Troll (1986)

Director:

John Carl Buechler

Writer:

Ed Naha (written by)
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Release Date:

17 January 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Apartment for Rent. Inquire Within...

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Ring | Troll | Witch | Apartment Building

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Noah Hathaway	...	Harry Potter Jr.
Michael Moriarty	...	Harry Potter Sr.
Shelley Hack	...	Anne Potter
Jenny Beck	...	Wendy Anne Potter
Sonny Bono	...	Peter Dickinson
Phil Fondacaro	...	Malcolm Mallory / Torok the Troll
Brad Hall	...	William Daniels
Anne Lockhart	...	Young Eunice St. Clair
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Jeanette Cooper
Gary Sandy	...	Barry Tabor
June Lockhart	...	Eunice St. Clair
Robert Hathaway	...	First Policeman
James Beck	...	Second Policeman
Dale Wyatt	...	Dickinson's Girlfriend
Barbara Sciorilli	...	Fairy
Viviana Giusti	...	Fairy
Jessie Carfora	...	Fairy
Debra Dion	...	Young Couple on T.V.
Charles Band	...	Young Couple on T.V.
Jacquelyn Band	...	Older Couple on T.V.
Albert Band	...	Older Couple on T.V.
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Carl Buechler	...	Sorcerer (uncredited)

Directed by
John Carl Buechler

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Carl Buechler		story (uncredited)
Ed Naha		written by

Produced by
Albert Band	....	producer
Charles Band	....	executive producer
Debra Dion	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Richard Band

Cinematography by
Romano Albani		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Lee Percy

Casting by
Anthony Barnao

Production Design by
Giovanni Natalucci

Set Decoration by
Gayle Simon

Costume Design by
Jill M. Ohanneson		(as Jill Ohanneson)

Makeup Department
Monica Celotto	....	assistant makeup artist
Elisabetta De Leonardis	....	assistant hair stylist
Giancarlo De Leonardis	....	hair stylist
Alessandro Jacoponi	....	key makeup artist
John Vulich	....	special makeup supervisor

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	executive in charge of post-production
Roberto Bessi	....	executive in charge of production
Dennis Stuart Murphy	....	executive in charge of production: USA
Gina Pietralunga	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marco Valerio Pugini	....	second assistant director
Mauro Sacripanti	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mariangela Capuano	....	set dresser
Lucio Di Domenico	....	draftsman
Angelo Pain	....	prop master
Luca Pain	....	assistant to prop master
Pietro Ricini	....	assistant to prop master (as Piero Ricini)

Sound Department
G.W. Brown	....	sound effects editor
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor
John P. Fasal	....	special sound effects creator (as John Paul Fasal)
Roberto Edwin Forrest	....	boom operator (as Roberto Forrest)
Tom Hammond	....	apprentice sound editor
Greg Jacobs	....	supervising sound editor
Kimberley Knight	....	assistant sound editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound effects editor
Gary Pennington	....	assistant sound editor
Tracey Smith	....	sound effects editor
Robert Ulrich	....	sound effects editor
Amelio Verona	....	sound mixer
Richard Villa	....	sound effects editor
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Troy Porter	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Phillip Raves	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Brent Armstrong	....	fabricator
Raffaele Battistelli	....	additional creature operator
Howard Berger	....	fabricator
R. Christopher Biggs	....	fabricator (as Chris Biggs)
Irina Bondareva	....	additional creature operator
Thierry Bouffeteau	....	additional creature operator
John Carl Buechler	....	creator: troll creatures
John Carl Buechler	....	designer/supervisor: MMI creature construction crew
Everett Burrell	....	fabricator (as Everitt Burrel)
Gino Crognale	....	fabricator (as Gino Gragnale)
Mitch Devane	....	fabricator
Cleve Hall	....	fabricator
Daniel Hoffman	....	additional creature operator
Margherita Regina	....	additional creature operator
Desiree Soto Vaughn	....	fabricator (as Desiree Soto)

Visual Effects by
Jim Aupperle	....	stop motion visual effects (as James Aupperle)
Ralph Beliveau	....	optical printer assistant
James Belohovek	....	miniature supervisor
Steve Burg	....	matte artist (as Stephen Burg)
Linda Drake	....	roto/animation supervisor (as Linda Obalil)
McNevin Hayes	....	inker
Kevin Kutchaver	....	roto/animation artist
John Clark Matthews	....	additional miniatures (as John Mathews)
Len Morganti	....	roto/animation artist
R.J. Robertson	....	roto/animation artist
Jim Stewart	....	optical printer operator
Martine Tomczyk	....	roto/animation artist
Gail van der Merwe	....	stop motion assistant (as Gail Anderson)
Mark Wallace	....	additional miniatures

Camera and Electrical Department
Alberto Altibrandi	....	gaffer
Alfonso Avincola	....	still photographer
Aldo Bergamini	....	first assistant camera
Maurizio di Stefano	....	electrician
Sergio Dori	....	electrician
Luciano Giusepponi	....	grip
Mario Massaccesi	....	electrician
Giancarlo Mereschini	....	grip (as Giancarlo Moreschini)
Agostino Pascarella	....	key grip
Stefano Ricciotti	....	camera operator
Tom Richmond	....	additional photography: USA
Alessandro Rinaldi	....	second assistant camera
Botto Ruggero	....	grip

Casting Department
Estelle Rodkoff	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adalgisa Mosca	....	wardrobe assistant
Gloria Musetta	....	wardrobe coordinator (as Gloria Mussetta)

Editorial Department
Patrizia Ceresani	....	additional assistant editor: Italy
Giorgio De Vincenzo	....	assistant editor: Italy
Claudia Hoover	....	apprentice editor
James Knight	....	additional assistant editor
Kimberly Ellen Lowe	....	first assistant editor (as Kimberley Voigt)
Sandy Nervig	....	additional editor
Tom Scurry	....	additional assistant editor (as Thomas Scurry)
Juliet Avola	....	post-production (uncredited)

Music Department
Richard Band	....	conductor
Jack Smalley	....	orchestrator
Frank Welker	....	vocal effects
Tom Villano	....	music editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Juliet Avola	....	assistant: Mr. Arensman
Andrea Borella	....	production assistant: Italy
Bennah Burton-Burtt	....	assistant: Charles Band
Liliana Ciprari	....	stand-in
Massimo Ciprari	....	stand-in
Sophie Dahan	....	tutor: Noah Hathaway
Patricia Dubose	....	production assistant (as Patricia Dubos)
Maria Federici	....	production coordinator: Italy (as Maria Pia Federici)
Maurizio Graziosi	....	accountant (as Maurizia Graziosi)
Monica Heitmann	....	production assistant: Italy
Betty Martin Mallin	....	production controller
Spoelstra Matilde	....	stand-in
Nazareno Meschini	....	stand-in
Giorgia Onofri	....	script supervisor
Hope Perello	....	production coordinator: USA
Barbara Pieters	....	location production accountant
Rosella Pietrangeli	....	stand-in
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	assistant accountant (as Giancarlo Jacobs)
Stefano Spadoni	....	production assistant: Italy
Paula Stein	....	production assistant
Andrew P. Teitel	....	executive controller
Daniele Tiberi	....	production accountant: Italy
Roberto Todeschi	....	production assistant: Italy
Liz Wartenberg	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Empire Pictures
• Altar Productions

Distributors

• Empire Pictures (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• Norstar Releasing (198?) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Avid Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Delta Vidéo Diffusion (1994) (France) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Vestron Video International (1986) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Vestron Video International (1986) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (USA) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Video Treasures (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Wizard Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (non-retail)

Special Effects

• Mechanical and Makeup Imageries (special effects makeup)
• Motion Opticals (special optical effects)

Other Companies

• Empire Productions  post-production facilities
• TJV Productions  music editor
• Richard Band Productions  music production
• Ryder Sound Services  sound re-recorded at (as Ryder Sound)
• B & B Sound Studios  adr recorded at (as B & B Sound Studio)
• Motion Opticals  titles and opticals
• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Mexico:B | Australia:PG | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2004) | UK:15 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Stabilimenti Cinematografici Pontini, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Empire Pictures

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.

Goofs:

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

Quotes:

Wendy Potter:Ratburgers!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Best Worst Movie (2009)

Soundtrack:

Summertime Blues

Harry Potter Junior . . . .

I'm more biased toward liking this movie because I kinda grew up on it. As pathetic as it is to say now, certain scenes were too scary for me to even watch.

Anyway, it's a really cute and fanciful movie full of imaginative whatnot. I mean, come on! An ancient troll takes over a modern apartment building, transforming it into a faerie tale wilderness, complete with a chorus of singing trolls. Wonderful.