christianmomsagainstbirdemic I cannot evne begin to describe how this movie felt, i felt so empowered watching this, as i could relate heavily to the hardships the trolls went through. personally all the people who are saying this movie is bad are uneducated , first of all, the soundtrack, absolutely memorable, sometimes i pop this baby into the dvd player just to hear those sweet tunes massage my eare drums. the special effects? theyre good. thats all you need to know. my only complaint is that the movie was not longer, and th cheers :)

Foreverisacastironmess A hideous child who likes to converse with the ghost of his dead grandfather and his hopelessly dumb family go over the meadow and through the woods to the off-putting and peculiar rural town of Nilbog to swap houses with a family they've never met and all the oddball townsfolk are actually goblins in disguise who repeatedly try to get them to eat disgusting green glop that will transform them into vegetables so that they can be eaten! Troll 2!!! So this movie has a pretty impressive 'cult' fanbase as one of the best bad movies ever made, and while there are bad films I like better, I think this beauty more than lives up to its reputation with every frame. I enjoy it and find it good but not on the level of it being any kind of good motion picture, I just love how much it makes me laugh, because it's not just awful, it's hysterically awful! There's no question that it is indeed a terrible film in every aspect, the effects, the music, the camerawork and most of all the acting, but it's so entertaining because of that, because of how much of a colossal failure it is at a serious attempt at cinema and to watch this movie is to enter a bizarre fantasy land that feels like it can go off in any random direction at any given moment, but it can be such a fun blast if you're in just the right frame of mind for it, whether that may require you to drink or smoke a little something first who can say! The original Troll I have a special place for and enjoy on a genuine level, like a movie. It's witty, it's goofy, it's fun and it's even a little creepy, so why did this 'movie' have to associate itself instead of sticking to its guns and daring to be its own thing? Obviously because somebody took one look at what an astonishing sh*theap it was and realised that it would never attract any attention or stand on its own, and so they decided to just leach off the good name of a far better horror picture! It's so weirdly structured and so much stuff in it doesn't even remotely make sense, like how the grandpa can randomly become corporeal enough to hand out Molotov cocktails to his grandson or use the Force to battle sinister goblin reverends, or of course stop time itself so that ugly children may p*ss on hospitality! The dialogue is so stilted and unnatural sounding, like it's bad rehearsals for a community stage play, with the worst offender for me being the freakshow of a mother who always looks so astonished and strange, like a deer caught in the headlights. She really looked out of her mind, you can see the insanity in that woman's eyes, she clearly was not quite all there! I did like the rather strapping father, he was at least a little gung-ho about his silly thankless little role, and speaking of enthusiastic, I love Deborah Reed as the goblin queen witchy-woman, because she seemed like the only cast member to be fully aware of what kind of film she was acting in and just went completely nuts with it, her manic expressions and thunderous theatricality are a real highlight and have to be seen to be believed! The director was a deluded old stubborn fool for not acknowledging and embracing his movie's legendary rottenness! So ridiculous but so funny, if you don't get the so-bad-it's-good thing than you'll definitely just hate it, and you'd be in your right to, but just roll with it and try to have fun and enjoy the offbeat freaky ride, and do remember to eat ya veggies! X

framptonhollis 31 Days of Spookoween: TWENTY TWOFilm #22: Troll 2 (1990)Review: Many moments in Troll 2 are weird and ambiguous in a way that can only be unintentional. The actors are awful and obviously no where near professionals, the special effects are goofy, the writing is perplexing and alien, the story is strange and oddly anti vegetarian, the camera-work is clunky and awkward (the cameraman really needs to lay off tapping the zoom in/zoom out button every few seconds), and the end result is a messy, bubbling cauldron of so bad it's strange surrealism. Every detail is so off and some moments are so pointless and confusing that they defy explanation. It is obvious the creators of this film are borderline insane and have no idea how movies work, but that's the beauty of it. That's why it is so successfully awful and so bizarrely funny, because of the obliviousness of a distinctly foreign filmmaker attempting to make an American monster movie and failing with miserable hilarity. It's an experience, no doubt, and is the only film I can say truly deserves both a 1 and a 10 star rating.

An Artist This movie exceeded all my expectations, I have to words to describe the mastery that is Troll 2, every scene, character and detail is carefully thought out and executed, and the twist at the end, absolutely flawless, I hope to see a movie relating to this, this movie made me a better person.