Red Clover (2012)

A young woman accidentally releases a homicidal leprechaun whilst hunting, which brings back memories of her town's deadly past.

Director:

Drew Daywalt

Writer:

Anthony C. Ferrante

Stars:

Derek Babb, Kent Jude Bernard, Chase Boltin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Derek Babb	...	Josh
Kent Jude Bernard	...	Enos
Chase Boltin	...	Ben
Dave Davis	...	Dax Spence
William Devane	...	Pop O'Hara
Matty Ferraro	...	Tannen
Andrea Frankle	...	Mrs. Jones
Courtney Halverson	...	Karen O'Hara
Karl Herlinger	...	Karl
Gabriel Jarret	...	Harris
Kevin Mangold	...	Leprechaun
Thomas Francis Murphy	...	Dr. McCormick
Azure Parsons	...	Deputy Petterson
Dane Rhodes	...	Wally O'Shannon
Kelly Washington	...	Amanda

Storyline

A young woman accidentally releases a homicidal leprechaun whilst hunting, which brings back memories of her town's deadly past.

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Plot Keywords:

after dark | 

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Taglines:

Evil has a new holiday.

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody creature violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Red Clover

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

After Dark Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karl Morris and Officer Peterson discuss a story he ran about a tornado bringing sharks to the lake; the newspaper headline was "Sharknado", the title of another SyFy original movie released a year later.

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Goofs

After Karen gets into the jeep and is talking to her father about how strong she is, it's daytime. In the a long shot when the jeep pulls away to go to the woods, it's nighttime.

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Quotes

Karen O'Hara: Who gets haunted by a leprechaun? What is that? It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of and it's happening to me. It's like I'm trapped in some bad monster movie and I can't get out. And to top it off, this thing is probably going to kill me anyway.
Dax Spence: Hey, it's not going to kill you. If this was a bad monster movie, it would kill everybody but you.
Karen O'Hara: Small consolation.
Dax Spence: You know, when somebody gets you down, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 2 muscles if you reach out and pimp slap...
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Connections

Referenced in Sharknado (2013)

User Reviews

It only takes 2 muscles to pimp slap a leprechaun

I didn't expect much going into this SyFy/Dark Films produced film and I'm glad about that as I really didn't enjoy it. I'm a fan of horror and bad films but this was just dire. It's a leprechaun themed film given a modern American low budget twist which didn't work for me at all. Filmed with stereotypes and bad acting if you want something more high brow look for the Warwick Davies Leprechaun films instead. When I say bad acting I mean really bad, I wasn't a fan of Billy Zane's wooden style before this film and I think less of his abilities after watching this. If I had written down all the stereotypes I'd have expected knowing this film had a leprechaun in it before embarking on my viewing I could have played stereotype bingo and I'd have won a full house within the first half an hour; Irish themes, drunks, a red head, folklore, St Patrick's day, a four leaved clover, and green colours. The monster effects were bad, the evil menace in this looked more like a turd goblin than an eerie fairy. The camera work was poor enough to give me a headache. The transitions and edits from scene to scene tried to be Star War's like but failed outright. The sound throughout was bad, bad dubbing, inaudible conversations and a bad soundtrack. Scenes where a computer was being used did not sync with the acting and was blatantly pre- recorded. Goofs galore and a poor flow to the film. I struggled to watch this once and absolutely won't recommend this or watch it again. If somebody gifted me this film I'd beat them with a stick. Sorry Red Clover or Leprechaun's Revenge or whatever you want to call yourself, you can have 1 out of 10 and like it.