Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood Movie Download

4 / 10

Dead man’s chest leprechaun style
It took me some time to get round to watching the ‘Leprechaun’ franchise, with so much going on in my vocal and operatic studies course and personal life and having a long watch and review list. Saw the films mainly for curiosity to see whether they would be guilty pleasures or deserving of their dubious reputation. Also have an appreciation for horror, and ones with splashes of comedy, and had gotten into watching a few horror franchises that had interested me for a long time.

The first ‘Leprechaun’, while understanding why people would find it a guilty pleasure, didn’t do it for me. The second and third films was a marginal improvement but just as flawed with the same flaws, while the fourth and fifth films were very weak. Saw the sequels as a franchise completest (just in case why anybody is wondering why if the first film didn’t it for me why the rest of the films were watched too). While it was still not a good film ‘Leprechaun: Back 2 the Hood’ for me is one of the best sequels and one of the best of the series, better than the previous two films by far.

Davis is the best thing about ‘Leprechaun: Back 2 the Hood’n as with the previous films. He is both amusing and grotesquely creepy, doing the best he can, successfully, with an again goofy look, some terrible lines (though actually they are better than the ones he is given in the previous film) and less than tasteful horror which must have been hard to do and shows how conscientious and talented he is.

There are sporadically mildly amusing moments that don’t come anywhere near enough. The second half does have entertaining moments and with a bigger budget than most of the sequels the film looks less cheap with a more expansive location and slicker photography, while still not being exactly high art because the effects are weak.

On the other hand, the rest of the cast is very poor, with insufferably bland leads and an assortment of irritating supporting roles. The characters display very little personality when they aren’t being insufferably annoying with their dumb antics and illogical decision making.

‘Leprechaun: Back 2 the Hood’ is still lacking in the story and script, like all the previous films. The dialogue is repetitive and childish, very little of it is amusing let alone funny, and the humour and whimsicality are forced. Having gratuitous gore was not enough to cover up for the complete lack of scares and suspense, nothing bit my nails, nothing made my heart pound or skip, nothing made my palms or forehead sweat, nothing made me jump. It’s not just because it is so intelligence insultingly dumb, excessively predictable and unintentionally comical, but the story, while picking up a little in the second half, is very thin with a very dull first half. The kills are neither creative or scary, a few distasteful, and the direction is pretty leaden.

Summarising, mediocre but still manages to be one of the best of the series. 4/10 Bethany CoxRead More