Leprechaun director says there will be a director’s cut of comedy horror

Since then, leprechaun The horror film series was released in 1993 and has garnered a very passionate fan base, with seven sequels released over the years. The series has happily blended elements of horror and humor, but according to the original film’s director, mark joneshis original approach was to lean more into all the goofy comedy.

In a recent interview with CB, the director said that the film actually has a director’s cut that features his original, more comedic vision. He explained that he originally wanted it to be a horror film for children.

“I originally wrote it as a comedy-horror, but I said I didn’t want to do a straight slasher or anything. I have to find a director’s cut somewhere…The kids loved it, because I… “I wanted to make a horror movie for kids like Scooby-Doo, but it was going to be a live-action movie.The studio wanted a harder R, and after seeing the reaction of the kids, I decided to make this movie.” That’s what they thought when it became a classic.” [said]“Oh, I should have let them continue doing more comedy.” We had a lot of fights with the studio, but I think it finally came out. [star] warwick [Davis]Warwick had a sense of humor. ”

That’s pretty wild to know leprechaun It was originally conceived as a horror film for children. Jones went on to say that the theatrical version differs from the director’s cut in that it contains more violent scenes. When talking about the differences between them, he said:

“There was some violence. There were inserts added later to add a little more violence, but there were some real scenes and some cartoonish things. There was a scene where a leprechaun gets run over by a truck, and I We didn’t see them, and there were tires.” There were footprints, he dug them himself, and there were tire tracks on his back. There were a lot of cute little scenes that we thought needed to be removed. But this was my first photo. There was no final cut, so I had to take a listen. So the comedy was removed. ”

I hope he finds that director’s cut and tries to release it! I’d be interested to see it!

The original movie tells the story of an evil and mischievous leprechaun. warwick dubteeth. When Dan O’Grady returns to North Dakota from Ireland with a pot of gold, he doesn’t realize he’s also brought back a villainous leprechaun who’s desperate to get his treasure back. Years later, when a new family moves into the farmhouse, the leprechaun is accidentally released and goes on a terrifying adventure to retrieve his last piece of gold. Along the way, the creature uses magical powers and evil tricks to strike fear and hunt anyone who stands between it and the gold.

whole leprechaun The film series is currently streaming on Hulu, so if you’d like to rewatch it, check it out here.