Leprechaun (film)

Leprechaun
Actor Warwick Davis, dressed in heavy make-up as a leprechaun, opens a door and lights up a dark room
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMark Jones
Written byMark Jones
Produced byJeffrey B. Mallian
Starring
CinematographyLevie Isaacks
Edited byChristopher Roth
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byTrimark Pictures
Release date
  • January 8, 1993 (1993-01-08)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$900,000[2]
Box office$8.5 million[3]

Leprechaun is a 1993 American comedy horror film written and directed by Mark Jones, and starring Warwick Davis in the title role, with Jennifer Aniston supporting. Davis plays a vengeful leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his pot of gold. As he hunts them, they attempt to locate his gold to mollify him.

Originally intended as straight horror, Davis injected humor into his role, and reshoots added increased gore to appeal to older audiences. Leprechaun was the first in-house production at Trimark Pictures for theatrical exhibition; it earned a domestic gross of $8.556 million against a budget of roughly $900,000 and became a cult film. While initial reviews were negative, the commercial success prompted a series of films.

  1. ^ "Leprechaun (1993)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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  3. ^ "Leprechaun (1993)". The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2017.