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“We’re going back to the Hood with a significantly smaller budget!” - Andrew

On this week’s episode, we’re closing out the 2026 Halloween Spooktacular by having our good buds, James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca from Dead Meat, back on to chat about the next chapter in the Leprechaun saga, Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha’ Hood!

Why does the movie wait a full 30 minutes to really get the Leprechaun action going? Why are they bothering with this storybook device at the start? Is the cold open actually the end of a better Leprechaun movie? Is Laz Alonso the third most recognizable person to star in a Leprechaun film? And is this movie better or worse than the Leprechaun’s first adventure in the Hood? PLUS: You can check out Fresh Meat now, streaming exclusively on Pijama! Click through here to rent it!

Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha’ Hood stars Tangi Miller, Laz Alonso, Page Kennedy, Sherrie Jackson, Donzaleigh Abernathy, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Stikcy Fingaz, Keesha Sharp, Sonya Eddy, and Warwick Davis as the Leprechuan; directed by Steven Ayromlooi.

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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

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Odin Blaine

Yesss!!! Love James and Chelsea and love/hate this weird little franchise (uh pun not intended) This one is funnier than the first Hood one. There’s actual jokes!

LoganTheWise

He is constantly getting the shit kicked out of him in this one. I was cackling

BigGayJack

Nothing like working the night shift with some Spooktacular xoxo

Dominic Graham

Just to highlight how half-assed that fairy tale book opening was. It features a drawing of Britain (not Ireland), with the word “Irish” written above it. PS love hearing my two favourite podcasts podcast together 💚🖤 oíche shamhna shona daoibh 👻 🎃

Eren Keskin

Those Akira references came out of nowhere

Emil Svensson

Andrew's talk about how terrifying Return to Oz still is made me think of the fact that whenever someone brings up the Wheelers or the disembodied heads as the scariest elements of the film, I point to my counterpoint: The way that the goddamned (supposedly friendly) Scarecrow looks 😳 (Edit: I do mean the Scarecrow, and NOT the pumpkinhead, who may not be a looker but certainly isn't scary either.)

Rose Esposito

There's a piece of Tribune Trivia that I just KNOW will be discussed at length in this episode, and I'm just...not happy about it.

Dan sulin

Instead of taller for your next movie collab go shorter. There are a million bad post Gremlins “little monsters terrorize folks” movies

Smaug

I don't give 2 shits about these movies, but I like this running collab on the franchise.

John Toycen

These are always so fun and they thread the needle incredibly well but hearing Andrew intro an early scene with “these three fellas pull up on bikes” and my mind instantly summoned Tobias Fühnke and his street tough dancers.

Kevin Lynch

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Leprechaun vs. Gingerdead Man and/or Evil Bong movie (Oh my God, did I just give a shitty movie producer a bad idea?!)

Rose Esposito

I need to get back to my Irish lessons, I've been slacking so hard. Go raibh maith agat for the reminder.

Dominic Graham

Fadhb ar bith, Rose (the Hat)! I’m sure you are a natural gaeilgeoir ☘️

MarkNM

The Leprechaun crossover the world needed was LEPRECHAUN VS WISHMASTER.

MarkNM

Were they "bikies?"

Jason

Since they mentioned the See No Evil movie staring the wrestler Kane, I get to share one of my favorite trivia tidbits. The film was a WWE picture, so Vince McMahon had final say and input on the script. He wanted a scene where one of the women leads peers through a crack in a wall and sees naked Kane, complete with “a huge 2-3 foot cock.” The penis size was non-negotiable. I guess it required several all-hands on deck meetings with Vince before he finally relented on the huge-cock Kane scene.

Busiris

I feel obligated to post the photo of Warwick Davis behind the scenes being shown how to use a bong.

Johnny Collins

You know, I don't mean to sound melodramatic but every year when the WHM Spooktacular comes to an end, my heart genuinely breaks a just a little bit. 🎃💔💔💔 Maybe it's just part of getting older but I have been with you guys since 2018 and your October shows are always just the best of the year. 🖤 Thank you to Andrew, Eric, Steve and Chris for all the great laughs this spooky season, Happy Halloween from Scotland.   🎃🤎🖤🤎 PS seeing as I'm Scottish just like Gerald Butler, all I can say is - "ACKKkkK!" 😂

Jonathan Lyons

6 movies, Steve. Goddamn it, Steve lol 6 movies. And Steve would still risk it for the leprechaun's biscuit. Steve would totally paradox himself to fix an unfixable timeline. He would let the cosmic snail chase him. He would wish for another monkey's paw to deal with the first two paws.

D Arthur

Lep in The Hood is a Spooky Season tradition for me.

Chris

The Spooktacular has definitely become one of my favorite parts of the holiday season, and it always ends too quickly

Chris

boikies

Billie Jackson

The non leprechaun actors that could be ranked would iirc be Francis from Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Miguel A. Nunez and then very far below Anthony Montgomery who was part of Enterprise's main cast, though one who had the least episodes focused on him.

Kemper

Regarding gun nuts losing their minds if someone gets a type or detail wrong: I once heard best-selling thriller writer John Sandford at a book signing. He told a great story about how he once screwed up and forgot that he had a recurring character get married and have a baby in a previous book. When he brought her back he wrote her as childless and single. Nobody caught it so the book was published with that error. Oops. But the kicker is that he said got way less angry feedback from fans about that than the time he wrote that a certain gun model had a safety switch when it didn't.

Billie Jackson

Hellraiser has been relaunched in comics form in addition to the game. Butterball, Chatterer, etc are revived in them but CDhead and Camerahead appear v briefly only to be killed off by one of the original lineup.

Dan sulin

As I’ve gotten older and older I’ve found that I find less joy in Christmas but more joy in the Halloween season. For me it begins the first Tuesday in October when I hear the Spooktacular theme. And I do get a bit sad when it’s over.

Lynette Michelle

That is THE Tarall Hicks from A Bronx Tale and Belly 🎃 Great Episode Guys!!

MrBonesMildBride

Just now tuning in. Sending love from The Glove to James and Chelsea.