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Friday, October 24, 2025

Ten Days of Terror!: Leprechaun

Film: Leprechaun
Format: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on Fire!

You watch a lot of movies, you end up watching a lot of stupid movies. That’s going to be true for each genre, but probably the most when it comes to comedies and horror movies. It’s been some time since I’ve seen anything as embarrassingly dumb as Leprechaun. Known these days at least in part for being one of the first starring roles for Jennifer Aniston, and specifically Jennifer Aniston pre-nose job (to be fair, it was done for medical reasons), there honestly aren’t a ton of reasons to watch it.

It's kind of a shame, too, because there are real horror movies that could be made about the fae that could be absolutely terrifying. Even the “good” fae creatures are often uncaring and capricious, and according to the folklore, the nasty ones are truly horrifying. What we get instead of that is Warwick Davis in heavy make-up riding on a tricycle. And somehow, there’s a Leprechaun 2 and 3, Leprechaun in Space, two Leprechaun in the Hood movies, a reboot, and another sequel.