Troll 2 (1990) (V)

User Rating:

1.9/10   

Director:

Claudio Fragasso

Writers:

Rossella Drudi (screenplay)
Claudio Fragasso (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 October 1990 (Germany)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

The original boogeyman is back

Plot:

A young child is terrified to discover that a planned family trip is to be haunted by vile man-eating monsters out of his worst nightmare...

Plot Keywords:

Goblin | Troll | House | Green | Monster

Cast

Michael Stephenson	...	Joshua Waits
George Hardy	...	Michael Waits
Margo Prey	...	Diana Waits
Connie Young	...	Holly Waits (as Connie McFarland)
Robert Ormsby	...	Grandpa Seth
Deborah Reed	...	Creedence Leonore Gielgud
Jason Wright	...	Elliott Cooper
Darren Ewing	...	Arnold
Jason Steadman	...	Drew
David McConnell	...	Brent
Gary Carlson	...	Sheriff Gene Freak
Mike Hamill	...	Bells
Don Packard	...	Drugstore Owner
Christina Reynolds	...	Cindy
Glenn Gerner	...	Peter

Also Known As:

Goblins (USA) (working title)
Troll II (USA) (video box title)
Trolli (Italy)
Trolls

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2004) | UK:18 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Porterville, Utah, USA

Company:

Filmirage S.r.l.

Trivia:

As the cast members testified during a special screening in New York (during the fall of 2007), most of the crew spoke only Italian, causing many doubts about how the movie would work. Furthermore, the director insisted that the lines in the script be recited verbatim.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Drew tastes the hamburger he received from the police chief you can clearly tell that he is saying "Thank you officer" but there is no audio. Abit later on in the scene when he has just tasted it you can see his lips saying "This is good" while the audio simply says good.

Quotes:

Diana: Good night, dear. Good night, dear.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Best Worst Movie (2009)

If this movie passes for a horror flick, then so does Bambi

YIKES! I have not seen this movie recently, but I remember wanting to see it when I was very young, right when it had just came out. I believe I was 7 or 8, and I saw the movie in a blockbuster, read the back as best as I could, and said, "That sounds funny". I vaguely remember an opening scene where a man is being fed food by a girl, and he turns into a tree or dies or something, and immediately, I thought, "What the hell is this crap?". The movie progresses at an equally bad rate: A family comes to a town called Nilbog, and not a single one of them notices that Nilbog spelled backwards is Goblin, which makes no sense, because the title of the movie is, I believe, TROLL 2, not Goblin 2. Of course, the lead character, a small boy, happens to glance into a rear view mirror on his parents car, and see's that Nilbog backwards spells Goblin. Only one problem: Nilbog reflected in a rear view mirror spells qodliN, not gobliN. WHOOPS! Then there's this stupid chase scene through a forest, where Goblins keep on popping up from nowhere, and urging people to run towards them. Over all, this movie was pure junk. 1 star because I am in a good mood.