Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Ilikehorrormovies This is the biggest slap to the face to leprechaun fans. I still think the Cabin Fever remake is the worse and this is second worse. It did take it seriously but still it sucks. The only one scene in the movie that made me think it's a leprechaun movie is the spine ripping. The director said he got that idea from Psycho? I don't remember Norman Bates rip any spine out INCLUDING THE REMAKE OF PSYCHO!!! The "leprechaun" is more like a predator and pumpkinhead then a leprechaun! The story is crap including everything else. The one cast member I like from the movie is Brendan Fletcher (he's from Freddy vs Jason). Honestly I like the poster (not with Hornswoggle face in it) it looks cool, better than the movie. This is the worst out of them all the Leprechaun movies. Don't watch this hot garbage, THIS MOVIE SUCKS!!!!!!!

minionking777 I felt so compelled to express my supreme disappointment and hatred of this horrible movie that I am writing my first review on IMDb. Not only does this movie have nothing to do with the franchise, it's not even a good stand alone horror. I love wonky horror movies, but this one is a truly boring, god awful piece of garbage that deserves to be tried for treason and sentenced to a long, torturous death. May ISIS behead the people responsible for producing this film and mispackaging it with the Leprechaun collection.There is no leprechaun. There is no origin. The title should have an asterisk, gigantic quotation marks around it, or an "lol" at the end.ZERO stars.

GL84 Hiking through the Irish countryside, a group of tourists encounters a group of demented locals living in a remote village offering sacrifices to a deadly leprechaun intending them to be next and must find a way to fight off the villagers as well as the deadly creature.This one isn't nearly as bad as its reputation. One of the strongest aspects of this one is the fact that there's a lot of work done here to enhance the historical connection of their trip with the folklore of the area. The film features some rather enjoyable work about the story of the Celtic origins of the area, from their stories about the past settlers and it's connection to the different monuments around the woods to the different measures of protecting them from the creature as it sets out to hunt them one-by-one all manage to readily make this one quite nice in that regard. As well, there's plenty of incredibly fun action to be had throughout here which carries this one along quite fast and frantic, with the opening stalking of the couple lost in the woods, the later scene of the group getting chased through the woods into the secondary cabin where not only do they come face-to-face with the true intentions behind the arrival there and a pretty enjoyable brawl in the woods where they're captured and prepared for the sacrifice. The ensuing fight with the creature when it appears is rather decent as well, and the final lead-up to the brawl in the cabin where it tracks them down for its final big fight is a big highlight, yet none of this is possible without the glorious high-impact action with them trapped in the cabin unaware of the creature stalking them outside. Discovering their trapped inside, the first hints that something is inside with them and the different means of barricading themselves away and it breaking through which really enhances the suspense of the situation and gives this one a ton of action along the way. The finale does come close to the impact of this one, with the scenes of them inside the truck and escaping into the woods with the creature right on them and leading into the house ambush which is rather tense and gives this some solid action to finish this off on a high- note. Along with the fine gory kills, these here hold this one up over it's few flaws as it did have a few troubling issues. The film's biggest problem is the fact that the creature never really seems consistent in its motivations. Initially it seems to be after them for encroaching on its territory, then it goes after the franchises' storyline of the desire for gold and then it becomes a part of the sacrificial storyline which doesn't make any sense and contradicts most of the other issues here as it never really seems to be consistent within itself. Neither of these really make it play that well into the franchise as well which gives it a rather odd feeling of being just an ordinary creature on the loose and has nothing in common with the others so it does feel somewhat out-of- place in that regard. The other problematic area is the rather lousy special effects on the creature itself, which is usually so blurry and distorted by the rapid-fire quick-cut editing that you never get any kind of view of it and can tell what it looks like until the end despite it being present most of the movie. These here really drag it out.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

Michael_Elliott Leprechaun: Origins (2014)** (out of 4)Four friends are backpacking through Ireland when a kind old man (you know what that means) tells them about a historical site they should go see. The old man offers them a cabin in the woods to stay in for the night so that they can start walking that morning but of course they end up being offered to a murdering leprechaun who holds the town captive.I guess I should start off by saying that I found the LEPRECHAUN series to be the worst horror franchise ever made. I really thought the first six movies were quite poor but being a completest I couldn't help but check out this reboot. While this thing is certainly a lot different than the previous six films, there's no question that it's also a little better than them. With that said, that should somewhat come as a warning since I'm sure fans of the original series are going to hate the changes they made here but at the same time I guess you should at least give them credit for not simply remaking it or giving us the same thing.If you're expecting an ugly little leprechaun to be going around telling jokes then you're not going to find that here. This "leprechaun" is more like a raging demons that runs and stalks his victims. I will admit that I thought these creatures were rather stupid and for the life of me I'm not sure why they were being passed off as leprechauns. I do also admit that I think it would have been better having some sort of leprechaun that we're used to seeing. Again, there's nothing wrong with the creatures here but it seems they would have fit better into a movie not called LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS. With that said, there are a couple decent kills scattered throughout the movie and there's no doubt that the creature itself looks good, whenever you can actually see it.The performances are actually quite good for a film like this with Stephanie Bennett, Melissa Roxburgh, Andrew Dunbar and Brendan Fletcher all doing nice work. Garry Chalk is also good in his role. Dylan Postl plays the leprechaun here and to be honest it's rather hard to judge his performance since you hardly see his creature throughout the picture.Again, if you're a fan of the original series then I can see why you might hate this thing. If you're not a fan of horror then you'll certainly hate it. There's certainly nothing great or good about this movie but I found it to be mildly entertaining and thankfully it didn't run on too long.