1) Leprechaun: Origins
This is a very special year, because even though Jersey Shore Massacre and The Pyramid have every right to sit high atop the pile of shit churned out in 2014, Leprechaun: Origins still wins by a longshot. If our ratings scale allowed it, I would have awarded this WWE-produced disaster with absolutely zero stars. None. My only reaction is the Billy Madison quiz host speech, which I’m going to amend right now:
“WWE, what you’ve created is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever watched. At no point in your rambling, incoherent production were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational horror movie. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having viewed it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your collective souls.”
You know how fanboys went crazy when X-Men Origins: Wolverine decided to turn Deadpool into a voiceless robot? You know, the same Deadpool whose snarky wit and hilarious dialogue made him famous? That’s exactly what writer Harris Wilkinson did to the Leprechaun, turning Warwick Davis’ top-hat-wearing maniac into an animalistic beast with absolutely no defining characteristics.
[zergpaid]The entire marketing campaign kept playing up how Dylan Postl (Hornswoggle) was taking over for Warwick Davis, yet all they did was stick him in a rubber suit. Everything that made the original Leprechaun enjoyable (when possible) was stripped by Wilkinson and director Zach Lipovsky, who prove sheer horror incompetence every step of the way.
Enough out of me, though. I’m leaving you with the following and washing my hands of this garbage:
Leprechaun: Origins isn’t just bad – it’s downright insulting. Lipovsky’s film is nothing but a series of bad choices, worse execution and infuriating redundancy, highlighting the ugliness that comes along with exploiting horror instead of respecting it.
Alright, I’ve painstaking gone through my least favorite horror movies of 2014, but do you agree? Sound off below!