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Awful
This is quite possibly the worst movie in the history of film making. I began thinking to myself, "No way could this get ANY worse", but to my suprise, it did. I'm not quite sure how this movie was funded, seeing that the 3rd Leprechaun movie would surly be enough to drive the producers into bankruptcy, but somehow, a few dollars were scrapped up to pay for horrible effects and no name actors. I have just been informed a 5th Leprechaun movie was also made...why? If you are looking to waste an hour and a half of your time, please do something other than watch this movie.

For those who appreciate finer movies
I'm tired of all the senseless and downright mean Leprechaun bashing. This is a wonderful movie. It has everything that makes good horror flicks. Nudity? check. Decent Body Count? check. A manical villian with a good sense of humor? Double check. When the Leprechaun is reborn from a soldier's penis, you know this is going to be a rock'un sock'um movie.

The sub-plots are well thought out, and the movie moves along at a breakneck pace when it needs to. The mad scientist who is all head and part washing machine is almost as evil as the Leprechaun himself. The heroine is a blond cutie who is in fact a 'biological engineer'. She doesn't go topless, buyt the monster rips her pants off in the end and all youcan say to yourself as she runs around in her leotard is "Damn! That's a close shave!"

The Leprechaun is the real star though and he is here in all his splendor. He wants the princess (a blond bimbo who shows off her [***] for know reason during a speech that makes NO sense), his gold, and well...that's about it. You can't keep a good man down though. When you got a guy like Leprechaun on the screen pulling the strings, you know you're in for a [***] of a ride. Highly recommended.

Dull
I'm a huge fan of these cheezy, low budget sci-fi films, but this one falls short even by my low standards. Our leprechaun pal is trying to get a princess to marry him, so that he can take over her kindgom, but a group of Marines storms in and blasts him to bits. He, well, how to describe it...he "accompanies" them onboard their spaceship, and comes back to life. Then he proceeds to kill them off.

I would have really enjoyed this film if it had a tongue-in-cheek sort of humor to it, but instead it often tries to be an outright comedy, especially when it comes to the 10% human / 90% robot doctor and his silly sidekick. This really destroys the mood and ruins what normally attracts me to these sort of films. The movie's got a lot of good things about it, and it could have been a great grade B flick, if not for the fact that the humor is too over-the-top.

It would have been better with more gory death scenes and more T&A, but there's very little of either. The female marine is really sexy in her disco dancing scene, but that's extremely short.

THIS IS JUST SHAMEFUL
THIS IS WHERE THINGS STARTED TO GET REALLY BAD. THIS TIME, THE LEPRECHAUN CAUSES TERROR ABOARD A SPACE SHIP. THE PLOT ISN'T TOO GOOD, MOST OF THE KILLINGS IS BORING, AND THE MOVIE BORDERS ON BEING UNWATCHABLE. VERY STUPID AND VERY UNNECCESARY. YOU MIGHT WANNA SKIP THIS ONE IF YOU WANNA SEE A GOOD LEPRECAHUN MOVIE.

Oh the Humanity!
"Leprechaun 4" is the type of film that only the most learned, metaphysically hardy individuals should watch. As I sat in my easy chair, buffeted by the splendorous emanations pouring out of the television screen and speakers, I pondered whether my mind could handle the multifaceted plot, canyon deep characters, whipsaw fast pacing, and dialogue that surely issued from the mouth of that most benevolent deity watching over each and every one of us from his throne in the stars. Seriously, I am just funning around. We all know, as anyone who has sacrificed ninety minutes of his or her life to watch this dullsville production knows, that this movie reeks to high heaven. "Leprechaun 4" boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. Why doesn't "Leprechaun 4" work in any way, shape, or form? Because it boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. "Leprechaun 4" ought to come with a syringe full of Thorazine because that's the only way anyone will get through this one without significant mental scarring.

At some point in the future, a group of space marines (a blatant rip-off of "Aliens," obviously, but who cares at this point?) ends up battling the leprechaun we know so well from the previous three installments when they act as a security detail for a creepy doctor doing genetics research on another planet. Why the evil elf is now on another world wooing some blonde ditz who just happens to be an alien princess from a powerful kingdom is another matter and one I refuse to discuss in any detail. The squad of celestial jarheads includes a sergeant with a bizarre, transparent plate in his head and Debbe Dunning in the "I'matoughchickdon'tmesswithme" role that has been done to death in recent years. Along for the ride is a super hot blonde scientist, yet another cliché beaten into the ground in countless movies. This scientist, who I will call Dr. Tina Reeves because that's her name, banters arthritically with a hunky marine because the two must hook up at some point during the movie and they cannot do so if they get along initially. Another cliché. This movie is absolutely bursting at the seams with clichés. It's as though the screenwriter took a bottle of white out, splashed it over selected parts of an "Alien" movie script, and typed some junk over the top of it. The trite screenplay continues to plumb the depths of rip-off when we meet the rest of the marines, all of them carbon copies of characters we've seen a million times in other movies. Even the weird doctor with a German accent who turns out to be a cheesy half human/half robot character was so formulaic that I thought about filing a lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Strangelove.

The arrival of the leprechaun, still played by Warwick Davis, fails to salvage any part of this film because the little man is always saddled with an annoyingly terrible actress playing an evil space princess. The plot has the two planning to marry and take over planets, or some such nonsense, making for a very dull and lifeless jaunt through the confines of the spaceship as the leprechaun and the marines attack each other. At one point, the gruff, manly sergeant turns up for a bump and grind number in drag. This scene is so painful to watch that I am embarrassed to even write about it in a review. I recognize actors will do almost anything in a film because it is usually better than getting a real job, but this is just pure agony on a level rarely imagined. Fortunately, most of these cookie cutter characters die in painful ways: someone gets chewed up by flesh eating bacteria, a crotch explodes, someone takes a dive off of a platform, and a mutated spider/scorpion/German doctor creature chews up a few other people. The scenes with this horrible monstrosity provide the only admirable trait this movie possesses, and even then it fails because we only see the scorpion type beastie in the final moments of the movie. Be sure and pay attention to the atrocious special effects used on the exterior shots of the space ship. Who did the graphics work in this film? The guy who invented Pong? "Leprechaun 4" is one of the worst pictures I have seen in at least a week.

At least this movie still has Warwick Davis doing his shtick as the icky sprite. Unfortunately, the overwhelming amount of awfulness in the movie significantly dilutes his effectiveness. As far as the DVD goes, it is the usual Trimark "Leprechaun" release, with a few trailers and a good picture transfer. Even diehard "Leprechaun" fans, which I am not even though I recently watched all five entries in the franchise, should stay away from this blasphemy. I would recommend "Leprechaun 5" over this turkey any day, and that is really saying something. Only the steeliest of souls should imbibe from the well that is "Leprechaun 4;" I beg, I beseech, I implore all other viewers to stay far, far, away! ... Read more

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Awful
This is quite possibly the worst movie in the history of film making. I began thinking to myself, "No way could this get ANY worse", but to my suprise, it did. I'm not quite sure how this movie was funded, seeing that the 3rd Leprechaun movie would surly be enough to drive the producers into bankruptcy, but somehow, a few dollars were scrapped up to pay for horrible effects and no name actors. I have just been informed a 5th Leprechaun movie was also made...why? If you are looking to waste an hour and a half of your time, please do something other than watch this movie.

For those who appreciate finer movies
I'm tired of all the senseless and downright mean Leprechaun bashing. This is a wonderful movie. It has everything that makes good horror flicks. Nudity? check. Decent Body Count? check. A manical villian with a good sense of humor? Double check. When the Leprechaun is reborn from a soldier's penis, you know this is going to be a rock'un sock'um movie.

The sub-plots are well thought out, and the movie moves along at a breakneck pace when it needs to. The mad scientist who is all head and part washing machine is almost as evil as the Leprechaun himself. The heroine is a blond cutie who is in fact a 'biological engineer'. She doesn't go topless, buyt the monster rips her pants off in the end and all youcan say to yourself as she runs around in her leotard is "Damn! That's a close shave!"

The Leprechaun is the real star though and he is here in all his splendor. He wants the princess (a blond bimbo who shows off her [***] for know reason during a speech that makes NO sense), his gold, and well...that's about it. You can't keep a good man down though. When you got a guy like Leprechaun on the screen pulling the strings, you know you're in for a [***] of a ride. Highly recommended.

Dull
I'm a huge fan of these cheezy, low budget sci-fi films, but this one falls short even by my low standards. Our leprechaun pal is trying to get a princess to marry him, so that he can take over her kindgom, but a group of Marines storms in and blasts him to bits. He, well, how to describe it...he "accompanies" them onboard their spaceship, and comes back to life. Then he proceeds to kill them off.

I would have really enjoyed this film if it had a tongue-in-cheek sort of humor to it, but instead it often tries to be an outright comedy, especially when it comes to the 10% human / 90% robot doctor and his silly sidekick. This really destroys the mood and ruins what normally attracts me to these sort of films. The movie's got a lot of good things about it, and it could have been a great grade B flick, if not for the fact that the humor is too over-the-top.

It would have been better with more gory death scenes and more T&A, but there's very little of either. The female marine is really sexy in her disco dancing scene, but that's extremely short.

THIS IS JUST SHAMEFUL
THIS IS WHERE THINGS STARTED TO GET REALLY BAD. THIS TIME, THE LEPRECHAUN CAUSES TERROR ABOARD A SPACE SHIP. THE PLOT ISN'T TOO GOOD, MOST OF THE KILLINGS IS BORING, AND THE MOVIE BORDERS ON BEING UNWATCHABLE. VERY STUPID AND VERY UNNECCESARY. YOU MIGHT WANNA SKIP THIS ONE IF YOU WANNA SEE A GOOD LEPRECAHUN MOVIE.

Oh the Humanity!
"Leprechaun 4" is the type of film that only the most learned, metaphysically hardy individuals should watch. As I sat in my easy chair, buffeted by the splendorous emanations pouring out of the television screen and speakers, I pondered whether my mind could handle the multifaceted plot, canyon deep characters, whipsaw fast pacing, and dialogue that surely issued from the mouth of that most benevolent deity watching over each and every one of us from his throne in the stars. Seriously, I am just funning around. We all know, as anyone who has sacrificed ninety minutes of his or her life to watch this dullsville production knows, that this movie reeks to high heaven. "Leprechaun 4" boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. Why doesn't "Leprechaun 4" work in any way, shape, or form? Because it boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. "Leprechaun 4" ought to come with a syringe full of Thorazine because that's the only way anyone will get through this one without significant mental scarring.

At some point in the future, a group of space marines (a blatant rip-off of "Aliens," obviously, but who cares at this point?) ends up battling the leprechaun we know so well from the previous three installments when they act as a security detail for a creepy doctor doing genetics research on another planet. Why the evil elf is now on another world wooing some blonde ditz who just happens to be an alien princess from a powerful kingdom is another matter and one I refuse to discuss in any detail. The squad of celestial jarheads includes a sergeant with a bizarre, transparent plate in his head and Debbe Dunning in the "I'matoughchickdon'tmesswithme" role that has been done to death in recent years. Along for the ride is a super hot blonde scientist, yet another cliché beaten into the ground in countless movies. This scientist, who I will call Dr. Tina Reeves because that's her name, banters arthritically with a hunky marine because the two must hook up at some point during the movie and they cannot do so if they get along initially. Another cliché. This movie is absolutely bursting at the seams with clichés. It's as though the screenwriter took a bottle of white out, splashed it over selected parts of an "Alien" movie script, and typed some junk over the top of it. The trite screenplay continues to plumb the depths of rip-off when we meet the rest of the marines, all of them carbon copies of characters we've seen a million times in other movies. Even the weird doctor with a German accent who turns out to be a cheesy half human/half robot character was so formulaic that I thought about filing a lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Strangelove.

The arrival of the leprechaun, still played by Warwick Davis, fails to salvage any part of this film because the little man is always saddled with an annoyingly terrible actress playing an evil space princess. The plot has the two planning to marry and take over planets, or some such nonsense, making for a very dull and lifeless jaunt through the confines of the spaceship as the leprechaun and the marines attack each other. At one point, the gruff, manly sergeant turns up for a bump and grind number in drag. This scene is so painful to watch that I am embarrassed to even write about it in a review. I recognize actors will do almost anything in a film because it is usually better than getting a real job, but this is just pure agony on a level rarely imagined. Fortunately, most of these cookie cutter characters die in painful ways: someone gets chewed up by flesh eating bacteria, a crotch explodes, someone takes a dive off of a platform, and a mutated spider/scorpion/German doctor creature chews up a few other people. The scenes with this horrible monstrosity provide the only admirable trait this movie possesses, and even then it fails because we only see the scorpion type beastie in the final moments of the movie. Be sure and pay attention to the atrocious special effects used on the exterior shots of the space ship. Who did the graphics work in this film? The guy who invented Pong? "Leprechaun 4" is one of the worst pictures I have seen in at least a week.

At least this movie still has Warwick Davis doing his shtick as the icky sprite. Unfortunately, the overwhelming amount of awfulness in the movie significantly dilutes his effectiveness. As far as the DVD goes, it is the usual Trimark "Leprechaun" release, with a few trailers and a good picture transfer. Even diehard "Leprechaun" fans, which I am not even though I recently watched all five entries in the franchise, should stay away from this blasphemy. I would recommend "Leprechaun 5" over this turkey any day, and that is really saying something. Only the steeliest of souls should imbibe from the well that is "Leprechaun 4;" I beg, I beseech, I implore all other viewers to stay far, far, away! ... Read more

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Please never watch this movie...here's why
I rented this movie once, Judging from the cover it seemed pretty cool. My two reasons for this were thusly: 1-Carmen Electra was in it, and she was all gothed up, 2-I like vampire movies. Well I watched it and was very disapointed. Carmen Electra is hardly even in the movie at all, and it didn't even really have a plot. Okay, theoretically it had a plot, but wasn't intresting in the least bit. As for the special effects, well, sometimes lousy special effects aren't a bad thing, it depnds on how you use them. But in this case, they failed, miserably. I swear, a ten year old wrote this movie. Please don't watch this movie, even it comes on HBO or something dont waste your time.

Beware - this film does not feature Adam Garcia
For some reason this film comes up when you do a search on the Australian actor Adam Garcia. Please don't buy this film thinking he is in it because he isn't.

I feel sorry for those who watched this on VHS... heh...
The VHS of this movie does not do it justice, and I feel sympathy for those who have not explored the DVD! As you can see from comments circulating about this movie, it IS bad, but most delightfully so! When I first picked out the movie to watch, I had the intention of reviewing a good, bad B movie (does that make sense?). But this BAD bad B movie turned out to be a GREAT bad B movie!

I popped in the DVD and for some reason I felt compelled to go to the "special features" and then to "audio" (and this is where the disadvantage of the VHS version kicks in). There, I saw: - "Cat Track" - "The hell is a "cat track???" Well, it is because of this track that I not only have bought the movie on DVD, but have also strongly recommended it to others! This movie was MADE to be hilariously BAD and you'll agree if you just watch even the first 5 minutes using this track! Think Mystery Sience Theater 3000-UNCENSORED!... and you'll get the drift! I have never watched this movie in its original audio format, nor do I ever plan to as that would drop my IQ 100 pts. (But I might as well have since I laughed so hard at times, my brain could have shot out my nose...)

So in summary: "Cat Track" audio + Adam West + BAD Cheesy Vampire Movie = Frickin' Hilarious!

Lame Vampire Films
There are different kinds of vampire films. This one falls into that oh so cherished category of intentionally hoaky and bad. If your only goal from a vampire film is to see half naked vampire women seducing young men, well then, you might be satisified with this second rate vampire picture. After all, you can't beat Carmen Electra as a seductress. However, everything else about this film is beyond the usual bad and goes straight to toilet city. If you want to see simular vampire films, but with better quality, check out The Fearless Vampire Killers or Beverly Hills Vamp.

A movie to be seen with a crowd of people
Now, I know what you're thinking. "5 stars?! This man is mad!" Well, that is true, but my 5 star review has a qualifier to it. This is one of the worst vampire movies I have ever seen. Nighttime scenes have daylight streaming through the windows, a boom drops into the frame for a good 15 seconds, and the actors and plot are 100% pure cheese, to the point that all the actors are cheap imitations of other, more famous actors. The head vampire is a Pacino clone, and Carmen Electra is, well, Carmen Electra. This being said, I must tell you that I have not laughed so hard at a film in quite a while. The premise of the movie is that a young man (I'm guessing high school) is left home alone for the summer by his parents. Naturally, he chooses the cliched course of action: he hangs out on the beach and accidentally invites a group of vampires to live in his house. When he discovers they are vampires, he tries to get them to leave, and hijinks ensue. As a result, this movie is so bad that you can't help but enjoy it. How can you resist any movie that has Adam West of Batman fame as a vampire slayer named "The Big Kahuna"? The best way to enjoy this movie is to gather a bunch of your closest friends and hurl insults at this movie, as is the custom in many colleges. If you find yourself trapped without a group, you can always turn on the commentary track in which two guys (they won't say who, but I get the feeling it's the director and a friend) insult the movie for you. I had to pause the movie and gasp for air they we so funny. Overall, this is a great party movie. Does it have any nudity whatsoever? No. Is it a violent gore-fest? Not especially. Will it make you laugh? Definately. ... Read more