During a terrifying story of these stories, a group of students decided to spend their summer vacation with the idea of building a new home. Leprechaun returns home, where, after returning to the world again, he seems determined to get his gold by teaching these ladies how to kill that could turn them into new criminals.
With its bare-bones plot, lackluster characters and foolish adherence to slasher tropes, Leprechaun Returns is a film that should have been left at the bottom of the well.
While there's a lot of charm to be found, it's also sloppy in its world-building and doesn't give us anyone to truly root for. It doesn't feel like anything we haven't already seen before, either.
With some riotously inventive kills, a load of silly humour, and a few throwbacks to the original, Returns should please long-time fans of the series and newcomers alike.
Leprechaun Returns mixes red blood and green goo with exquisitely gory results, but Steven Kostanski's command of over-the-top deaths isn't enough to distract from the film's flat-footed storytelling jig.
Kostanski should really be working with material that matches his imagination and wonderfully silly sense of humor, but this career detour is acceptable fun, and the first Warwick-less installment to ease the pain of the actor's absence.
