Sucker Punch (2011)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex watches a movie he wants very much to like.

the movie has other ideas

Overview: A variety of young women are, for one reason or another, dumped into a mental hospital that apparently also doubles are some kind of cabaret/theater. They're treated poorly by everyone, and one young girl who we only know as "Babydoll" concocts a daring plan to escape.

A Deadly Adoption (2015)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex reminds himself why he does what he does by watching a hidden gem.

Don't worry, it's still a bad movie.

Overview: Robert is a successful, albeit reclusive, financial guru who writes best-selling books and lives happily with his organic farmer wife, Sara, and their diabetic daughter, Sully.

Then disaster strikes.

Leprechaun Retrospective, Finale and Leprechaun: Origins (2014)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex watches a movie that he forgets ten minutes after watching.

the "WWE Superstar" should be your first warning

Overview: Four American college kids take a trip out to the boonies of Ireland, where the Leprechaun kills almost all of them.

Leprechaun Retrospective, part 6: Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex finds insult added to injury.

why?

Overview: The movie opens with a neat little animation sequence telling us yet another backstory for the Leprechaun, stating he was one of many of the wee folk who were summoned by a rich king as guardians against evil. However, only our Leprechaun remained and became evil. Take a guess how relevant this is to the movie. The answer is after the break!

Leprechaun Retrospective, Part 5: Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex sheds a single tear as sad music plays in the background. He then decides that this movie is about to have a bad time.

what the fuck happened?!

Overview: A group of people take one of the most delightfully silly franchises in the history of film, carefully discard anything that made the previous movies fun, and shit edge all over it.

Leprechaun Retrospective, Part 4: Leprechaun 4: In SPACE (1996)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex rewatches one of the most exquisitely terrible movies in existence and exults in every frame.

yessssssss

Overview: The Leprechaun, somehow in space, has kidnapped a beautiful princess, hoping to marry her and get the respect he deserves. Meanwhile, a squad of space marines try to hunt him down. Take a guess how that works out for most of them.

not well

A Leprechaun Retrospective: Part 3: Leprechaun 3 (1995)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex watches the tale of an unlikely hero come to an abrupt end. He then starts cheering for the villain.

it's not easy being green, after all

Overview: The Leprechaun, somehow turned to stone through the power of a medallion, gets sold to a Las Vegas pawn shop. He then comes alive and starts killing people again. An unassuming bystander is almost turned into a leprechaun, and everyone starts using leprechaun magic through previously unexplained "if you have a gold coin, you get a wish" powers.

A Leprechaun Retrospective: Part 2: Leprechaun 2 (1994)

Next up in my tour of this inexplicable series about a killer leprechaun is a movie that, through the power of a bigger budget, has more powers and more dickery for its titular character to do. Is it a step up from the original? ...Honestly, with this series, it's hard to tell.

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex sees a vision of himself in 40 years, maybe.

not the leprechaun, thank the gods

Overview: The leprechaun, somehow fine after being exploded and buried alive in the last movie, is suddenly in L.A. This time, he's cruisin' for a bride on his 2,000th birthday. On St. Patrick's Day. Yes, this movie goes into the backstory of the leprechaun, and it's about as hackneyed as one might expect: evil creature uses sneeze-related magic to get bride, creature's human slave tricks creature, creature swears revenge on slave's line, blah blah blah. (More after the break)

pimpin ain't easy

A Leprechaun Retrospective: Introduction and Leprechaun (1993)

Welcome to part one of a seven-part retrospective about a movie series about a serial killer leprechaun. I've wanted to do this for a while, and since it's now October, what better time to get into some of the cheesiest B movie "horror" films I know? I'll be mucking about with the format just a bit, but never you fear, this is going to still be Movie Russian Roulette. Just maybe with more depth than usual. Or not. This is still my haphazard style, after all.

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex watches Jennifer Aniston suffer for a paycheck before she got famous. As usual, the trailer is lulzy.

actors gotta eat, man

Overview: Tory, your typical self-obsessed girl from Los Angeles, is in the Dakotas for the summer with her dad. As so often happens in the north, ancient magic unleashes a killer leprechaun on her and her friends, and only the power of a four-leaf clover can kill this unstoppable terror. (More after the break.)

He can smell your fear