaun's Gold" a mere, but generous, three out of ten stars.