Third Channel Podcast

With no gold these 25 years, I've lost me knack. Join PJ and Derek as they return to the woods where it all began in Steven Kostanski’s Leprechaun Returns (2018). In this episode the guys are pleasantly surprised by this blood-soaked revival that ignores most of the series’ tangled continuity, balances over-the-top practical effects with self-aware humor, and decide whether it successfully captures the chaotic charm that made the original a cult classic. 📺 Check out the Alabama Leprechaun Son...

All out of clovers, lad? Oh, that’s too bad. Join PJ and Derek as they head back to the streets of Los Angeles in Steven Ayromlooi’s Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003). In this episode the guys continue to debate this franchises bizarre tonal shifts, from its urban setting, fantasy lore, and early-2000s aesthetic to its blend of horror, comedy, and straight-up weirdness. Plus what may be Warwick Davis’ last performance as everyone’s favorite rhyming menace, Lubdan. 📺 Check out the original Cr...

Lep in the hood, come to do no good. Join PJ and Derek as they take a wild detour into one of horror’s most baffling franchise pivots with Rob Spera’s Leprechaun In the Hood (2000). In this episode the guys try to make sense of the film’s place in the larger Leprechaun series, its cult following, from Warwick Davis’s ever-committed performance as the rhyming trickster to Ice-T’s scene-stealing role as a ruthless music mogul, and the uncomfortable questions it raises about representation, paro...

Look upon them and know that you are forever doomed. Join PJ and Derek as they blast off into one of the strangest corners of the cosmos in Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996). In this episode the guys unpack how this installment takes a hard left turn from supernatural slasher to full-on sci-fi absurdity, from space marines and alien princesses, to body horror and bizarre comedic detours. Is this intergalactic departure a hidden gem or better off lost in space? 📺 Find out w...

This isn’t going to stop unless I stop it. Join PJ and Derek as they return to the meta-slasher franchise that re-invented the genre, along with Kevin Williamson the writer who crafted the original, for Scream 7 (2026). In this episode the guys unpack the troubled development and controversial marketing of this film, break down what this means for the franchise as a whole, bringing back legacy characters while sidelining fan favorites, and discuss whether this is the revival the series needs…...