Our deadly leprechaun is in space to woo a beautiful princess who is impressed with his gold and desires to separate him from it.
Where else is he going to go?!
I’m sure there’s a rule somewhere that a Horror franchise has to go into space at some point, this must be one of the only films where when I found out it was set in space that I just thought to myself – “This is going to be fun!”. I wasn’t wrong either.
If you thought the first three films were cheesy then wait till you see this one, it is now that we start entering the ultra cheesy mode. Now don’t take that as a bad thing, these sort of films need to be made, even just for the entertainment value of them.
It’s easy to try and take films seriously but it’s films such as these that remind us to sit back and just enjoy ourselves. The cast seem to be having so much fun, true there acting isn’t great but you’re not bothered that much with a film like this.
My favourite thing about this film is not that it’s an “Alien” rip off or the gratuitous sex, it’s the special effects. The practical effects in this film are great and showcase that you don’t need copious amounts of CGI, just tons of fun.
” Leprechaun 4 – In Space” is hugely entertaining, a riot of laughs, don’t take it seriously and just enjoy.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
The only movie in the series in which the Leprechaun doesn’t rhyme.
The title character is never once in the film referred to as a Leprechaun. He is only called “alien,” “monster,” “bastard,” or some combination thereof.
According to Dave Tripet, the executive in charge of production for the first three movies, this film originally started out as a spoof of Apollo 13 (1995). A senior Trimark executive saw the promo art for Apollo 13 and immediately had artwork made up replacing Tom Hanks’s face on the poster with the Leprechaun’s face, and this is what started the script work for the movie.
Had the same director as Leprechaun 3.
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