You cant take a poor version of Descent-like creature n call it a Leprechaun. Wher is the hat, clothes, shining boots n above all the rhyming jokes? N what's the obsession with the irritating roars/growls? The film starts with the same ol stuff, a couple running away from something which makes irritating noise. The camera work is tedious n we dont get to c anything. Cut the scene n we get to c highly educated tourists who r lured into the deeper woods by a local, claiming to show em some historical stuff. Ther is some tension n gory stuff but the shaky cam stuff combined with the nite scenes n unnecessary loud noises as if some lame lion roaring, makes it an awful experience. This film ain't worthy of being called the origins of Leprechaun. One scene is a bit reminiscent of Anthropophagus aka Grim Reaper n Cottage. We have one axe n another decapitation scene but still a lousy film.

The original Leprechaun's cinematography was top notch. It was set in the dry sunlight settings n even the nite scenes were well shot but in this case the scenes r short in the dark n the pov of the creature n its noise is very very irritating. In fact the scene before the end credit with the growl sound is unendurable. O boy, the end credit lasts for twelve mins with the cam jus lingering on farm tools n then zap, once again the horrible growl. The first three parts of Leprechaun were awesome cos of the humor.

Ther was an ol fugazi leprechaun, whose balls were made of fine brass. So in stormy weather they'd clang together n sparks wud fly out of his ass.

Try as they will , try as they might, who cheats me with a fugazi Leprechaun won't live thru the nite.

Diddley diddley dee I'm a fake leprechaun me.

Despite not caring all that much for the previous 'Leprechaun' films, 'Leprechaun: Origins' was still watched anyway as a franchise completest (meaning seeing all the films). Plus part of me was semi-intrigued, but also quite nervous about, by it not having Warwick Davis, the best thing consistently about the 'Leprechaun' films bar none, in the title role.

Seeing it, not only does 'Leprechaun: Origins' make pretty much all the mistakes the previous films did it amplifies them and makes more along the way. It has been said by many that 'Leprechaun: Origins' is the worst of the 'Leprechaun' films. Completely concur with this, for all the previous films' many big faults they are masterpieces compared to this supposed origins/reboot story that has very little point to it.

The least bad asset is the music, which did have a little atmosphere and at least fitted. Some of the effects were not bad, though others looked cheap and not used all that well.

Everything else is bad however. Whereas Davis' Leprechaun was the best thing about all the previous 'Leprechaun' films, without him the films would have been complete wastes, his absence is deeply felt here as this Leprechaun was one of 'Leprechaun: Origins' worst assets. There is nothing entertaining about him, neither is there anything creepy, if anything he is pretty lumbering but goofy.

Others have said about it not feeling like a 'Leprechaun' film. That is true, not just for the lack of Davis but also it's completely humour-free. Didn't think all that much of the humour in the previous films, though there were moments, but 'Leprechaun: Origins' takes it far too seriously and is constantly dreary and mean-spirited. The kills generally are not creative or unsettling, there is absolutely no tension or suspense and the story is silly and wafer thin with uneventful stretches. The characters are dull as dishwater and their behaviours are annoying, the visuals on the most part are tacky (actually mostly looking worse than the previous films when strictly speaking it should have looked better with technology having advanced generally) and with no exception the acting is dire.

Summing up, very poor and the worst of the franchise. 2/10 Bethany Cox

The college students and friend Sophie (Stephanie Bennett),Ben (Andrew Dunbar),Jeni (Melissa Roxburgh ) and David (Brendan Fletcher) are spending vacation traveling through Ireland. They stop in a bar in a small village in the countryside and are convinced to visit a remote area by the local Hamish (Garry Chalk) and his son Sean (Teach Grant) drives the group to the spot. The two couples spend the night in an old cabin and soon they discover that Hamish has locked them inside. Further, a Leprechaun (Dylan 'Hornswoggle' Postl) is hunting them down to feed.

"Leprechaun: Origins" is a terrible movie with an awful story. It follows the old formulaic plot of slash movies with a group of youngsters reaching a remote area and taking stupid decisions and attacked by a creature that kills one by one. The worst is that the invincible monster is easily defeated by a clumsy young woman. The writer Harris Wilkinson challenges the viewers' intelligence with this story. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "O Duende: As Origens" ("The Leprechaun: The Origins")