{"id":13869,"date":"2026-01-19T21:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:06:38","slug":"leprechaun-in-the-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2026\/01\/19\/leprechaun-in-the-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"Leprechaun in the Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong> (2000)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trimark\/Comedy-Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 90 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (strong violence and gore, pervasive language, drug use, some sexual content)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Rob Spera\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Doug Hall and Jon Huffman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Nicholas Rivera\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Michael Mickens\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 28, 2000 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Warwick Davis, Ice-T, Anthony Montgomery, Rashaan Nall, Red Grant, Dan Martin, Jack Ong, Lobo Sebastian, Ivory Ocean, Barima McKnight, Eric Mansker, Steven M. Porter, Bebe Drake, Donna M. Perkins, Daya Vaidya, Chloe Hunter, Lori J. Jones, Coolio.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: N\/A<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0Question, where does a leprechaun go once he\u2019s been…. IN SPACE?!!! Sorry not sorry, I couldn\u2019t resist.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The answer to this burning question is in the title Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong>. That\u2019s right, the malicious mythological creature is back on earth and terrorizing Compton in search of the magic gold flute stolen from him by a trio of wannabe rappers. Now that\u2019s a plot description I never expected to write.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As usual, Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong> has no connection to the previous installments other than Warwick Davis (Willow) in the title role. In this one, we find Leprechaun in the possession of record producer\/crime boss Mack Daddy (Ice-T, New Jack City), trapped in statue form by a medallion around his neck. He\u2019s been holding onto him for 20 years after finding and stealing his gold along with the aforementioned magic flute. It was this discovery that led to MD\u2019s rise to the top.<\/p>\n

\u00a0For every success story in the music industry, there are 100 that wouldn\u2019t even make it past the audition round on America\u2019s Got Talent. The nameless trio at the center of Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong> is among the unlucky 100. They are Postmaster P (Montgomery, Star Trek: Enterprise), Stray Bullet (Nall, 3 Strikes) and Butch (Grant, First Sunday). They can\u2019t even get through a whole song without messing up somehow. They hope to find a backer in MD who coldly rejects them because they\u2019re not gangsta enough for his taste.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The guys, who really think they have a shot at winning a major hip-hop competition in Las Vegas, decide to retaliate by breaking into the mogul\u2019s office and robbing him. That, of course, goes wrong too. They end up shooting (but not killing) MD. While he\u2019s down (but not out), Postmaster steals the gold flute off him. Robbed of his good luck charm, MD furiously hunts for the thieves with the intention of putting bullets in them. Also, Butch stupidly removes the medallion from the leprechaun statue, freeing the evil creature to go after the three idiots that f***ed up in ways they can\u2019t even imagine.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So why is the flute so precious? It\u2019s more than just a gold trinket. When blown, it has the power to temporarily hypnotize anybody within hearing range, putting them in a euphoric trance and under the power of the blower. That\u2019s how MD got where he is. That\u2019s why he\u2019s so mad about it being stolen. That\u2019s why Leprechaun wants it back.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Director Rob Spera (Witchcraft) really leans into the comedy in Leprechaun in the Hood <\/strong>which isn\u2019t at all surprising. With a title like that, it can\u2019t be taken as anything other than a goof. Just get a load of some of the dialogue. This exchange takes place right after the guys narrowly escape the wrath of MD and his gun:<\/p>\n

Butch: Man, I told you before, Stray. It be the physical, then it be the metaphysical! That was some meta-f***ing-physical s*** back there!\u201d<\/p>\n

Stray Bullet: \u201cYeah. Well, I\u2019ll bet them bullets he was shooting was some physical s***!\u201d<\/p>\n

Postmaster P: \u201cYo, who gives a f***? Physical, metaphysical, who cares? Mack Daddy after our asses, y\u2019all!\u201d<\/p>\n

The comedy extends beyond the dopey, frequently profane dialogue. The opening scene depicting MD and an associate finding the leprechaun\u2019s treasure in an abandoned subway station sets just the right mood. The associate inadvertently frees the leprechaun (that darn medallion!) who immediately stabs him in the neck with his Afro pick. MD fights him with a stash of weapons he conceals in his big 70s-style Afro. In the vernacular of the movie\u2019s main characters, that\u2019s some funny s***.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019m pleased to report Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong> has a few great bloody kill scenes courtesy of Leprechaun, meaner and funnier than ever. He telekinetically blows up one guy\u2019s chest (we get to see through the hole) and puts his hand through another guy\u2019s stomach from behind. Another fellow gets his chest blown up as well when bullets won\u2019t take him down. All the while, Leprechaun regales us with rhymes like \u201cA friend with weed is a friend indeed, but a friend with gold is the best I\u2019m told.\u201d He says this while sharing a bong with a stoner too wasted to notice his new smoking buddy is a leprechaun. Must be some good s***. BTW, beware of the weed mixed with clover.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I saw Leprechaun in the Hood <\/strong>when it premiered on cable in early 2000 (it bypassed theaters, of course). How could I pass it up? I knew it had to be good with a cool title like that. Besides, where else are you going to find \u201cZombie Fly Girls\u201d, a trio of temptresses under Leprechaun\u2019s power? Take a guess what he uses them for. I told a friend later that I saw it and he replied, \u201cDude, there\u2019s just some movies that you don\u2019t watch.\u201d I could see his point, but I argued that it didn\u2019t apply to Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong>, at least not in my opinion. Again, it\u2019s all about the title. There are some I just can\u2019t resist like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978), Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) and Surf Ninjas (1993) as well as several from Troma.<\/p>\n

\u00a0What do you want me to say regarding the acting in Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong>? It\u2019s exactly what you\u2019d expect. Ice-T playing it straight amidst the silliness is all the funnier. Davis still seems to be enjoying himself as Leprechaun. Ivory Ocean (The Mask) gets a few laughs as a pastor who gives the guys temporary sanctuary in exchange for entertaining his congregation at the day\u2019s service. It goes exactly how you\u2019d expect, NOT GOOD! That is, until Postmaster blows the flute. That\u2019s a game changer.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong> is the last of the series to be released under the Trimark banner. The studio also responsible for Warlock 1 & 2 (1991-93), Cyborg 2 (1993), Return of the Living Dead III (1993), Death Wish V: The Face of Fear (1994), The Doom Generation (1995) and Meet Wally Sparks (1997) went under in 2001. Too bad, it was the closest thing we had to New World and Cannon.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019m not going to claim that Leprechaun in the Hood<\/strong> represents cinema at its finest. No, it\u2019s quite the opposite. It\u2019s trash, junk, rubbish; it rots the brain. That doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t entertaining. I got a kick out of it. I laughed often. Any movies that features a rapping leprechaun during the end credits is A-OK in my book.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trimark\/Comedy-Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 90 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (strong violence and gore, pervasive language, drug use, some sexual content)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Rob Spera\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Doug Hall and Jon Huffman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Nicholas Rivera\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Michael Mickens\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: March 28, 2000 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Warwick Davis, Ice-T, Anthony Montgomery, Rashaan Nall, Red Grant, Dan Martin, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,9,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-b-movies","category-guilty-pleasures","category-horror"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Leprechaun-in-the-Hood-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13873,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869\/revisions\/13873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}