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39. Leprechaun

Genny - 16
Charon - 32
Inviso - 35
Karo - 37
Johnbobb - 38
JONA - 39
KBM - 39
Scarlet - 39
Snake - 39

Genny - I grew up with the Leprechaun movies- all of them so suffice it to say I've seen them at their "best", and I've seen them at their worst. I may be more than a bit biased here, but I found the antagonist hilarious. While sometimes very cheesy, the deaths he deals his victims are often ironic and clever. The real issue herein is the side characters. I can't remember the daughter's name, but she is such a brat it's impossible for me to root for her survival, or for the guy who's so dim he swallows a coin made of gold checking its authenticity. There's probably something to be said about the film exploiting little people, but I'm not gonna be the one to say it. Hell, Flitwick looked like he was having a ball playing this role anyway. 7.6/10

Charon - Quietly one of the least violent films on the list, while Leprechaun isn't for kids its plot will kinda make you believe that maybe it really is. It has a sort of odd charm but at the same time you never really forget that this isn't a very good film. It's complete with a strange romance of course. Aniston's character is introduced as this snobby city girl but she quickly becomes whatever she thinks this dude wants her to be because he's so hot or whatever. It's a little hard to take the villain seriously of course, but that's aided by the fact he basically never really kills anyone. I guess you can count the old dude from the intro later in the movie? I don't know. I think the fact that he isn't much of a threat and gets his ass handed to him a few different times while never getting one over on the protagonists brings this down a bit for me.

Inviso - I WANTED to enjoy this as a cheesy slasher film, but Leprechaun just kinda failed on multiple levels. For starters, the titular leprechaun is a killer who has a motive at least: he wants his gold back. And thats finebut if his sole motive is wanting his gold (and hes generally content to just leave people be when he has it), the fact that hes so insistent on being needlessly obtuse gets a bit frustrating (and it also makes him fail as a horror killer). Theres a scene where like, four people are just whacking him with random objects, and it comes off as goofy when hes clearly supposed to be a threat. Same goes for the whack-a-mole sequence in the kitchen, or any scene in which his movements are sped up for comedic effect. He just doesnt feel scary.

It also doesnt help that the body count is SO low in the film. IIRC, only four people actually die, and one of those is a woman who falls down some stairs. Theres one kill that actually feels somewhat interesting: the pogo stick. Its completely unnecessary, and I feel bad for the victim, because he didnt deserve that. But its wacky and interesting, and feels like it fits the tone the film SHOULD have been going for. Instead, everything else is just lady falls down some stairs, cop, whose role in the film is almost COMPLETELY contrived and superfluous, gets his neck snapped, and guy from the opening scene shows up all bloodied in an elevator. Four kills in a slasher movie. Whole lot of biting and unnecessary injuriesbut seriously? Only four kills? Thats just dumb.
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