10 Horror Movie Wishes That Went HORRIBLY Wrong

6. Leprechaun 2

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The Leprechaun series of movies are best known for an early appearance by a young Jennifer Aniston. Also for being pretty bad. Mostly for being bad. But at least they're fun.

The second outing for Warwick Davies' Irish (is that accent supposed to be Irish) trickster sees the eponymous Leprechaun trapped in a cast iron safe, for reasons. Determined to break free of his mini prison, he grants his captor's wish for gold. Not just any gold, but the Leprechaun's very own pot of gold.

That was never going to be a good idea.

The old man gets what he wants, sort of, when the pot and its shiny contents materialise... in his stomach, stretching his gut and rendering him incapacitated.

But it doesn't end there. He uses his second wish to free the Leprechaun so that he can help him, though what sort of help could he possibly have expected? And his third and final wish is for the pot of gold to be taken out of him.

The Leprechaun obliges in typical Leprechaun fashion - by slashing open the man's stomach and taking back his gold.

 
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Jonathan was formerly an editor at Titan Comics where he was the line editor on their Statix Press imprint and the editor on Doctor Who and Tank Girl among other titles. He has written for various anthology comics including SelfMadeHero’s The Corbyn Comic.