Give me me gold! Here it is! The pot o’ gold at the end of your Horror podcasting rainbow, Horror Movie Weekly, One Badass Horror Podcast… Here in Episode 034, your three late-night Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead, BillChete, and Lady Phantom review Leprechaun Returns (2018). We also bring you a discussion of the original Leprechaun (1993) and a brief overview of the entire franchise. Feelin’ lucky? Join us!
Note: This episode was recorded on March 29, 2020, and it was released on April 19, 2020.
On Horror Movie Weekly, your late-night Horror hosts Jay of the Dead, BillChete and Lady Phantom bring you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (We’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years.) And we always reveal next week’s pick at the end of every show, so you can watch along with us and be prepared for the following episode. Join us, and thanks for listening!
SHOW NOTES:
Introduction
– The Loss of Stuart Gordon (and Max von Sydow)
– We’re living a real-life Horror movie: COVID-19 update (recorded on March 29)
– Theater releases on VOD: The Hunt, The Invisible Man
– Elvira: Mistress of the Dark on Shudder
– BillChete’s pick for this week: Leprechaun Returns (2018)
– Brief Leprechaun franchise overview and discussion
– Our thoughts on the original Leprechaun (1993)
Ratings and Recommendations: Leprechaun (1993)
Jay of the Dead = 3 ( Avoid )
BillChete = 7 ( Buy it! )
Lady Phantom = 4 ( Avoid )
Leprechaun Returns (2018) — Genre Classification: Horror / Fantasy / Slasher / Comedy / Campy Schlock, B-Horror Movie
Premise:
This is the eighth installment of the Leprechaun series, but this eighth film totally disregards movies 2 through 7. So, this movie is a sequel to the first movie from 1993, and it takes place 25 years later, in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, just like the first movie.
We have the daughter of Jennifer Aniston’s character from the first movie. She and a few sorority sisters are fixing up the old O’Grady home and turning it into a sorority house for Alpha Upsilon (whose initials are “AU,” which yes, is how the periodic table denotes gold). The vile leprechaun returns again in search of his gold, and he’ll kill anyone who tries to get in his way!
Ratings and Recommendations: Leprechaun Returns (2018)
Jay of the Dead = 5.5 ( Low-priority Rental )
BillChete = 6 ( Buy it! )
Lady Phantom = 6 ( Rental )
Next on Episode 035: Crimson Peak (2015) — Lady Phantom’s pick!
Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
Links for this episode:
Jay recommends:
Considering the Cinema Ep. 021
Considering the Cinema Ep. 022
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