Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)

Our deadly leprechaun is in space to woo a beautiful princess who is impressed with his gold and desires to separate him from it.

Director:

Brian Trenchard-Smith

Writers:

Mark Jones (characters), Dennis A. Pratt (as Dennis Pratt)

Stars:

Warwick Davis, Brent Jasmer, Jessica Collins

Cast

Cast overview:
Warwick Davis	...	Leprechaun
Brent Jasmer	...	Books
Jessica Collins	...	Tina
Guy Siner	...	Dr. Mittenhand
Gary Grossman	...	Harold
Rebecca Carlton	...	Princess Zarina (as Rebekah Carlton)
Tim Colceri	...	Metal Head
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Sticks (as Miguel A. Nunez Jr.)
Debbe Dunning	...	Delores
Mike Cannizzo	...	Danny (as Michael Cannizzo)
Rick Peters	...	Mooch
Geoff Meed	...	Kowalski
Ladd York	...	Lucky
James Quinn	...	Computer Voice (voice) (as James W. Quinn)

Storyline

On a distant planet, a power hungry Leprechaun kidnaps a Dominian princess, Princess Zarina, and plans to make himself king, but not if a bumbling brigade of space marines have anything to say about it. Their commander is a mad scientist by the name of Dr. Mittenhand, who's half machine thanks to one of his "experiments". Once on the planet, Leprechaun is blown up, but quickly is reborn through one of the marines (ala Alien) and wreaks havoc aboard the ship, meanwhile Dr. Mittenhand plans to use the princess for his experiments to make himself whole again. But now, after many of the marines are killed, Leprechaun turns Dr. Mittenhand into a grotesque monster and plans to blow up the ship. The remaining marines have to stop his evil plans and blow *him* up.

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Plot Keywords:

leprechaun | princess | planet | monster | gold | 

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Taglines:

One small step for man. One giant leap of terror!

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, horror violence, and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Trimark Video

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 February 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Leprechaun IV - Lost in Space

Filming Locations:

Front Street Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Rider Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Dave Tripet, the executive in charge of production for the first three movies, this film originally started out as a spoof of Apollo 13 (1995). A senior Trimark executive saw the promo art for Apollo 13 and immediately had artwork made up replacing Tom Hanks's face on the poster with the Leprechaun's face, and this is what started the script work for the movie.

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Goofs

The cut that Dr. Mittenhand puts on Tina's thigh is viable before he attacks her. In fact it is first seen when her pants are taken off her in the crawlspace.

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Quotes

Dr. Mittenhand: No one leaves this ship unless I so say! Say so.

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Connections

References Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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Soundtracks

Crazy for the Guy
Written by Jeff Robert, Andrew Milukoff and Frankie Blue
Performed by the Deborah Holland Trio
Courtesy of CSG Music and Pony boy Music
Music supervision by Cinema Sound Group
Recorded at Siberia Sound
Engineered by Clifton Young
Mixed by Michael Smith

User Reviews

My brain tried to jump from my skull...

This movie hurts. Bad. If you watch it without the sound, it will remind you of a high school film. If you pay attention to the dialogue, you will wonder who's retarded parrot threw these words together. As I watched this film, I slowly felt my brain trying to tear itself from my head. As the movie progressively burnt my flesh, I came to realize that there is no movie worse than Leprechaun 4. Save yourselves and don't see this movie!! Even the "Behold my breasts and tremble" scene doesn't make this movie worth it. Not so bad it's good, but so bad it is excrutiatingly painful to watch.