20 March 2011

Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)

Just a little late for Saint Patrick's Day!

I love a movie that is self-consciously terrible. One that really acknowledges its own disfunctionality and gets a little carried away with itself celebrating it.

Enter Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood. Oh my goodness this is a terrible movie. The story makes no sense at all, the actors seem like they're trying not to laugh as they deliver their lines, and even the gore/sex factor usually providing some vague sense of interest in a B-movie doesn't quite deliver.

And yet. AND YET! Leprechaun 5 still manages to be amusing. Each scene of half-baked ideas for outlandish deaths, mythological maniacs who speak in rhyme, and random "Zombie Fly Girl" gratuitous gold plastic hot pants (yeah, you read that right) seems like it's trying to outdo the last. The result: an entertaining and surprisingly light evening of entertainment.

Certainly good for a few hours of escapism, if nothing else.

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