From the deepest recesses of my movie obsessed mind I've always remembered the little Empire Pictures movie TROLL. Thank you Charles Band for producing these fun fantasy films of my childhood.
TROLL was a movie I've always known, or it feels like I always have, as it's a film we had on video when i was little. Troll always stayed with me because of how scary i thought the little Troll was back in my little years. I always remembered the Troll's magic ring & the glowing green light it had & the apartments full of forests & Puppet creatures lol, aaawww Nostalgia.
Troll was one of a bunch of rubbery creature features i grew up watching on video. I have such warm, fond memories of the old 80's rubbery monster flicks & i always loved them. We had Troll 1&2, Ghoulies 2, Ghoulies Go To College, Critters 1,2,3 & 4, Gremlins 1&2, Ghostbusters 1&2, The Gate, Puppet Master 1&2, Tremors, Poltergeist 1&2, Demonic Toys & more. I'm so glad i grew up on these types of weird, freaky & fun fantasy horror flicks.
So yeah i find comfort in these old B movies & the fun fantasy worlds they create, my comfort zone.
Troll is about the "Harry Potter" family (yes really) that have just moved into a tenement building in San Francisco. The apartment building has a bunch of odd characters that keep it interesting. The little girl of the Potter family in captured by a menacing Troll & keeps her in his forestry universe while he takes her place with magic. It's all very weird & fantastical, & lots of bizarre fun. Only the little girls big brother can see she's different & makes friends with one of the tenants, an old lady who lives in an awesome ancient looking apartment full of historic fantasy stuff. I remember Troll being very scary when i was tiny (probably shouldn't have watched it at a young age but i did, as i did many horror's) but now i see Troll as much more a fantasy adventure with comedy & some horror mixed in. The boy named Harry Potter Jr has to find his sister & save our world from the Troll. The little menace is turning each apartment into a fantastic world of little magical creatures (great fun Puppets) & wants to take over the whole complex. I could see the roots, ideas & story elements or the seed that helped create Del Toro's Hellboy: The Golden Army, come from Troll & it's bizarrely bad but fun, non-related sequel Troll 2 (NILBOG).
There's magical happenings going on in the apartment building & it's up to the boy & the ancient warrior princess of the old Troll world/universe to battle Torok the Troll & his army of creatures. Troll is very cheesy, corny & very 80's & that's awesome to me. Although probably low-budget the movie looks good, has decent production (the Apartment building & it's rooms look great) & a magical music score. The Puppets look awesome, slimy & rubbery & again, so of it's time the 80's. Thinking about it i love Troll & could watch it over & over.
A decent little cast with B movie regular, Michael Moriarty (The Stuff, Dark Tower) & Julia Louis- Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Christmas Vacation) & Phil Fondacaro (Ghoulies 2, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie) & June Lockhart (A fantastic veteran actress, & plays a great character in Troll as Miss St. Clair, A good witch with a rich history & back story, that could've been explored in a prequel or sequel.
Really fun special effects & a nice tone of magic & fantasy make Troll fun, easy entertainment that isn't scary lol.
The standout performance of Troll goes to the great little actor PHIL FONDACARO. This, yes very small actor has a very big heart & he gives a very sweet & touching performance as a professor (also plays Torok the Troll) that lives in the apartment & is very sick. This little guy was great in 80's movies & Empire Pictures used him again in the excellent GHOULIES 2 (1987) & stole the show there too. A little dude with a big heart that gave touching performances to his characters.
Anyway i really enjoy Troll, it's definitely a small film of it's time, the 80's but if you remember it from the better times on video then it will hold a special little place in your movie-loving-heart too.
TROLL was a movie I've always known, or it feels like I always have, as it's a film we had on video when i was little. Troll always stayed with me because of how scary i thought the little Troll was back in my little years. I always remembered the Troll's magic ring & the glowing green light it had & the apartments full of forests & Puppet creatures lol, aaawww Nostalgia.
Troll was one of a bunch of rubbery creature features i grew up watching on video. I have such warm, fond memories of the old 80's rubbery monster flicks & i always loved them. We had Troll 1&2, Ghoulies 2, Ghoulies Go To College, Critters 1,2,3 & 4, Gremlins 1&2, Ghostbusters 1&2, The Gate, Puppet Master 1&2, Tremors, Poltergeist 1&2, Demonic Toys & more. I'm so glad i grew up on these types of weird, freaky & fun fantasy horror flicks.
So yeah i find comfort in these old B movies & the fun fantasy worlds they create, my comfort zone.
Troll is about the "Harry Potter" family (yes really) that have just moved into a tenement building in San Francisco. The apartment building has a bunch of odd characters that keep it interesting. The little girl of the Potter family in captured by a menacing Troll & keeps her in his forestry universe while he takes her place with magic. It's all very weird & fantastical, & lots of bizarre fun. Only the little girls big brother can see she's different & makes friends with one of the tenants, an old lady who lives in an awesome ancient looking apartment full of historic fantasy stuff. I remember Troll being very scary when i was tiny (probably shouldn't have watched it at a young age but i did, as i did many horror's) but now i see Troll as much more a fantasy adventure with comedy & some horror mixed in. The boy named Harry Potter Jr has to find his sister & save our world from the Troll. The little menace is turning each apartment into a fantastic world of little magical creatures (great fun Puppets) & wants to take over the whole complex. I could see the roots, ideas & story elements or the seed that helped create Del Toro's Hellboy: The Golden Army, come from Troll & it's bizarrely bad but fun, non-related sequel Troll 2 (NILBOG).
There's magical happenings going on in the apartment building & it's up to the boy & the ancient warrior princess of the old Troll world/universe to battle Torok the Troll & his army of creatures. Troll is very cheesy, corny & very 80's & that's awesome to me. Although probably low-budget the movie looks good, has decent production (the Apartment building & it's rooms look great) & a magical music score. The Puppets look awesome, slimy & rubbery & again, so of it's time the 80's. Thinking about it i love Troll & could watch it over & over.
A decent little cast with B movie regular, Michael Moriarty (The Stuff, Dark Tower) & Julia Louis- Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Christmas Vacation) & Phil Fondacaro (Ghoulies 2, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie) & June Lockhart (A fantastic veteran actress, & plays a great character in Troll as Miss St. Clair, A good witch with a rich history & back story, that could've been explored in a prequel or sequel.
Really fun special effects & a nice tone of magic & fantasy make Troll fun, easy entertainment that isn't scary lol.
The standout performance of Troll goes to the great little actor PHIL FONDACARO. This, yes very small actor has a very big heart & he gives a very sweet & touching performance as a professor (also plays Torok the Troll) that lives in the apartment & is very sick. This little guy was great in 80's movies & Empire Pictures used him again in the excellent GHOULIES 2 (1987) & stole the show there too. A little dude with a big heart that gave touching performances to his characters.
Anyway i really enjoy Troll, it's definitely a small film of it's time, the 80's but if you remember it from the better times on video then it will hold a special little place in your movie-loving-heart too.