Troll Poster
MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 700 this week

Troll (1986)

PG_13 82 min  -  Fantasy | Horror  -   17 January 1986 (USA)
3.8
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 3.8/10 from 4,295 users  
Reviews: 106 user | 37 critic

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.

 Loading+Watchlist

Watch now

Buy it from Amazon »

Related Lists

image of title
a list of 2,365 titles by django-16 created 11 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 100 titles by Horrorfan1995 created 02 Mar 2011
 
image of title
a list of 244 titles by FullmetalGeass1995 created 11 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 648 titles by ian-1685 created 9 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 933 titles by LegendOfJustin created 10 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Pre-Order the Kindle Fire
1 nomination See more awards »
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noah Hathaway ...
Michael Moriarty ...
Shelley Hack ...
Jenny Beck Jenny Beck ...
Sonny Bono ...
Phil Fondacaro ...
Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
Brad Hall Brad Hall ...
William Daniels
Anne Lockhart ...
Young Eunice St. Clair
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ...
Jeanette Cooper
Gary Sandy Gary Sandy ...
Barry Tabor
June Lockhart ...
Eunice St. Clair
Robert Hathaway Robert Hathaway ...
First Policeman
James Beck James Beck ...
Second Policeman
Dale Wyatt Dale Wyatt ...
Dickinson's Girlfriend
Barbara Sciorilli Barbara Sciorilli ...
Fairy
Edit

Storyline

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>  

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Ring | Troll | Witch | Apartment Building  | See more »

Taglines:

Come closer... See more »

Genres:

Fantasy | Horror

Edit

Details

Country:

USA | Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Peikko See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,595,054 (USA) (19 January 1986) (959 Screens)

Gross:

$5,450,815 (USA)
See more »

Company Credits

Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See full technical specs »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The picture of Galwyn in his human form (before being turned into a mushroom) that Eunice St. Clair shows to Harry Potter Jr. is in reality a caricature of the film's director, John Carl Buechler. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: A small Tiki statue which is knocked over as Barry and the Troll fight over the baseball bat rights itself. See more »

Quotes

Wendy Potter: Ratburgers!
See more »

Connections

Referenced in Best Worst Movie (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Summertime Blues"
Words and Music by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart
© 1958 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Hill & Range Songs, Inc., Elvis Presley Music & Gladys Music
Performed by Blue Cheer
Courtesy of Polygram Special Projects, a Division of Polygram Records, Inc. See more »