In the early 1400's a gnarly and magical little creature called Rumpelstiltskin was imprisoned in a jade figure, hopefully forever. As luck would have it, the creature is released in modern day LA. The creature strikes up a deal with a grieving mother named Shelley Stewart who has just given birth to her first child and lost her husband in the same day. Wishing only that her deceased husband could only see their child, Shelley agrees to a deal with Rumpelstiltskin. But what the creature wants in return for the favor is the child itself. Backing out on the deal and now on the run from the creature, Shelley must avoid the evil dwarf at all turns or lose her daughter forever.

Brought to you by Mark Jones, the master behind such great films as Leprechaun and Leprechaun 4, comes Rumpelstiltskin, which is basically Leprechaun with a different dwarf and instead of a pot of gold we get to watch the little bugger go after a baby. Oh, it might sound good on paper but after watching it for about half an hour I was hoping it couldn't make it an hour more, I was wrong.

This film is Leprechaun in all ways except for the dwarf/baby thing I just mentioned, other than that - same flick. The movies one saving grace and biggest difference is that Rumple himself looks great. This should come as no surprise seeing as how he is designed by FX god Kevin Yager, who has worked with everyone from Jason to Freddy to Pinhead. The creature is evil and nasty looking, kinda like the troll from Cat's Eye, just super-sized. Yager used to be a master of his craft I just wonder after doing this film if he gave up or has CGI really taken over so much that a guy of his status has to resort to sucky low-grade schlock.

A little blood and a lot of quips round out this movie and the victims are anyone that gets in Rumple's way as he tracks down the baby for a quick bite to eat. The worst part of this flick is that any time something weird happens it is because Rumple has "magic" abilities, like when he floats off a building or is able to get up from a shotgun blasts.

Rumplestiltskin is basically a long chase movie that has a decent villain and not much else. I rented this along with Snow White a Tale of Terror and Twinks Vs Bears in the Marathon of Butt Slamming, so I could have a night of twisted fairy tales and tail.

3/10