USA, 1992
92m
35mm film (“originated on Eastman Color negative film”)
Ultra Stereo, English
An American horror film directed by Mark Jones.
Plot Summary
A man returns from Ireland with a stash of gold coins stolen from a leprechaun. The leprechaun follows him back to the States in search of his treasure and goes on a murderous rampage.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Mark Jones
Trimark Pictures presents a Mark Jones film
© MCMXCII [1992] Trimark Pictures
Executive Producer: Mark Amin
Supervising Producer: Jim Begg
Produced by: Jeffrey B. Mallian
CoProducers: Michael Prescott, David Price, William Sachs
Associate Producer: Barry Barnholtz
Written by: Mark Jones
Director of Photography: Levie Isaacks
Edited by: Christopher Roth
Music Composed and Conducted by: Kevin Kiner
Sound Mixers: Michael Florimbi, Geoffrey Patterson
Costume Designer: Holly Davis
Key Make-Up Artist: Lisa Buono
Leprechaun Make-Up: Gabe Bartalos
Leprechaun Make-Up and Design: Atlantic West Effects
Special Effects Animation: Michael Hyatt
Special Effects: Players Special Effects
Production Designer: Naomi Slodki
Casting: Lisa London
Cast
Warwick Davis (Leprechaun)
Jennifer Aniston (Tory)
Ken Olandt (Nathan)
Mark Holton (Ozzie)
Robert Gorman (Alex)
Shay Duffin (O’Grady)
John Voldstad (shop owner)
John Sanderford (J.D.)
Pamela Mant (Mrs O’Grady)
William Newman (Sheriff Cronin)
David Permenter (Deputy Tripet)
Raymond Turner (dispatcher)
Heather Kennedy (waitress)
Timothy Garrick (customer)
Alexandra Sachs (little girls voice)
Brandon Sachs (little boys voice)
Alternative Titles
L’Abominable lutin – Canada (French)
Duende – Mexico
El duende maldito – Mexico, USA (Spanish)
El duende – Mexico, Venezuela
O Duende – Brazil, Portugal
Gyilkos kobold – Hungary
Härjapõlvlane – Estonia
Karzeł – Poland
Kaybolan Hazine – Turkey
La noche del duende (Leprechaun) – Spain
La noche del duende – Spain
Leprechaun – Der Killerkobold – Germany
Leprechaun 1 – Germany (DVD)
Leprechaun: El duende – Mexico (DVD)
Leprechaun: La noche del duende – Spain (DVD)
Leprekonas – Lithuania
Repurikôn – Japan
Spiridușul – Romania
A törpe bosszúja – Hungary (television)
Väktarens hämnd – Sweden
Vilenjak – Croatia
To xotiko – Greece (video)
Zli vilenjak – Serbia
Το ξωτικό – Greece
Лепрекон – Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine
レプリコーン – Japan
Links
Sequels
Leprechaun 2 (1994)
Leprechaun 3 (1995)
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)
Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003)
Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
Leprechaun Returns (2018)
Leprechaun Revenge (2025)
Extracts included in
Star Kid (1997)
TrimarkPictures.com Promo (2000)
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001)
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.23 no.5 (February 1993) pp.42-43 – illustrated interviews (Leprechaun by Alan Jones)
- Film Ireland no.97 (March/April 2004) pp.28-30 – illustrated article (It came from Glocca Morra! by Ruth Barton)
- Film West no.30 (October 1997) p.10 – illustrated article (Irish trash classics: Leprechaun & The Playboys by Derek O’Connor)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.319 no.49 (5 November 1991) p.20 – credits
- Shivers no.3 (October 1992) pp.14-15 – illustrated article (by Alan Jones)
- Sight and Sound vol.3 no.12 (December 1993) p.59 – video note
- Starburst no.179 (July 1993) pp.43-44 – illustrated credits, review (Preview by Alan Jones)
- Variety 18 January 1993 p.77 – credits, review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.484-485
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.320
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.286
- Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.292-294
- The Irish Filmography: Fiction Films, 1896-1996 by Kevin Rockett (ed.) p.451
- Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film by Wickham Clayton (ed.) pp.111 – article (Puzzles, Contraptions and the Highly Elaborate Moment: The Inevitability of Death in the Grand Slasher Narratives of the Final Destination and Saw Series of Films by Ian Conrich)
