In 1993, Leprechaun summoned its way into theaters. The movie featured a then-unknown Jennifer Aniston in her first major role. The movie tells the story of a leprechaun who terrorizes a group of people after they steal his gold.
The fantasy-horror movie, about a creepy little man who will do anything to get his gold, proved popular with viewers. It was so popular that it spawned six sequels over the next 25 years.
Leprechaun 2, released the following year, sees the leprechaun travel to America in search of a bride (played by Sheena Easton). Leprechaun 3 finds our villain in Las Vegas, while Leprechaun 4: In Space takes the creature to, you guessed it, space.
Leprechaun in the Hood and Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood see the Leprechaun take on the hip-hop world, while Leprechaun: Origins is a prequel that shows how the creature came to be. The most recent entry in the franchise is Leprechaun Returns, which was released direct-to-video in 2018.
While the movies are all pretty different, they all have one thing in common: they’re all terrible. The leprechaun Movie series is a horror movie franchise that consists of eight films. The movies follow the murderous exploits of a vicious leprechaun who goes on a killing spree after being thwarted in his attempts to acquire a pot of gold.
List of all Leprechaun Movies in Order of Release
- Leprechaun (1993)
- Leprechaun 2 (1994)
- Leprechaun 3 (1995)
- Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997)
- Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)
- Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003)
- Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
- Leprechaun Returns (2018)
Leprechaun (1993)
Director: Mark Jones | Writers: Mark Jones | Stars: Warwick Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olandt | Country of origin: the United States | Runtime: The movie’s runtime is 1 hour and 32 minutes. | Release Date: January 8, 1993, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are comedy, fantasy, and horror. | Filming Locations: Saugus, California, USA | Production Companies: Trimark Pictures | Budget: The budget for the movie was $900,000. | Box Office: The film grossed $8.6 million.
The first movie was released in 1993, and it was named Leprechaun. The movie tells the story of an evil, sadistic Leprechaun who goes on a killing rampage in search of his stolen pot of gold. He is finally thwarted by a group of people led by Jennifer Aniston in her first major role.
The movie was directed by Mark Jones and written by Mark Jones. It starred Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun, Jennifer Aniston, and Ken Olandt. The movie grossed $8.5 million against its $900,000 budget.
Dan O’Grady steals the Irish Leprechaun’s pot of gold and returns to America so that he can settle and build himself a new life. Unfortunately for him, the Leprechaun follows him and will not rest until he has gotten his gold back and exacted revenge upon O’Grady.
Dan O’Grady, with great struggle, manages to save his life and the lives of his family by tricking the Leprechaun into a crate, which he then promptly nails shut and buries in the ground on his property.
After ten years of the incident, a new family moves into the home, consisting of Mrs. Perigrew (Traci Lords), her daughter Tori (Jennifer Aniston), and her son Dylan (Robert Gorman). O’Grady returns to warn them about the Leprechaun, but they do not believe him until it is too late.
The Leprechaun is soon on the loose and determined to have his revenge as well as retrieve his gold. The family must work together in order to destroy the Leprechaun before he destroys them.
Leprechaun 2 (1994)
Director: Rodman Flender | Writer: Mark Jones, Turi Meyer, Alfredo Septien | Stars: Warwick Davis, Sheena Easton, John Sanderford | Country of origin: the United States | Runtime: The runtime of the movie is 1 hour and 25 minutes. | Release Date: April 8, 1994, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are comedy, fantasy, and horror. | Filming Locations: Western Canyon Rd, Los Angeles, California, USA | Production Companies: Planet Productions | Budget: The budget for the movie was $2 million. | Box Office: The film grossed $2.2 million.
The second movie was released in 1994 and is named Leprechaun 2. The movie is a sequel to the first movie. In this movie, the Leprechaun goes to America in search of a bride (played by Sheena Easton). On his one-thousandth birthday, an evil leprechaun selects the descendant of one of his slaves to have as his bride, leaving it up to the girl’s boyfriend to save her.
The movie was directed by Rodman Flender and written by Mark Jones, Turi Meyer, and Alfredo Septien. It starred Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun, Charlie Heath, and Shevonne Durkin. The movie grossed $2.2 million against its $2 million budget.
On his 1000th birthday, the Evil Leprechaun chooses the daughter of his slave as his Bride in order to gain a human soul. When he’s prevented from doing so, he goes on a rampage, seeking revenge upon all those who have wronged him.
On Leprechaun’s 2000th birthday, he gets another chance to find his true love and fulfill his destiny. This time, he falls for a beautiful girl named Bridget (Tara Reid). However, he goes on a rampage once again when she rejects him.
Leprechaun Kidnaps the girl, and now it is in the hands of her father, Carl (Warwick Davis), to save her and put an end to the Leprechaun’s terror.
Leprechaun 3 (1995)
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Writer: Mark Jones, David Dubos | Stars: Warwick Davis, John Gatins, Lee Armstrong | Country of origin: the United States | Runtime: The runtime of the movie is 1 hour and 21 minutes. | Release Date: June 27, 1995, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are comedy, fantasy, and horror. | Filming Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Production Companies: Blue Rider Pictures | Budget: The budget for the movie was $1.2 million. | Box Office: The film grossed $1 million.
The third movie was released in 1995 and is named Leprechaun 3. In this movie, the Leprechaun goes to Las Vegas to search for his gold pot. An evil leprechaun finds himself in Las Vegas, where he proceeds to cause mischief by killing people, granting twisted wishes, and infecting a young man with his evil.
The movie was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and written by Mark Jones and David Dubos. It starred Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun, John Gatins, and Lee Armstrong. The movie grossed $1 million against its $1.2 million budget.
A man with one hand, one eye, and one leg walks into a pawn shop with a Leprechaun Statue wearing a top hat. He offers to trade it for the shop owner’s daughter, but the shop owner refuses and calls the police. The man with one hand, one eye, and one leg is revealed to be the Leprechaun (Warwick Davis), and he turns the shop owner into a gold statue.
The Leprechaun then goes on a rampage through the city, turning people into gold statues. Meanwhile, the shop owner’s daughter, Molly (Traci Lords), is taken hostage by the Leprechaun. It is up to her boyfriend, Scott (John Gatins), to save her and put an end to the Leprechaun’s terror.
Soon, a guy named Scott goes inside the pawnshop and finds the owner’s dead body and a statue of his daughter. The Leprechaun arrives and, after a brief scuffle, ends up getting captured by Scott. He is then taken to a university for his studies. While there, the Leprechaun is released and goes on another rampage, this time turning people into diamonds.
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997)
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Writer: Mark Jones, Dennis A. Pratt | Stars: Warwick Davis, Brent Jasmer, Jessica Collins | Country of origin: the United States | Runtime: The runtime of the movie is 1 hour and 35 minutes. | Release Date: February 25, 1997, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are comedy, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. | Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA | Production Companies: Blue Rider Pictures | Budget: The budget for the movie was $1.6 million. | Box Office: The film grossed $1 million.
The fourth movie was released in 1997, and it was named Leprechaun 4: In Space. In this movie, the Leprechaun goes to space searching for his stolen pot of gold. When a race of aliens invades an American space station called the Psychlos, the few surviving humans band together to fight back.
The movie was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and written by Mark Jones. It starred Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun, Brent Jasmer, and Jessica Collins. The movie grossed $1 million against its $1.6 million budget.
A Leprechaun kidnaps a Dominian princess, Princess Zarina, and is preparing to become the king of her planet. However, an elite team of space marines led by Colonel Tyler (Tim Abell) is sent to rescue her and stop the Leprechaun.
Still, soon, he gets attacked by space marines commanded by Colonel Tyler. But the Leprechaun is not going down without a fight and starts to turn the space marines into green slime.
The marines kill Leprechaun, but he manages to quickly be reborn again. He then turns the ship’s computer into a time bomb and sets it to explode in five minutes. Colonel Tyler and his team must not only find a way to stop the Leprechaun but also defuse the time bomb before it’s too late.
Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)
Director: Rob Spera | Writer: Mark Jones, William Wells, Alan Reynolds | Stars: Warwick Davis, Ice-T, Anthony Montgomery | Country of origin: the United States | Runtime: The movie’s runtime is 1 hour and 30 minutes. | Release Date: March 28, 2000, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are action, comedy, fantasy, horror, and music. | Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA | Production Companies: Trimark Pictures | Budget: The budget for the movie was $1.4 million. | Box Office: The film grossed $1 million.
The fifth movie was released in 2000 and named Leprechaun in the Hood. In this movie, the Leprechaun goes to the hood in search of his stolen pot of gold. Three young rappers who are trying to make it big in the music industry make a deal with a record producer who turns out to be the Leprechaun.
The movie was directed by Rob Spera and written by Mark Jones. It starred Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun, Ice-T, and Anthony Montgomery. The movie grossed $1 million against its $1.4 million budget.
Three young rap artists take a break and discuss their plan to arrange some money so they can finally record their demo. To do so, they decide to rob a local drug dealer. Little did they know that the drug dealer is actually a warlock (Ice-T) who sells a magical flute that has the power to control people’s minds.
The warlock is then killed by one of the rap artists, Postmaster P (Sticky Fingaz), and the flute falls into the hands of another rap artist, Mack Daddy (Anthony Montgomery). Mack Daddy does not know the true power of the flute and starts to use it for his own gain.
The Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) is then summoned and goes on a rampage, seeking revenge upon Mack Daddy and those who have wronged him.
Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003)
Director: Steven Ayromlooi | Writer: Steven Ayromlooi, Mark Jones | Stars: Warwick Davis, Tangi Miller, Laz Alonso | Country of origin: the United States | Runtime: The runtime of the movie is 1 hour and 27 minutes. | Release Date: December 30, 2003, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are action, comedy, fantasy, horror, and music. | Filming Locations: 2647 South La Salle Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA | Production Companies: Lionsgate Entertainment | Budget: The budget for the movie was $1.4 million. | Box Office: The film grossed $2 million.
The sixth movie was released in 2003, and it was named Leprechaun: Back 2 the Hood. In this movie, the Leprechaun returns to the hood in search of his stolen pot of gold. When a group of young people finds a pot of gold, they must deal with the consequences of their actions.
The movie was directed by Steven Ayromlooi and written by Steven Ayromlooi and Mark Jones. It starred Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun, Tiffany Dupont, and Shad Moss. The movie grossed $2 million against its $1.4 million budget.
Clairvoyant Esmeralda, a fortune teller, tells Two friends, Emily Woodrow and Lisa Duncan, that they will find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. When they don’t, they decide to break into the Leprechaun’s house to take his gold. The Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) catches them and warns them that they will suffer dire consequences if they take his gold.
Ignoring his warnings, the two friends take the Leprechaun’s gold and start to experience strange things happening to them. The Leprechaun is now determined to get his revenge and will stop at nothing to get it.
All of them share all the gold to fulfill all their desires, but this frees Leprechaun, who then exacts his revenge on them in various creative and gruesome ways.
Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
Director: Zach Lipovsky | Writer: Harris Wilkinson, Sholom Gelt | Stars: Dylan Postl, Stephanie Bennett, Andrew Dunbar | Country of origin: Canada | Runtime: The movie’s runtime is 1 hour and 30 minutes. | Release Date: August 26, 2014, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are action, comedy, fantasy, horror, and music. | Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Production Companies: Capital A Entertainment Enterprises, WWE Studios | Budget: The budget for the movie was $5 million. | Box Office: The film grossed $300,000.
The seventh movie was released in 2014 and named Leprechaun: Origins. In this movie, the Leprechaun goes back to his roots in search of his stolen pot of gold. When a group of young people travels to Ireland, they find themselves being hunted by the Leprechaun.
The movie was directed by Zach Lipovsky and written by Harris Wilkinson and Sholom Gelt. It starred Dylan Post as the Leprechaun, Stephanie Bennett, and Andrew Dunbar. The movie was a box office bomb, grossing $300,000 against its $5 million budget.
Sophie, Ben, Jeni, and David, four college students and friends together, travel through Ireland to spend their summer break in an old cabin. Upon their arrival, they find the place is already occupied by another group of friends, Natalie and her boyfriend, Liam. Tensions arise between the two groups, but they eventually make peace with each other.
While exploring the area around the cabin, David finds a gold coin. He gives it to Sophie as a gift, unaware that the coin is actually a trap set by the Leprechaun (Linden Porco). The Leprechaun then starts to kill them one by one in creative and brutal ways.
It is up to Sophie and her friends to find a way to stop the Leprechaun and prevent him from killing any more people.
Leprechaun Returns (2018)
Director: Steven Kostanski | Writer: Mark Jones, Suzanne Keilly | Stars: Taylor Spreitler, Pepi Sonuga, Sai Bennett | Country of origin: United States, Canada, South Africa | Runtime: The runtime of the movie is 1 hour and 32 minutes. | Release Date: December 11, 2018, | Language: The language is English. | Genres: The movie genres are action, comedy, fantasy, horror, and music. | Filming Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Production Companies: Blue Eyes Pictures, Out Of Africa Entertainment, Syfy | Budget: The budget for the movie was $1.5 million. | Box Office: The film grossed $300,000.
The eighth movie was released in 2018 and is named Leprechaun Returns. In this movie, the Leprechaun returns to the hood in search of his stolen pot of gold. When a group of young people finds a pot of gold, they must deal with the consequences of their actions.
The movie was directed by Steven Kostanski and written by Mark Jones and Suzanne Keilly. It starred Taylor Spreitler, Pepi Sonuga, and Sai Bennett . The movie was a box office bomb, grossing $300,000 against its $1.5 million budget.
Twenty-five years ago, an evil Leprechaun fell into a well in North Dakota while his body melted away. Now, his spirit has been released, and he is looking for revenge. He starts to kill people in creative and brutal ways.
It is up to a group of people, led by Deputy Scott Murphy (Mark Holton), to stop the Leprechaun and prevent him from killing more people.
Currently, Leprechaun has managed to free himself and started killing people in creative and brutal ways. It is up to Deputy Scott Murphy and his team to stop him.
Leprechaun Movies in order by IMDB Rating
| Movies | Rating on IMDB |
|---|---|
| Leprechaun | 5.0/10 |
| Leprechaun 2 | 4.6/10 |
| Leprechaun 3 | 4.8/10 |
| Leprechaun 4: In Space | 3.5/10 |
| Leprechaun in the Hood | 3.7/10 |
| Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood | 3.9/10 |
| Leprechaun: Origins | 3.2/10 |
| Leprechaun Returns | 5.0/10 |
Other Popular Horror Franchises to Binge Watch
If you’re looking for other popular horror franchises to binge-watch, some other good options include:
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Friday the 13th
- Halloween
- Child’s Play
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Saw
- Nightmare on Elm Street
- Final Destination
- Jeepers Creepers
FAQs
Are All of The Leprechaun Movies Part of The Same Series?
Yes, all of the Leprechaun movies are part of the same series. The first movie in the series was released in 1993, and the most recent movie was released in 2018.
What are the Leprechaun movies about?
The Leprechaun movies are about an evil leprechaun who goes on a rampage, seeking revenge upon those who have wronged him.
Do the Leprechaun movies have any connections to each other?
Yes, the Leprechaun movies do have connections to each other. The first movie in the series was released in 1993, and the most recent movie was released in 2018.
What Is The Best Leprechaun Movie?
There is no definitive answer to this question as it is subjective. However, some of the more popular Leprechaun movies include Leprechaun, Leprechaun 2, Leprechaun 3, Leprechaun 4: In Space, and Leprechaun in the Hood.
Do The Leprechaun Movies Have Any Sequels?
Yes, the Leprechaun movies do have sequels. These movies are Leprechaun 2, Leprechaun 3, Leprechaun 4: In Space, Leprechaun in the Hood, and Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood. There is also a spin-off movie called Leprechaun: Origins.
Do The Leprechaun Movies Have Any Remakes?
No, the Leprechaun movies have not been remade. However, there is a spin-off movie called Leprechaun: Origins.
What Is The Highest-Grossing Leprechaun Movie?
The highest-grossing Leprechaun movie is Leprechaun 3, which grossed $9,925,653 at the box office.
What Is The Lowest-Grossing Leprechaun Movie?
The lowest-grossing Leprechaun movie is Leprechaun 4: In Space, which grossed $1,743,901 at the box office.
Where can I watch Leprechaun?
You can watch Leprechaun Streaming Online on Hulu (Free Trial).
Conclusion
The Leprechaun movie franchise is a series of horror movies that follow the mischievous and murderous exploits of the titular character. The movies are campy and comedic but also provide some scares. If you’re in the mood for a fun movie marathon, then we recommend watching the Leprechaun movies in order.
And, if you’re looking for more horror movie recommendations, be sure to check out our list of the best horror franchises to binge-watch. I hope you found this guide helpful. Thanks for reading!
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