Leprechaun 3(1995)
1995 · Brian Trenchard-Smith · 94 min
It was a normal night in Las Vegas, Nevada, all the lights were flashing brightly, until a man with one hand, one eye, and one leg walks into a pawn shop with a statue of a hideous looking Leprechaun. The owner claims it's a good luck charm. The statue also wore a medallion around it's neck. The careless pawn shop owner took off the medallion setting the Leprechaun free...
Horror · Comedy · Romance
5.8365 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Leprechaun 3 scares
Watching this feels like a goofy monster comedy that occasionally remembers it's supposed to be horror, with cheesy one-liners and campy kills more than any real dread. The pace bounces between silly Vegas antics and sudden bursts of creature violence, so it plays more like a live-action cartoon than a scary movie. There's some gross gooey effects and slapstick gore, but nothing that lingers or unsettles. This is popcorn horror for people who want laughs and a rubbery little monster, not nightmares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Leprechaun 3 rates psychological 1/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 70 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 5 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A goofy, campy romp that stays light and playful early on, then keeps stacking wilder, gorier set-pieces until it sprints hard through a chaotic final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Leprechaun 3?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Leprechaun 3 rates 2/5 — moderately scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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