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[[Roger Ebert]] awarded ''Best Worst Movie'' three out of a possible four stars and said " The lesson, I guess, is that you can only be the flavor of the month for about 30 days, sometimes 31. “Troll 2” was February." |
[[Roger Ebert]] awarded ''Best Worst Movie'' three out of a possible four stars and said " The lesson, I guess, is that you can only be the flavor of the month for about 30 days, sometimes 31. “Troll 2” was February."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100728/REVIEWS/100729987 |title=Best Worst Movie :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-13}}</ref> |
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Sandy Mahar "Liked It"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100728/REVIEWS/100729987 |title=Best Worst Movie :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-13}}</ref> |
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===DVD Release=== |
===DVD Release=== |
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Troll 2 | |
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File:Troll 2dvd.jpg Troll 2 DVD cover (Region 2) | |
Directed by | Drake Floyd |
Written by | Rossella Drudi and Drake Floyd (story) Drake Floyd (screenplay) |
Produced by | Brenda Norris Joe D'Amato |
Starring | Michael Stephenson George Hardy Margo Prey Connie Young Deborah Reed Jason F. Wright Darren Ewing Jason Steadman |
Cinematography | Giancarlo Ferrando |
Edited by | Vania Friends |
Music by | Carlo Maria Cordio |
Distributed by | Epic Productions |
Release dates | 3 October 1990 (Germany) July 22, 1992 (USA) (video premiere) |
Running time | 95 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | English |
Troll 2 is a 1990 cult classic horror film, directed by Claudio Fragasso, under the pseudonym Drake Floyd. The film was also written by Peter Heinzig. During production, the film was known as Goblins[1], and some foreign releases of the movie were labeled as such, but upon release in the United States, the title was changed to Troll 2 in an attempt to help sell the film by connecting it to an established horror movie, the 1986 Empire Pictures film Troll.[2] The two films, however, have no connection apart from the title. Despite the title, no trolls appear in Troll 2.
The plot concerns an American family, the Waits family, who are taking a trip to the country to visit a small town called "Nilbog" (goblin spelled backwards), but are plunged into a nightmare as they are relentlessly pursued by vegetarian goblins, who turn people into plants before they eat them.
The cast includes Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie Young (here credited with her maiden name, Connie McFarland), Deborah Reed, and Jason Wright.
Plot
The film begins with the main character, a child named Joshua Waits (Michael Stephenson), being contacted by his dead grandfather, Seth (Robert Ormsby). Seth informs Joshua of evil creatures known as goblins roaming the world who force or trick humans into consuming poisoned food which will turn them into the goblin's favorite type of food, vegetables. The goblins would then eat them.
Meanwhile Joshua's sister, Holly (Connie McFarland), receives a visit from her boyfriend Elliot (Jason Wright). She accuses him of being a homosexual because he spends large amounts of time with his friends Brent, Arnold and Drew (David McConnell, Darren Ewing and Jason Steadman respectively). Since she and the rest of the family are going to Nilbog for a holiday, he offers to meet her on the way. She agrees but under the condition that he will come alone without his friends.
However, Elliot does not turn up at their meeting point and his parents, Michael (George Hardy) and Diane (Margo Prey), go on without him. They meet him further up the route but she angrily dismisses him since he is accompanied by his friends. Joshua has a dream that his family are actually goblins in disguise preparing to consume him but wakes up to find Seth again, this time posing as a hitchhiker. Joshua tells his parents to stop the car and runs up to him. Seth informs Joshua that their holiday destination is in fact the kingdom of the goblins he mentioned earlier, and urges him to convince his parents to turn back. Joshua is unable to, and the family arrive at Nilbog.
A meal has been prepared at the house where they are staying, but Joshua's grandfather shows up again and freezes time for thirty seconds, giving Joshua a chance to stand up on the table and urinate on the food, and thus prevent his family from eating. He is threatened by his father, who makes it clear that he intends to wait it out until Joshua caves in and eats something.
Meanwhile one of Elliot's friends, Arnold goes out for a walk and meets a woman being pursued by the goblins. Running away, they enter the house of the goblins' druid leader, Creedence Leonore Gielgud (Deborah Reed), who uses the "Stonehenge Magic Stone" to give the goblins power. Creedence dupes the two into drinking a magic potion which causes the woman to disintegrate into a puddle of vegetable matter which is then eaten by the goblins, and Arnold is morphed into a plant. Another of Elliot's friends, Drew arrives at the house later on in search of Arnold, but is apparently killed off-screen by Creedence.
That night Holly is unintentionally contacted by Seth via a mirror and she and Joshua swap rooms. Seth gets through to Joshua and tells him to convince his parents to leave Nilbog and return home. Joshua removes all food in the fridge apart from some sour milk, but this only results in Michael going to the local shop.
Joshua looks into a car mirror hoping to contact Seth again but only succeeds in noticing from the reflection that Nilbog is Goblin spelled backwards. He concludes that the area must be their kingdom and skateboards off to an abandoned church where the goblins are listening to a sermon espousing the evils of eating meat. However, he is noticed and brought to the basement where they attempt to feed him spiked ice cream. Michael walks in and grows slightly suspicious, taking Joshua out.
The family returns to find that the village has prepared a surprise party to "make up for the misunderstanding earlier". Joshua runs upstairs hoping to contact Seth but instead is confronted by Creedence in goblin form. Seth appears and chops her hand off with an axe, causing her to retreat back to her house. The two go outside in an attempt to create a distraction but the local priest catches them and attempts to banish Seth to Hell. Seth defeats him by igniting a confiscated Molotov Cocktail with magic lightning powers, killing the priest and causing him to revert to goblin form. Seeing this finally convinces Josh's family of what is really happening, and the locals turn on them. The family run back inside the house and barricade the doors. In the meantime, Creedence deals with Elliot's one remaining friend, Brent, by drowning him in popcorn.
Joshua, Elliot, Holly, Michael and Diane hold a séance to communicate with Seth, who tells them that he has ten minutes before he disappears from the mortal world permanently. Just then the goblins gain entry and Joshua is sent to Creedence's house somehow. The rest of the family go upstairs, chased by the goblins. Seth tells Joshua to put his hands on the Magic Stone and focus in order to defeat the goblins and gives him a bag which he must only open if he is in mortal danger.
Just when Seth leaves, the goblins chasing the Waitses disappear; Creedence appears before Joshua and he is backed into a corner by the goblins. He opens the bag to find it contains a double-decker bologna sandwich, which he consumes making Creedence unable to harm him. The rest of the family, guided by Seth, arrive at the house; Joshua passes on the instructions he got from Seth and together they defeat Creedence and the goblins by touching the Magic Stone and concentrating.
During the epilogue, Diane is killed by consuming spiked food left in the house. Joshua discovers her corpse being eaten by the goblins.
Cast
- Michael Stephenson – Joshua Waits
- George Hardy – Michael Waits
- Margo Prey – Diana Waits
- Connie McFarland – Holly Waits
- Robert Ormsby – Seth
- Deborah Reed – Creedence Leonore Gielgud
- Jason Wright – Elliot Cooper
- Darren Ewing – Arnold
- Jason Steadman – Drew
- David McConnell – Brent
- Chris Conroy - Goblin
- Jay Thomas - Goblin (cameo role)
- Sandy Mahar - Goblin (Bengt)
- Charlie Schroeder - Goblin (Finkgt)
Reception
Troll 2 is widely considered to be of poor quality. Asher Larson gave it 5 out of 5 Bengts. The film has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.[3] In fact, for a time the film was rated as the worst film of all time by IMDB.com. The goblins' costumes, designed by cult erotic actress Laura Gemser, consist of burlap clothes stuffed with foam rubber, and latex masks, only one of which featured a movable mouth; the musical score consists of only a few synthesized themes repeated numerous times. In addition, the acting and dialogue have become notorious for their camp value. The scene where Darren Ewing's character states that he will be eaten next has become an internet meme, often appearing in videos alongside the "Garbage Day" meme from Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2.
Troll 2 was given RiffTrax treatment by Michael J. Nelson (of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame) and special guest Richard Kyanka from Something Awful.
The movie was filmed in Morgan, Utah and Porterville, Utah, in the summer of 1989. In 2007, A major Troll 2 event took place in Morgan called Nilbog Invasion. The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Rolling Roadshow turned Morgan into "Nilbog" again for a weekend, and screened the film for an audience of fans from around the world. Much of the cast attended and appeared in a panel discussion, as well as the writers and director of the film. Director Claudio Fragasso was presented with the key to the city by the Mayor of Morgan.
At the event, Fragasso and writer Rossella Drudi announced plans for a sequel to Troll II, and the audience was polled for their opinion on what the film should be called. The winning title was Troll II: Part II. Fragasso later asked Stephenson to appear in the sequel.[4]
In December 2009, late-night host Conan O'Brien recommended Troll II on his list of DVDs and books in his "New Oprah" segment.
DVD Re-release
MGM has announced that "Troll 2" will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the United States on October 5, 2010 in honor of the 20th anniversary of the film's release. It is also currently featured on the instant section of Netflix.[5]
Best Worst Movie
Best Worst Movie | |
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Directed by | Michael Stephenson |
Written by | Michael Stephenson |
Produced by | Sandy Mahar |
Starring | Michael Stephenson George Hardy Jason F. Wright Darren Ewing Jason Steadman Claudio Fragasso |
Release date | 2009 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The child star of Troll 2, Michael Stephenson, directed a feature-length documentary about Troll 2 and its subsequent recent resurgence entitled Best Worst Movie.[6] The film debuted March 14, 2009, at the Alamo Lamar Draft house in Austin, Texas, as part of the Spotlight Features for the South By Southwest Film Festival (SxSW). Several cast members from Troll 2 attended the premiere. The screening was followed by a showing of Troll 2.[7] The documentary is currently screening at major film festivals across the world, the most recent being the American Film Institute Festival and the Tower Theater in Salt Lake City which included appearances from much of the cast at the screening.[8][9] The film has also screened at SxSW, HotDocs and Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The film won Best Feature Documentary (as voted by the official jury), as well as the Audience Choice for Best Documentary Feature at the 11th Annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in September 2009.[10] It was released in Spring 2010[11] and distributed by Area 23 A.[12] It is set for an limited theatrical release begins on 23 April in Alamo Drafthouse and ends on 09 October at the Cape Cod Theater.[13]
ABC's Nightline ran a segment on Troll 2's status of Best Worst Movie in May 2010, including interviews with George Hardy and Michael Stephenson.[14]
Cast
- George Hardy - Himself
- Michael Stephenson - Himself
- Darren Ewing - Himself
- Jason Steadman - Himself
- Jason Wright - Himself
- Claudio Fragasso - Himself
Reception
Roger Ebert awarded Best Worst Movie three out of a possible four stars and said " The lesson, I guess, is that you can only be the flavor of the month for about 30 days, sometimes 31. “Troll 2” was February."[15]
DVD Release
Best Worst Movie will be released on DVD November 16th, 2010, distributed by New Video Group.
References
- ^ "What Is the Best Worst Movie? With Best Worst Movie (2009) Documentarian & Troll 2 (1990) Star Michael Paul Stephenson" Action Flick Chick. Retrieved January 16, 2009
- ^ 10 Strange Things You'd Better Not Eat or Drink!
- ^ "Troll 2 Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ Interview with Michael Stephenson (Troll 2, Best Worst Movie).. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ "Troll 2 Blu-ray in October". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ Best & Worst of 2009: David Harley Picks His Top 10!
- ^ Theatrical One Sheet for 'Best Worst Movie'
- ^ www.horror-movies.ca
- ^ YouTube teaser trailer for Troll 2 documentary
- ^ "Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival: Home". Sidewalkfest.com. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ 'Best Worst Movie' Documentary Gets Spring Release
- ^ Best Worst Movie Lands Distro
- ^ Best Worst Movie Gets a New Trailer and Limited Theatrical Release!
- ^ 05/12/2010. "Is 'Troll 2' the 'Best Worst Movie' Ever? - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
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External links
- Troll 2