The Last Leprechaun is a 1998 made-for-TV fantasy film produced by The BBC, directed by David Lister and starring David Warner, Veronica Hamel, and Mick Walter.
Finn Regan McCool is a leprechaun whose forest is being destroyed by loggers. He becomes friends with Ethel and Tommy, two kids of a multi-millionaire who are visiting their future stepmother. They discover that she's secretly a banshee who stole a human body.
This film provides examples of:
- Bookcase Passage: Ethel and Tommy use a passage hidden behind the fireplace to spy on their father and the banshee. They later use a passage behind a bookcase to go to the basement.
- Bunnies for Cuteness: Finn has two pet rabbits.
- Child Hater: The banshee yells that she hates children after threatening them.
- Does Not Like Spam: Henry hates trifle.
- Everything's Better with Sparkles: Leprechaun gold always sparkles.
- Evil Is Deathly Cold: The banshee turns the basement into an ice cave.
- Failed a Spot Check: Henry doesn't notice the electricity crackling on his fiance.
- Feminine Women Can Cook: Mary, who is a much better mother figure than Laura, is the cook.
- Friend to All Children: Mary
- Grand Theft Me: The banshee steals Laura's body so she can have a body and be rich.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Henry sees his fiance covered in mud and hears his kids accuse her of being a witch. When she offers him a drink, he gladly takes it.
- Last of His Kind: Finn is the last leprechaun.
- Leprechaun
- Literally Shattered Lives: After Simpson overestimates his power and tries to control Laura, she freezes him and shatters him.
- Missing Mom: The children's mother died in a car crash.
- Oireland
- Parent with New Paramour: Henry's planning on marrying Laura. The problem is that she's a banshee.
- Portrait Painting Peephole: Ethel and Tommy use them to spy on their parents and the banshee.
- Rube Goldberg Device: Finn uses one to wake him up and make breakfast.
- Super Drowning Skills. Tommy has to save Finn from drowing in a tub of water.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Right after Laura is introduced, the banshee kills her and takes her body.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: Henry is too busy running his business to spend time with his kids.
- Wicked Stepmother: Laura is secretly a banshee who stole a human's body.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: The banshee wants to destroy humanity for ruining nature and destroying supernatural beings.
