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Troll (1986) 3.9
A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will return him to his human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives. Director:John Carl BuechlerWriter:Ed Naha |
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| Michael Moriarty | ... | ||
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Jenny Beck | ... | |
| Sonny Bono | ... | ||
| Phil Fondacaro | ... |
Malcolm Mallory /
Torok the Troll
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William Daniels
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Young Eunice St. Clair
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Jeanette Cooper
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Barry Tabor
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Eunice St. Clair
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An evil troll, Torok, the transformed state of the ex-husband of an old friendly witch named Eunice St. Clair, has chosen her apartment building to be the heart of the restoration of the world he once knew. To do this he uses an Emerald ring, and takes possession of a little girl named Wendy, whose brother Harry immediately suspects something wrong. Torok, often in the form of the little girl, goes into each occupant's apartment, hideously transforming people (beginning with Peter Dickinson, named after the author/protagonist of _The Flight of Dragons_, which explores similar themes) into plant pods. Written by Scott Hutchins <scottandrewh@home.com>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 January 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Peikko See more »Filming Locations:
Stabilimenti Cinematografici Pontini, Rome, Lazio, ItalyBox Office
Budget:
$1,100,000 (estimated)Gross:
$5,450,815 (USA)Company Credits
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Composed by Richard Band
Performed by Frank Welker
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The hero of this film is a boy named Harry Potter and he is surrounded by a fantasy world of witches, wizards and magic - eleven years before J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels swept the publishing world. See more »Goofs
The troll, disguised as Wendy, is not wearing the ring when she opens the fridge, touches the milk and discovers it is cold. The ring is the object that allows the troll to be in human form. See more »Quotes
Torok the Troll: A gentle knight was riding across the plain, all clad in mighty arms and silver shield, wherein old dents and deep wounds did remain the cruel marks of many a bloody field. Yet armies till that time did he never yield. His angry steed did chide his foaming bit. Upon a great adventure he was bound, that fairest Gloriana to him gave, the greatest, glorious queen of fairyland. Now, when that idle dream was to him brought, unto that elfin knight he bade him fly, where he slept soundly, void of evil...See more »
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"Cantos Profane"(uncredited)
Composed by Richard Band
Performed by Frank Welker
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This film is not one that is remembered, yet it's much worse sequel is. Here's why. This movie has good special effects for it's time and has OK acting, but just one of the most bizarre story lines. The plot is that a family moves in to an apartment building, where the family's young daughter is stolen, and a troll takes her form. The troll goes around the building killing people and turning them in to troll pods. The reason that this one is not remembered like it's horrible sequel, is this movie is rather weird and boring, but had production values, where the sequel has no production values and horrible acting and writing. The best thing about the film is it's excellent musical score from the every wonderful Richard Band. However, I didn't like this movie very well at all, but it does have some redeeming qualities in the acting and direction...not so much the writing.
My rating: * 1/2 out of ****. 82 mins.