More Movie-Mania!
Phantasm III - For those unfamiliar with the Phantasm series, it's the one with the floating metal ball that impales people in the face and a old dude stealing dead bodies for some mysterious use on another plane of existence. This one's not very good and makes little sense - it counts on explaining things in its sequel, which is kinda shameful unless one is imminent.
Phantasm IV - Which came 4 years later. It looks like this one was made with absolutely no budget, but is actually much better than the third, and possibly even better than the first. The fact that the film is comprised of the cast that appeared in the first one, which was made almost 20 years prior, lends an odd poignancy to the film, especially when the director uses footage from the first 2 as the main character laments over the loss of his idyllic childhood. It still doesn't explain much and again leaves everything open for a sequel (which hasn't arrived, and probably won't now, after 14 years) which smacks of the director not knowing what's going on in his own series.
Leprechaun in the Hood - Oh dear. Possibly the least funny of the Leprechaun series, this one is explained in its title. Ice-T plays a low level criminal who traps the Leprechaun, becomes super-rich only for Leprechaun to be released 20 years later and try to take his gold back. There's also some stuff about some kids who want to become rap stars, but as a whole, they're both uninteresting and unlikeable. Warwick Davis tries, but it's not enough.