I remember reading the original script for Leprechaun 2 on the Leprechaun fan website and I vividly remember the climax had Morty live and the climax was instead set in a giant shoe factory where they would have to draw in the Leprechaun into one of the machines to kill him. (A la Child's Play 2.) It was a very different movie by that point and I assumed it was cut due to budget reasons. Also, Tory from the original movie was intended to return as the Lep's bride and wrote him to be the same one from the original and he followed her to get even by making her his chosen love, but at that point, something else came into Jennifer Aniston's career that would change her life forever, and that was Friends. Leaving the script to change Tory with a new character, and allowing them to make a new Leprechaun origin completely.
(I found the original treatment, and I hadn't read since a decade. Sadly there's no Morty nor any connections to the original movie.) "LEPRECHAUN II" By Turi Meyer and Al Septien COUNTY OF LIMERICK, ERIN (IRELAND) 994 A.D. BILLY MACDANIEL, the mortal slave of one of the Leprechauns that roam the earth, travels to the Celtic countryside. It seems that the Leprechaun is one thousand years of age this day and he wants to find a bride of his own. The Leprechaun decides that he'll snatch up a young Celtic maiden from a nearby farm. According to legend, if a young woman sneezes three times without anyone saying "God bless you," the Leprechaun can snatch up the young woman and make her his bride. But Billy MacDaniel, being a romantic young man, spoils the Leprechaun's plans. Upon seeing the young farmgirl, he falls in love with her. As she loads hay into a cart with a pitchfork, she begins to sneeze. Unfortunately, there's no one around to say "God bless you." After sneezing twice, the Leprechaun rubs his hands together greedily, but Billy ruins his wishes. Pensively, the young slave rubs a gold IRISH CLADA (two hands clasping a heart and crown) hanging around his neck and, as the bride sneezes a third time, he blurts out "God bless you." This ruins the evil Leprechaun's machinations. The Leprechaun must then wait another thousand years before he can fetch a bride. "But," he threatens Billy MacDaniel, "next time I'll have her, and she'll be one of your own." PRESENT DAY, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 1994 (ONE THOUSAND YEARS LATER). MIDNIGHT. In an abandoned shoe factory, a HOMELESS MAN lays in a corner. Suddenly, he's scared out of his wits. A crack in the wall opens up. Green light and mist spills out from the crack. When the door materializes, out steps... the Leprechaun. It's his two thousandth birthday. He's travelled far to claim his bride and now he has twenty four hours to do it, otherwise, he'll have to wait another thousand years. The Leprechaun removes an hourglass and turns it upside down on the ground, as the crack in the wall shuts behind him, not to open again for twenty four hours. The homeless man stands in fear as Leprechaun explains his mission. The little green troll demands that the old man sing "Happy Birthday" to him. Spotting a gold tooth in the homeless man's mouth, the Leprechaun jumps the poor soul, kills him and removes the gold tooth. "Ah, a birthday present," announces the Leprechaun. Satisfied, Leprechaun goes off to find his bride. CUT TO: DEREK PAINE is a fourteen year old rebel. He lives with his father, a travelling musician, who's tried the best he can to raise him on his own, but there's no question that Derek's an angry youth. At school, he's an outsider. He has his eyes on a classmate, a beautiful fourteen year old cheerleader named KATHLEEN MACDANIEL (the great, great, great, etc. granddaughter of Billy MacDaniel). Kathleen wears her ancestor's clada around her neck. Unfortunately, Kathleen doesn't hang out with Derek's type. She's dating a high school senior jock, LYLE MURPHY. Lyle and his friends, an obnoxious bunch, don't appreciate Derek's affections towards Kathleen, and every time they get a chance, they trash him. Later that night, Derek decides to knock at Kathleen's door and ask her out. To his delight, he learns that Kathleen is alone. He sneaks into her house and plans to surprise her with flowers and romance. However, she has another visitor... the Leprechaun. Kathleen has sneezed three times and the Leprechaun has arrived to kidnap his bride to be and take her back to the gate, where they'll disappear forever. Kathleen thinks that he's a "puke faced little worm," but the Leprechaun doesn't let names hurt him. He tells Kathleen that he's taking her to the old shoe factory where they'll disappear to Erin (his mythical home) at midnight. The Leprechaun admires the gold clada hanging around the girl's neck. "Ah, the luck of the Irish is with me today," he squeals, miserly, "not only do I get me bride, I get some gold to boot." After overhearing the Leprechaun, Derek tries to save Kathleen and thwart the little imp's plans. But he's no match for the old dwarf. The Leprechaun puts up a fight and pushes Derek out a window, where he's knocked out. The Leprechaun then turns to Kathleen and announces, "You're coming with me." Kathleen lets out a blood curdling scream, but no one hears her. Derek wakes, to find himself surround by Kathleen's PARENTS and some COPS. DETECTIVE LORI SCIRE, in her early thirties, and her Latino partner, MIGUEL CARDENAS, question Derek. He insists that Kathleen was kidnapped by some Leprechaun and, of course, he's taken downtown for questioning. Meanwhile, Lyle and the other jocks hear of what's happened and they head down to police headquarters to kick the shit out of Derek. Down at police headquarters, Derek sticks to his story. Scire and Cardenas figure that Derek did something to Kathleen MacDaniel and that subconsciously he's made up the story about the Leprechaun. Maybe the kid buried the body at the abandoned shoe factory? Only one way to find out. The detectives take Derek to the shoe factory to investigate his story. Once at the abandoned factory, Derek, Scire and Cardenas search for Kathleen. They hear some noise in the factory and try to scope the area further. Scire and Derek move deeper into the warehouse. Cardenas goes back to the car to call in to the station. Surprise! The Leprechaun is waiting in the car for him. Cardenas is killed. Inside the factory, Derek and Scire continue their search. The Leprechaun plays tricks on them, to scare and confuse them. But Derek and Scire continue on. They soon find Kathleen and untie her. She's one pissed off valley girl. They start to navigate their way out, when they're met by the Leprechaun. He attacks the detective and kills her. In the ensuing madness, Derek ends up with one of the detectives' revolvers. He shoots at the Leprechaun, but the Leprechaun disappears in a puff of mist. Freaked, Derek and Kathleen are driven deeper into the factory. The Leprechaun continues to play tricks on them. While being chased, Kathleen starts to fall in love with Derek. She gives him her clada as a token of her love. She decides that if they get out of this mess, they'll go steady. Inspired by Kathleen's promise, Derek tries extra hard to find an exit. Meanwhile, Lyle and his gang show up at the factory. They find the dead detectives and decide to take matters into their own hands. Grabbing some weapons from Cardenas' car, they head into the factory. These tough ass jocks are out for Derek's blood. Once inside, they spread out. One by one, the Leprechaun picks off the jocks. Concurrently, Kathleen and Derek are getting closer to the exit. They're about to escape to safety, when... Lyle catches them. Even though Kathleen and Derek try to talk sense into him, Lyle beats Derek to a pulp, leaving him dazed and bloodied. He then attempts to take Kathleen home. But... the Leprechaun has other plans. As they approach Lyle's car outside, they're attacked. Lyle is killed by the little monster. Kathleen is taken by the Leprechaun into the factory. Derek comes to and searches for Kathleen. He and the Leprechaun fight. Derek is knocked back and sent toppling down an elevator shaft. He's left hanging for his life. The Leprechaun is about to finish the job when the crack in the wall opens up. The sand in the hourglass is running out. The Leprechaun has no time to finish off Derek. Instead, he grabs a bound and gagged Kathleen and drags her to the crack in the wall, leading back to Erin. With the last ounce of strength in his body, Derek fights his way back up the elevator shaft. When he gets to the top, he sees Kathleen being dragged through the crack in the wall. Derek thinks quickly. He takes the gold clada out and holds it for the Leprechaun to see. It sparkles in the light. The Leprechaun stops what he's doing. Derek tosses the clada towards the Leprechaun. Greedily, he lets go of Kathleen to catch the gold trinket. Kathleen stumbles forward into Derek's arms. The Leprechaun catches the gold trinket and smiles. He starts heading back through the crack in the wall, when the last grain of sand runs out of the hourglass. The crack snaps shut with a loud pop, trapping the Leprechaun in between the two worlds. The Leprechaun writhes in pain and starts to die. A bright green light flashes and the Leprechaun disappears from sight once and for all. The gold clada falls to the floor. "God bless you... motherfucker" curses the young hero. Derek picks it up, gives it back to Kathleen, and they start going steady. It's the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Imagine how the actor who played Ian felt about these changes. Gets cast in a lead role for 2 films, films the entire first movie only for them to reshoot all the scenes he was in and then films only 2 new scenes where he is swiftly killed off. I wonder if he was just too antagonistic of a character who took away from Cody. Apparently a VHS of a movie has a trailer that shows alternate scenes like Lyle trying to kiss Bridget outside her house as the Leprechaun watches, Ian and Cody drinking at the bar, and the Leprechaun using magic to help Bridget win a Go Kart race. I wanna see the original version of the movie.
you should do more videos like these. they’re entertaining and clue us in on movies that were never made and tweaks that were or would have been made to existing films as well
I liked this video. Something a little different but still thematic with the summer series special. Would love to see more of your opinions on unfinished or lost projects.
You should do more of these. These are very entertaining. Liked the animations and even though it's 11 minutes long? Alot of editing is in this that's well done
Like a lot of people are saying, more behind the scenes and informational videos like this would be awesome. Not necessarily bonus features stuff cause a lot of people do that. But wild crack pot theories, wiki page entries, unrealized sequels and the like would be really awesome to hear about. I really enjoyed this stuff, even if it may have never even existed
Should definitely do more of these, there’s so much movie history to cover, in just Hollywood. Let alone Berlin, Paris, India, Australia. Any plans for a Serenity review in the near future?
After watching the bonus features and listening to the audio commentary on Blu-Ray disc of Leprechaun 2, I'm more inclined than before to state that the "lost Leprechaun" projects might have just been an internet rumor... POSSIBLY, anyway, for I wasn't part of the production and can't say anything definitive about this revelation. I say this because none of the creators, not even the director, mentioned these “lost” projects. So I’d have to say it was all just a rumor. As for my thoughts on how it could've turned out: I think it was better off as the Leprechaun 2 and 3 we DID get. You summed up everything pretty well with how Leprechaun fans, myself included, would've had a disdain for a movie where the Leprechaun was hardly in it at all. The real Leprechaun 3 is a freaking MASTERPIECE, anyway.
With the Extra this week tie in with the Summer Of series, this really does feel like as OSW would call it, "A Brucie Bonus". 😉 Did enjoy this, thank you, Decker.
Easy and repeatable content idea- a second review from each movie you love done adding the secret cut or saying what you think would've been better if they had done. A brief hypothetical video that expounds on something you've already done research on, already have film of, and you just add a bit outside of what happened in the actual movie giving your twist. I'd watch that for sure.
I think it’d be a cool idea to do more of these style of video every now and then. It’s really interesting to see a “what it could have been” video, and it’s a great gimmick.
Alternate takes on stories are fun. There was a Lord of the Rings script (decades before Jackson's trilogy got started) where Aragorn and Boromir kissed and there was a Frodo/Galadriel sex scene.
Very interesting! I do enjoy learning about what-if scripts like this that were cut or dropped entirely. Gives a glimpse into an alternative movie that we didn't get, and it really interests me, the same way cut content from video games does. Great stuff, Decker. You're the man 🤘🏻❤️
Tip: Since this video relates to Leprechaun, it would make sense to leave a link to your first Leprechaun review at the end screen rather than let TH-cam decide.
Ahh... Decker Shado and the Multiverse of Leprechaun Madness!! The review of this lost Leprechaun movie may not exist, but I like your new background music. It's named Early Avril by Unicorn Heads. It's also the background music used by Fulcrum Entertainment in his Star Wars audiobook videos. Very good choice!
Seem that a lot of these were tidbits of brainstorming ideas of the leprechaun movie rather that full developed ideas. Is interesting how they found their way online
You are on 🔥 right now Decker and finally the algorithm is rewarding i consistency pays off! We've gotten 4 review uploads from u in less than 2 weeks im proud of u! Keep climbing up that algorithm
Wonderful little video, Decker ! I would really like to have a 10 min Monday movie trivia by Decker Shado every once in a while. Keeep up the good work !
I think they could have definitely fleshed out leprechaun 2 more in the way they were talking about in the possible movie you mentioned (instead of just making Ian such a throw away character) I mean Ian only seems to exist in the original film just to introduce the go-cart track and the iron safe then he gets turned into paste by the lawnmower. So giving a little more context to the love triangle and letting it breath would have been an improvement. (As long as they didn’t loose the character building for Mortie. Perhaps cut some of the tour footage and some of the other fluff.) and ending with both boys in the leprechaun cave is a great idea. (Especially when Ian takes the chocolate coin from Cody by mistake trying to save Bridget himself and dying for his troubles.) and the cops taking Cody into the police station at the end would make total sense given the events of that entire night. (In the original ending it’s like ok a bunch of people are still dead and cops still think Cody did it but they are just going to walk into a happily ever after like nothing happened.) The proposed sequel is a total mess though. A trial for Cody does sound like an excellent idea for a place to start. The cops could only peg the death of Ian’s friend (in the proposed version) Mortie, the security guard, and Ian on Cody (the attack on the hobo and the murder of the barista couldn’t be pegged on him.) Cody could easily save himself from the charges though. There were a bunch of people at the bar that saw the drinking contest between Mortie and the leprechaun, loads of little people dressed up like leprechauns that night, there was hopefully cameras somewhere at the cafe where the barista was killed, and although flimsy the hobo was attacked by a guy of the same description as the guy who attacked the barista and was seen in the drinking contest with Mortie. Cody could have the plausible alibi that his uncle bet a little guy dressed as a leprechaun to a drinking contest at the bar, his uncle won by cheating, the little guy found out he cheated and got pissed, (which could all be verified by the bartender and the crowd of witnesses who watched it.) afterwards the little guy went off and they originally thought nothing about it till the little guy sobered up a bit and started targeting them and Cody’s friends and killed the security guard that was trying to protect Cody, Ian, and Bridget. It would totally be a plausible explanation of what happened. Of course leprechaun gotta leprechaun so perhaps Cody and Brigit could accidentally bring leprechaun back trying to clear Cody’s name.
Wow! Thanks for the like Decker! I love when a content creator shows love to the fans! The best way I can think of to bring Warwick Davis’ leprechaun into the proposed sequel would be while Cody is sitting in jail for murder have Bridget go back to the tree at Houdinis house and get some of the leprechauns gold. If they claim that those antique coins were the wager on the drinking game it would make for a compelling motive for the looser of the game to kill someone. Say the two boys Ian and his friend were targeted because after the game Cody took the coins to Ian at the go-cart track so he could keep them in the safe until he and Mortie could get them appraised. But it brings the leprechaun back to life and obviously trying to not only kill Cody for revenge but anyone else who has those coins. (And perhaps steal Bridgett back but that’s obviously secondary to getting his gold and revenge.)
Oh man, I actually loved that script written by Wes Craven. It definitely would've kept the franchise away from being campy and Freddy could've been as intimidatingly cool as Pinhead or Michael. Probably would've gained more fans to be on Freddy's side by the time FvJ was coming out.
Honestly Decker I've been watching you now for 6 years and I really think this should be a New Series for you. There are so many alternate scripts and timelines for all the main horror franchises. Halloween, F13, NOES, Hellraiser, TCM, Leprechaun, Scream etc.....your views and opinions on these movies are always awesome to hear and watch.....keep up the Amazing Content my guy and can't wait for the next one of these types of reviews.........
Just think, for all of these horror franchises with twenty million increasingly absurd sequels out there, every last one of those sequels had someone look at the potential drafts and decide it was the LEAST stupid option.
I randomly wound up watching Leprechaun in Space yesterday and then discovered it was The Summer of Leprechaun over here. The algorithm works in stupid but wholly explicable ways...
Whoa you should definitely promote the join button for the TH-cam things on your channel. I didn't even know that was a feature, and there's more videos and some sick comment star things? And on top of all that it's another way to support such a great creator. You should absolutely promote that more.
Hey thanks for the info had no idea there was drafts for other endings or different movies. I feel theres something definitely missing never thought of it as a kid but how did leprechaun get turned to stone with the medallion on him havent watched leprechaun 2 in awhile but pretty sure he jus blew up and it ended right. Cant wait till 4th review gonna be hilarious.
Always fun to hear "what could've been" even if it has to be taken with enough salt to cause health problems. I do have one question though. What I want to know is why there's no Tucker and Dale vs. Evil review. Maybe in November when the summer ends. Isn't that about the time Summers usually end around here?
I think something like this could have been real. After all, this wouldn't be the first time in Hollywood history that a script got reworked and redone into something totally unlike its original concept. So yeah I buy it.
I consider it blasphemy that a woodchipper isn't always worth it. Woodchippers and chainsaws could solve a lot of problems and if they are you clearly aren't using enough of them.
They can still identify your body if it no longer has a face, but not if it no longer has...anything. And that settles the woodchipper vs. lawn mower debate.
These were quite interesting, I must insist. Better than Lep in the Hood 2 and what came after, oh boy those were shit. These lost scripts seem fun and have their place. But my favorite is up next, the Leprechaun in Space. Thank you I'll be here all week ✌🏾
Just imagine the movie career Jennifer Aniston could have had if she agreed to do the original Leprechaun 2. She might not have had to do Horrible Bosses 2.
Hey Decker Shado! Love this kind of research into the films. You should to more like from the Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th franchises. If you do more Godzilla films, you should talk about early screenplays and unmade films Toho didn't make. Such as... Godzilla (early screenplay) Bride of Godzilla! Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla Frankenstein vs. Godzilla Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah Batman vs. Godzilla Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.! Godzilla vs. Red Moon (Look on Toho Kingdom for more info) Godzilla vs. Gigan (early screenplays) Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (early screenplays) Terror of Mechagodzilla (early screenplays) And so much more. If you want info look for the books by John Lemay titled "Writing Japanese Monsters" and "The Big Book of Japanese Monster Movies: The Lost Films - mutated edition".
I always find these explorations of movies that were never made interesting. Supposedly there is a script for a Haunted Mansion movie, form the people who made Hocus Pocus. That film was never made, because Hocus Pocus didn't do well. Later, we would get the Eddie Murphy Haunted Mansion movie.
here's another fun video you could talk about since it's a fun topic: *Leprechaun Vs Wishmaster* mainly first since you've already done a review of the 4 Wishmaster films and currently doing a series of Leprechaun reviews, and second since there was a fake teaser trailer that was released by both Fangoria and AICN back in 2006. the trailer and the link itself attached to the video is still posted with the trailer still on TH-cam since 2006. you can still find it on Dr Fortyseven's channel or just do a YT search of the trailer and it should still be there, but I figured it would be a fun topic of discussion if you ever decided to do a follow up video on it. ^-^
It's a shame that the makers of the cereal Lucky Charms never wanted to hire Warwick Davis to voice their leprechaun because I would love to hear Warwick Davis say Their always after me Lucky Charms
So I should watch your Jason Goes to Hell review. Nah, I'll do you one better. I'll just marathon your entire Freddy vs. Jason summer special. It's actually my favorite of your summer specials specials. Keep up the good work. ✌️😁
I remember reading the original script for Leprechaun 2 on the Leprechaun fan website and I vividly remember the climax had Morty live and the climax was instead set in a giant shoe factory where they would have to draw in the Leprechaun into one of the machines to kill him. (A la Child's Play 2.) It was a very different movie by that point and I assumed it was cut due to budget reasons. Also, Tory from the original movie was intended to return as the Lep's bride and wrote him to be the same one from the original and he followed her to get even by making her his chosen love, but at that point, something else came into Jennifer Aniston's career that would change her life forever, and that was Friends. Leaving the script to change Tory with a new character, and allowing them to make a new Leprechaun origin completely.
Holy crap I always assumed it WAS the same leprechaun even with that not making sense with how they're introduced in most movies
For sure this is perfect content for his 2nd videos
(I found the original treatment, and I hadn't read since a decade. Sadly there's no Morty nor any connections to the original movie.)
"LEPRECHAUN II"
By Turi Meyer and Al Septien
COUNTY OF LIMERICK, ERIN (IRELAND) 994 A.D.
BILLY MACDANIEL, the mortal slave of one of the Leprechauns that roam the earth, travels to the Celtic countryside. It seems that the Leprechaun is one thousand years of age this day and he wants to find a bride of his own. The Leprechaun decides that he'll snatch up a young Celtic maiden from a nearby farm. According to legend, if a young woman sneezes three times without anyone saying "God bless you," the Leprechaun can snatch up the young woman and make her his bride.
But Billy MacDaniel, being a romantic young man, spoils the Leprechaun's plans. Upon seeing the young farmgirl, he falls in love with her. As she loads hay into a cart with a pitchfork, she begins to sneeze. Unfortunately, there's no one around to say "God bless you."
After sneezing twice, the Leprechaun rubs his hands together greedily, but Billy ruins his wishes. Pensively, the young slave rubs a gold IRISH CLADA (two hands clasping a heart and crown) hanging around his neck and, as the bride sneezes a third time, he blurts out "God bless you." This ruins the evil Leprechaun's machinations. The Leprechaun must then wait another thousand years before he can fetch a bride. "But," he threatens Billy MacDaniel, "next time I'll have her, and she'll be one of your own."
PRESENT DAY, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 1994 (ONE THOUSAND YEARS LATER). MIDNIGHT.
In an abandoned shoe factory, a HOMELESS MAN lays in a corner. Suddenly, he's scared out of his wits. A crack in the wall opens up. Green light and mist spills out from the crack. When the door materializes, out steps... the Leprechaun. It's his two thousandth birthday. He's travelled far to claim his bride and now he has twenty four hours to do it, otherwise, he'll have to wait another thousand years. The Leprechaun removes an hourglass and turns it upside down on the ground, as the crack in the wall shuts behind him, not to open again for twenty four hours. The homeless man stands in fear as Leprechaun explains his mission. The little green troll demands that the old man sing "Happy Birthday" to him. Spotting a gold tooth in the homeless man's mouth, the Leprechaun jumps the poor soul, kills him and removes the gold tooth. "Ah, a birthday present," announces the Leprechaun. Satisfied, Leprechaun goes off to find his bride.
CUT TO: DEREK PAINE is a fourteen year old rebel. He lives with his father, a travelling musician, who's tried the best he can to raise him on his own, but there's no question that Derek's an angry youth. At school, he's an outsider.
He has his eyes on a classmate, a beautiful fourteen year old cheerleader named KATHLEEN MACDANIEL (the great, great, great, etc. granddaughter of Billy MacDaniel). Kathleen wears her ancestor's clada around her neck.
Unfortunately, Kathleen doesn't hang out with Derek's type. She's dating a high school senior jock, LYLE MURPHY. Lyle and his friends, an obnoxious bunch, don't appreciate Derek's affections towards Kathleen, and every time they get a chance, they trash him.
Later that night, Derek decides to knock at Kathleen's door and ask her out. To his delight, he learns that Kathleen is alone. He sneaks into her house and plans to surprise her with flowers and romance. However, she has another visitor... the Leprechaun. Kathleen has sneezed three times and the Leprechaun has arrived to kidnap his bride to be and take her back to the gate, where they'll disappear forever. Kathleen thinks that he's a "puke faced little worm," but the Leprechaun doesn't let names hurt him. He tells Kathleen that he's taking her to the old shoe factory where they'll disappear to Erin (his mythical home) at midnight. The Leprechaun admires the gold clada hanging around the girl's neck. "Ah, the luck of the Irish is with me today," he squeals, miserly, "not only do I get me bride, I get some gold to boot."
After overhearing the Leprechaun, Derek tries to save Kathleen and thwart the little imp's plans. But he's no match for the old dwarf. The Leprechaun puts up a fight and pushes Derek out a window, where he's knocked out. The Leprechaun then turns to Kathleen and announces, "You're coming with me." Kathleen lets out a blood curdling scream, but no one hears her.
Derek wakes, to find himself surround by Kathleen's PARENTS and some COPS. DETECTIVE LORI SCIRE, in her early thirties, and her Latino partner, MIGUEL CARDENAS, question Derek. He insists that Kathleen was kidnapped by some Leprechaun and, of course, he's taken downtown for questioning.
Meanwhile, Lyle and the other jocks hear of what's happened and they head down to police headquarters to kick the shit out of Derek.
Down at police headquarters, Derek sticks to his story. Scire and Cardenas figure that Derek did something to Kathleen MacDaniel and that subconsciously he's made up the story about the Leprechaun. Maybe the kid buried the body at the abandoned shoe factory? Only one way to find out. The detectives take Derek to the shoe factory to investigate his story.
Once at the abandoned factory, Derek, Scire and Cardenas search for Kathleen. They hear some noise in the factory and try to scope the area further. Scire and Derek move deeper into the warehouse. Cardenas goes back to the car to call in to the station. Surprise! The Leprechaun is waiting in the car for him. Cardenas is killed.
Inside the factory, Derek and Scire continue their search. The Leprechaun plays tricks on them, to scare and confuse them. But Derek and Scire continue on. They soon find Kathleen and untie her. She's one pissed off valley girl. They start to navigate their way out, when they're met by the Leprechaun. He attacks the detective and kills her. In the ensuing madness, Derek ends up with one of the detectives' revolvers. He shoots at the Leprechaun, but the Leprechaun disappears in a puff of mist. Freaked, Derek and Kathleen are driven deeper into the factory. The Leprechaun continues to play tricks on them.
While being chased, Kathleen starts to fall in love with Derek. She gives him her clada as a token of her love. She decides that if they get out of this mess, they'll go steady. Inspired by Kathleen's promise, Derek tries extra hard to find an exit.
Meanwhile, Lyle and his gang show up at the factory. They find the dead detectives and decide to take matters into their own hands. Grabbing some weapons from Cardenas' car, they head into the factory. These tough ass jocks are out for Derek's blood.
Once inside, they spread out. One by one, the Leprechaun picks off the jocks. Concurrently, Kathleen and Derek are getting closer to the exit. They're about to escape to safety, when... Lyle catches them.
Even though Kathleen and Derek try to talk sense into him, Lyle beats Derek to a pulp, leaving him dazed and bloodied. He then attempts to take Kathleen home. But... the Leprechaun has other plans. As they approach Lyle's car outside, they're attacked. Lyle is killed by the little monster.
Kathleen is taken by the Leprechaun into the factory. Derek comes to and searches for Kathleen. He and the Leprechaun fight. Derek is knocked back and sent toppling down an elevator shaft. He's left hanging for his life.
The Leprechaun is about to finish the job when the crack in the wall opens up. The sand in the hourglass is running out. The Leprechaun has no time to finish off Derek. Instead, he grabs a bound and gagged Kathleen and drags her to the crack in the wall, leading back to Erin.
With the last ounce of strength in his body, Derek fights his way back up the elevator shaft. When he gets to the top, he sees Kathleen being dragged through the crack in the wall. Derek thinks quickly. He takes the gold clada out and holds it for the Leprechaun to see. It sparkles in the light. The Leprechaun stops what he's doing.
Derek tosses the clada towards the Leprechaun. Greedily, he lets go of Kathleen to catch the gold trinket. Kathleen stumbles forward into Derek's arms. The Leprechaun catches the gold trinket and smiles. He starts heading back through the crack in the wall, when the last grain of sand runs out of the hourglass. The crack snaps shut with a loud pop, trapping the Leprechaun in between the two worlds. The Leprechaun writhes in pain and starts to die. A bright green light flashes and the Leprechaun disappears from sight once and for all. The gold clada falls to the floor. "God bless you... motherfucker" curses the young hero. Derek picks it up, gives it back to Kathleen, and they start going steady. It's the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
@@brandonspain12345That is awesome. Where did you find it? And do you remember what the name of the leprechaun movie homepage was?
At first I read that as "The lust leprechaun" and was momentarily filled with a sense of terror
This is the best fanfiction ever! Your commentary/narration makes it all the better, Decker! Thank you so much for doing this! 💕
Imagine how the actor who played Ian felt about these changes. Gets cast in a lead role for 2 films, films the entire first movie only for them to reshoot all the scenes he was in and then films only 2 new scenes where he is swiftly killed off. I wonder if he was just too antagonistic of a character who took away from Cody.
Apparently a VHS of a movie has a trailer that shows alternate scenes like Lyle trying to kiss Bridget outside her house as the Leprechaun watches, Ian and Cody drinking at the bar, and the Leprechaun using magic to help Bridget win a Go Kart race. I wanna see the original version of the movie.
you should do more videos like these. they’re entertaining and clue us in on movies that were never made and tweaks that were or would have been made to existing films as well
I liked this video. Something a little different but still thematic with the summer series special. Would love to see more of your opinions on unfinished or lost projects.
I like this style of video. Would be cool to see more about cancelled sequels or even fan theories and fantasy storylines for established series.
You should do more of these. These are very entertaining. Liked the animations and even though it's 11 minutes long? Alot of editing is in this that's well done
Like a lot of people are saying, more behind the scenes and informational videos like this would be awesome. Not necessarily bonus features stuff cause a lot of people do that. But wild crack pot theories, wiki page entries, unrealized sequels and the like would be really awesome to hear about. I really enjoyed this stuff, even if it may have never even existed
The Leprechaun breaking character during the trial had me in stitches, you're too good at this!! XD
The still you used for Bridget and her expression was perfect. She looks so done with it all.
Years after watching this channel the quality still holds up and has even improved over time, good on ya decker!
Should definitely do more of these, there’s so much movie history to cover, in just Hollywood. Let alone Berlin, Paris, India, Australia.
Any plans for a Serenity review in the near future?
Love this, I'd love to see you cover more "lost" or unused treatments and scripts etc etc. Keep up the great work!!
After watching the bonus features and listening to the audio commentary on Blu-Ray disc of Leprechaun 2, I'm more inclined than before to state that the "lost Leprechaun" projects might have just been an internet rumor... POSSIBLY, anyway, for I wasn't part of the production and can't say anything definitive about this revelation. I say this because none of the creators, not even the director, mentioned these “lost” projects. So I’d have to say it was all just a rumor.
As for my thoughts on how it could've turned out: I think it was better off as the Leprechaun 2 and 3 we DID get. You summed up everything pretty well with how Leprechaun fans, myself included, would've had a disdain for a movie where the Leprechaun was hardly in it at all. The real Leprechaun 3 is a freaking MASTERPIECE, anyway.
i agree that these types of videos kind of fill in the blanks and provide an insight into the directions of movies. enjoyed this one quite a bit
Oh, i love this new category of "potential movies" Thanks decker!
I eat up trivia like this! Just fascinates the shit outta me. I'd love to see videos like this as a regular channel feature. Awesome job!
Learning about this original plot,I definitely would've like it more than what we good but at least it's passable
With the Extra this week tie in with the Summer Of series, this really does feel like as OSW would call it, "A Brucie Bonus". 😉 Did enjoy this, thank you, Decker.
Speaking of drafts, apparently Andrew Divoff wrote a draft for Wishmaster 3 centered around the Y2K craziness.
And I'm guessing that movie was probably better than the Wishmaster 3 we actually got
Easy and repeatable content idea- a second review from each movie you love done adding the secret cut or saying what you think would've been better if they had done. A brief hypothetical video that expounds on something you've already done research on, already have film of, and you just add a bit outside of what happened in the actual movie giving your twist. I'd watch that for sure.
Oh I thought his one true love was Lucky Charms. Then he had some and almost threw up.
You should do more of these script/draft what-ifs
I think it’d be a cool idea to do more of these style of video every now and then. It’s really interesting to see a “what it could have been” video, and it’s a great gimmick.
Alternate takes on stories are fun. There was a Lord of the Rings script (decades before Jackson's trilogy got started) where Aragorn and Boromir kissed and there was a Frodo/Galadriel sex scene.
Very interesting! I do enjoy learning about what-if scripts like this that were cut or dropped entirely. Gives a glimpse into an alternative movie that we didn't get, and it really interests me, the same way cut content from video games does. Great stuff, Decker. You're the man 🤘🏻❤️
Now I plan on writing fan fiction on IMDB for all the movies just in hopes for a video to be made about it 😄
Someone would have to believe that it would be true.
I always loved how the Leprechaun sits at the bar with such a Serious face its great.
Hell of an scriptwriting alternative to the sequel of Leprechaun. Good video.
Tip: Since this video relates to Leprechaun, it would make sense to leave a link to your first Leprechaun review at the end screen rather than let TH-cam decide.
Who else thought this was a full review at 1st till they realized it was alternate endings!
Decker shado finally got his wood chipper kill 🙌🍿🍾🎉🤣
If he reviews the Stepfather 3, he'll get a proper one lol
The bride and trial sound like a fun idea, I do enjoy the lep 3 we got though.
Ahh... Decker Shado and the Multiverse of Leprechaun Madness!! The review of this lost Leprechaun movie may not exist, but I like your new background music. It's named Early Avril by Unicorn Heads. It's also the background music used by Fulcrum Entertainment in his Star Wars audiobook videos. Very good choice!
I love how you turn the call to action in to a bit
Seem that a lot of these were tidbits of brainstorming ideas of the leprechaun movie rather that full developed ideas. Is interesting how they found their way online
I clicked on this video 4 times. TH-cam played it once. I remember when clicking on something once played the video, but here we are.
You are on 🔥 right now Decker and finally the algorithm is rewarding i consistency pays off!
We've gotten 4 review uploads from u in less than 2 weeks im proud of u!
Keep climbing up that algorithm
Wonderful little video, Decker ! I would really like to have a 10 min Monday movie trivia by Decker Shado every once in a while. Keeep up the good work !
I think they could have definitely fleshed out leprechaun 2 more in the way they were talking about in the possible movie you mentioned (instead of just making Ian such a throw away character) I mean Ian only seems to exist in the original film just to introduce the go-cart track and the iron safe then he gets turned into paste by the lawnmower. So giving a little more context to the love triangle and letting it breath would have been an improvement. (As long as they didn’t loose the character building for Mortie. Perhaps cut some of the tour footage and some of the other fluff.) and ending with both boys in the leprechaun cave is a great idea. (Especially when Ian takes the chocolate coin from Cody by mistake trying to save Bridget himself and dying for his troubles.) and the cops taking Cody into the police station at the end would make total sense given the events of that entire night. (In the original ending it’s like ok a bunch of people are still dead and cops still think Cody did it but they are just going to walk into a happily ever after like nothing happened.)
The proposed sequel is a total mess though. A trial for Cody does sound like an excellent idea for a place to start. The cops could only peg the death of Ian’s friend (in the proposed version) Mortie, the security guard, and Ian on Cody (the attack on the hobo and the murder of the barista couldn’t be pegged on him.) Cody could easily save himself from the charges though. There were a bunch of people at the bar that saw the drinking contest between Mortie and the leprechaun, loads of little people dressed up like leprechauns that night, there was hopefully cameras somewhere at the cafe where the barista was killed, and although flimsy the hobo was attacked by a guy of the same description as the guy who attacked the barista and was seen in the drinking contest with Mortie.
Cody could have the plausible alibi that his uncle bet a little guy dressed as a leprechaun to a drinking contest at the bar, his uncle won by cheating, the little guy found out he cheated and got pissed, (which could all be verified by the bartender and the crowd of witnesses who watched it.) afterwards the little guy went off and they originally thought nothing about it till the little guy sobered up a bit and started targeting them and Cody’s friends and killed the security guard that was trying to protect Cody, Ian, and Bridget. It would totally be a plausible explanation of what happened. Of course leprechaun gotta leprechaun so perhaps Cody and Brigit could accidentally bring leprechaun back trying to clear Cody’s name.
Wow! Thanks for the like Decker! I love when a content creator shows love to the fans!
The best way I can think of to bring Warwick Davis’ leprechaun into the proposed sequel would be while Cody is sitting in jail for murder have Bridget go back to the tree at Houdinis house and get some of the leprechauns gold. If they claim that those antique coins were the wager on the drinking game it would make for a compelling motive for the looser of the game to kill someone. Say the two boys Ian and his friend were targeted because after the game Cody took the coins to Ian at the go-cart track so he could keep them in the safe until he and Mortie could get them appraised. But it brings the leprechaun back to life and obviously trying to not only kill Cody for revenge but anyone else who has those coins. (And perhaps steal Bridgett back but that’s obviously secondary to getting his gold and revenge.)
Not disappointment and Ax body spray. OUCH!!!
More first drafts or hypothetical script videos would be cool. Original NOES 3 draft comes to mind, would certainly get a like and follow out of me.
Oh man, I actually loved that script written by Wes Craven. It definitely would've kept the franchise away from being campy and Freddy could've been as intimidatingly cool as Pinhead or Michael. Probably would've gained more fans to be on Freddy's side by the time FvJ was coming out.
You should definitely do more alternative scripts! Keep up the awesome work brother!
Honestly Decker I've been watching you now for 6 years and I really think this should be a New Series for you. There are so many alternate scripts and timelines for all the main horror franchises. Halloween, F13, NOES, Hellraiser, TCM, Leprechaun, Scream etc.....your views and opinions on these movies are always awesome to hear and watch.....keep up the Amazing Content my guy and can't wait for the next one of these types of reviews.........
Just think, for all of these horror franchises with twenty million increasingly absurd sequels out there, every last one of those sequels had someone look at the potential drafts and decide it was the LEAST stupid option.
Wasnt too sure about that third one, then I saw it had friggin Robocop. Now I want a movie that is nothing BUT robochaun
This was a good watch. And I finally got my notification.
You should do more videos like this, seems easier to produce and allows more content. Also it is interesting to watch.
if it was a urban legend its certainly a refreshing believable take on one
I think what I love about leprechaun is they’re fully aware they’re bad at this point and go with it
Well except Origins, that one tried to be a gritty reboot
@@mrcritical6751 oh yea I don’t count that as an leprechaun movie
Thanks Decker. This was a fun video, and a cool look at what we might have seen. I enjoyed this.
Can’t wait for leprechaun in the hood
I loved this and I'm glad there's so much positive reception here in the comments. Hope you do more like this
Interesting stuff. But honestly, I could listen to this guy talk about anything and be perfectly content.
That was a lot of effort for the bonus video! Thanks a lot! You spoil us so.
I randomly wound up watching Leprechaun in Space yesterday and then discovered it was The Summer of Leprechaun over here.
The algorithm works in stupid but wholly explicable ways...
I enjoyed your telling of the hypothetical leprechaun movies. May the algorithm ever be in your favour.
Whoa you should definitely promote the join button for the TH-cam things on your channel. I didn't even know that was a feature, and there's more videos and some sick comment star things?
And on top of all that it's another way to support such a great creator.
You should absolutely promote that more.
This video was way different than what I was expecting from you…:. And I dig it
Hey thanks for the info had no idea there was drafts for other endings or different movies. I feel theres something definitely missing never thought of it as a kid but how did leprechaun get turned to stone with the medallion on him havent watched leprechaun 2 in awhile but pretty sure he jus blew up and it ended right. Cant wait till 4th review gonna be hilarious.
It sounds like some crazy fever dream, but I love the way that you made it real!
Always fun to hear "what could've been" even if it has to be taken with enough salt to cause health problems. I do have one question though.
What I want to know is why there's no Tucker and Dale vs. Evil review. Maybe in November when the summer ends. Isn't that about the time Summers usually end around here?
Please do more like this!!
“I can’t review a movie that doesn’t exist.” Integrity!
I think something like this could have been real. After all, this wouldn't be the first time in Hollywood history that a script got reworked and redone into something totally unlike its original concept. So yeah I buy it.
Looked quickly at your title card and read "The Lust Leprechaun." Lust-adjacent video did not disappoint!
Do this type again. Was good. Much watch.
I concur doing more videos like this would be fun to listen to and watch.
Leprechaun Goes To Hell: The Final Charm lol
I think it'd be kind of interesting to see it but then again we might not see the Leprechaun go to Viva Las Vegas lol
I liked the format of this video. Well done
I really liked this video, I'm happy whenever I see a new video from you.
I love how you had Robocop appear in this XD
You have our support in your creativity, good luck.
Gotta admit this video caught me off guard. Well I know what Im watching tonight.
The algorithm picked your review of leprechaun 1 so ill watch that again. TH-cam knows best after all.
This feels like two reviews in one week Decker doing all he can to make the Agarithum his Bi#tch.
I consider it blasphemy that a woodchipper isn't always worth it. Woodchippers and chainsaws could solve a lot of problems and if they are you clearly aren't using enough of them.
I loved this video I hope you are able to do more like it
This was really cool! Maybe as an extra video idea you could make more lore/legend videos like these for Sunday’s.
Awesome!! I never knew about these alternatives!
Great (idea for a) video. Loved it. Now go make a series outof it!
I feel if they went through with it those two would be viewed like Halloween 3 ironically
"I can't review something that doesn't exist" ah, like Jaws 5-19. XD
They can still identify your body if it no longer has a face, but not if it no longer has...anything.
And that settles the woodchipper vs. lawn mower debate.
These were quite interesting, I must insist. Better than Lep in the Hood 2 and what came after, oh boy those were shit. These lost scripts seem fun and have their place. But my favorite is up next, the Leprechaun in Space.
Thank you I'll be here all week ✌🏾
Someone really needs to make a wood chipper movie just so Decker can critique it 😂
i LOVE THIS MOVIE
AND YOU
Interesting! Thanks for this background!
Getting good at the end cards Decker ^_^
Just imagine the movie career Jennifer Aniston could have had if she agreed to do the original Leprechaun 2. She might not have had to do Horrible Bosses 2.
This is f*ng awesome how there was lost media for this series, That's like finding gold itself 🪙🪙🪙
Hey Decker Shado! Love this kind of research into the films. You should to more like from the Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th franchises. If you do more Godzilla films, you should talk about early screenplays and unmade films Toho didn't make. Such as...
Godzilla (early screenplay)
Bride of Godzilla!
Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla
Frankenstein vs. Godzilla
Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah
Batman vs. Godzilla
Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.!
Godzilla vs. Red Moon (Look on Toho Kingdom for more info)
Godzilla vs. Gigan (early screenplays)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (early screenplays)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (early screenplays)
And so much more.
If you want info look for the books by John Lemay titled "Writing Japanese Monsters" and "The Big Book of Japanese Monster Movies: The Lost Films - mutated edition".
I always find these explorations of movies that were never made interesting. Supposedly there is a script for a Haunted Mansion movie, form the people who made Hocus Pocus. That film was never made, because Hocus Pocus didn't do well. Later, we would get the Eddie Murphy Haunted Mansion movie.
here's another fun video you could talk about since it's a fun topic: *Leprechaun Vs Wishmaster*
mainly first since you've already done a review of the 4 Wishmaster films and currently doing a series of Leprechaun reviews, and second since there was a fake teaser trailer that was released by both Fangoria and AICN back in 2006. the trailer and the link itself attached to the video is still posted with the trailer still on TH-cam since 2006. you can still find it on Dr Fortyseven's channel or just do a YT search of the trailer and it should still be there, but I figured it would be a fun topic of discussion if you ever decided to do a follow up video on it. ^-^
yoo decker ive been waiting for u to realease more leprechaun videos!
It's a shame that the makers of the cereal Lucky Charms never wanted to hire Warwick Davis to voice their leprechaun because I would love to hear Warwick Davis say Their always after me Lucky Charms
So I should watch your Jason Goes to Hell review. Nah, I'll do you one better. I'll just marathon your entire Freddy vs. Jason summer special. It's actually my favorite of your summer specials specials. Keep up the good work. ✌️😁
Excellent, now do the original draft of aliens 3, um, please.
Decker....... talk......slow.......er. Long time follower.. Love your vids bro.👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾