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Whenever horror and space combine they are usually met with a critical response, from Dracula 3000 (2004) to Jason X (2001) and this was no exception.

Warwick Davis's Leprechaun ventures into space to woo a princess in hopes of becoming a king but faces off against a military force set to scupper his plans.

As you can imagine this is pretty dumb stuff but ultimately watchable.

Warwick Davis seems to phone his performance in and certainly isn't on form here. Thankfully the rest of the cast carry the film especially the underrated Jessica Collins.

More comical deaths, silly quips and dodgy sfx are in order in this 4th instalment.

The Good:

Jessica Collins

The Bad:

Warwick Davis isn't on form

Looks pretty crappy

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I can't see Guy Siner without thinking Lieutenant Hubert Gruber

I'm very surprised George Lucas didn't sue

When a person is turned into a mutant using scorpion dna they'll become a spider..........for some unexplained reason

I'm a big fan of "classic" American cinema(especially the 70's)so this isn't the sort of movie i would usually watch but I'm glad i did. it is so cheesy, the guys shirt gets ripped off the girls skirt, all the cheesy jokes and the actors who seem to be struggling to act, its inspired. this is such a b-movie its almost like a parody of its own genre, although not intentionally which makes it even funnier! if you like this look up the death-stalker series. i have nothing left 2 say but you have to write 10 lines minimum i have nothing left 2 say but you have to write 10 lines minimum i have nothing left 2 say but you have to write 10 lines minimum i have nothing left 2 say but you have to write 10 lines minimum

Despite bad performances, bad settings, and a weak story this was an okay movie. Why? Because the damned thing couldn't take itself seriously so it didn't seem like a pathetic effort by delusional people thinking they were making the next Citizen Kane. Instead the result was a pretty amusing movie.

He's back and he's in space this time. A ship full of soldiers and a weird scientist face off against the title monster and a bratty, annoying intergalactic princess. Its dumb to say the least but it's moderately fun until it wears out its welcome about halfway through. The bright spot is a very sexy Brent Jasmer who apparently is not related to Stallone Shockingly. This one has some neater stuff including a human spider hybrid and a growth potion. Like I said its ultra silly but surprisingly not terrible for the most part.

2.5/5

Leprechaun 4 is the worst one yet. For some reason he is now in space but the movie does not even bother showing how its possible he can breath or how he was even resurrected. His goal has also changed. His not worried about all his gold coins anymore. No no this time he is trying to woo an alien princess so he can. Wed her, bed her and then bury her all in one night and in the usually charming fashion of the leprechaun he brings some fun and a couple references to other movies to. It does almost become a parody of itself at this point but there are also a whole squad to join in on trying to kill this creature that none of them know what he is. Overall in space is nothing to great but if your a fan of the others before this you can appreciate the sillyness and just enjoy it.

After watching the first two Lep sequels, I was very excited to see what Leprechaun 4 in Space could offer. Sadly, it doesn't do much for me. On the bright side, it has some good gags, Warwick Davis as the Leprchaun was still good and plot actually sounded good.

To me, this film wasn't at all put to good use. I think setting it in Space was the biggest problem. Saying this in short, Horror Icons do not work in a Space setting. They've tried it here, and it didn't work. Jason X was also a flop. Trying to put a killer from the woods in space just doesn't work. It doesn't work for the Leprechaun. He was fine roaming around and killing people in normal, looking towns.

The real positive I can give was the first 30 minutes of the film. That surprisingly impressed me before the Leprechaun came back to life, through this guy's pants! After that the film just got really redundant and silly! I think that Leprechaun 4 isn't as bad as Lep back to tha hood, but it's still ridiculous and Marjory falls from it's predecessors.

It's a 5/10

You cannot watch a movie like "Leprechaun 4: In Space" without a grain of salt. It's a direct-to-video sequel of a not-so-prestigious horror film, made with an extremely low budget. I expected a trash horror flick, and that it definitely is. For the first 30 to 45 minutes, I was quite entertained, but eventually the film wears out its welcome. There's only a designated amount of dumb plot, dumb effects (the exteriors of the spaceship look like they were ripped off someone's screensaver) and the Leprechaun's corny wisecracks I could take before feeling the urge to snooze. On the bright side, the females in the cast are beautiful. In cliched horror style, the bright female scientist looks more like a pin-up model. But who cares? She has a great near-naked scene towards the end. Someone brought up the fact that Debbe Dunning doesn't get naked, which kinda sucks, but she's a beautiful woman and I don't need to see her in the buff to know she has a great body. And you can't have a trashy B-horror flick without some gratuitous female nudity. Seeing Rebekah Carlton's breasts is magnificent indeed, though I must say the reason to show them was truly hilarious. Sure, I wasn't complaining, but I could tell the filmmakers were just desperate to see her boobs. See the movie and you'll know what I mean. If you happen to catch "Leprechaun 4" on cable on a lonely late night, it's passable entertainment, but it's no must-see--as I expected.

My score: 5 (out of 10)

1996: the same year that saw Pinhead enter outer space for Hellraiser IV also saw Leprechaun exploring the vastness of the universe for the unimaginatively titled Leprechaun 4: In Space. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, who also helmed Pt 3, this chapter once again stars Warwick Davis as a mischievous magical Leprechaun, only this time it's not his gold that he's after, but an alien princess who he hopes to marry so that he will become a king. Upsetting his plans are a group of Aliens-style space marines who rescue the princess, delivering her into the hands of mad scientist Dr. Mittenhand (Guy Siner), who intends to use her DNA to regenerate his damaged body.

Once again, the order of the day is abject silliness, whether it be the leprechaun wielding a light-sabre, being born from a marine's penis, brandishing a space gun in a shootout, flattening a man's face with a frying pan, or growing to massive proportions. The film also delivers an incredibly gratuitous baring of a pair of breasts and gets its heroine, sexy Dr Reeves (Jessica Collins), down to her underwear for the finalé (her clothes ripped off by Dr. Mittenhand, who has mutated into a gigantic spider monster). Sadly, as much fun as all of this sounds, the countless scenes of characters wandering through cheaply constructed spacecraft corridors results in a film that is surprisingly mundane for much of the time.

I am not making this up. This movie was so bad it caused me and my friend actual physical pain.

I don't think I've ever seen a worse movie than this, and I have seen Mano's The Hands of Fate. The Friday the 13th movies are better than this, and we all know how terrible those are.

All this movie is a joke, and a unfunny one at that.