When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.
Noah Hathaway Jenny Beck Phil Fondacaro Michael Moriarty Shelley Hack Julia Louis-Dreyfus June Lockhart Anne Lockhart Sonny Bono Gary Sandy Brad Hall Dale Wyatt Debra Dion Charles Band Jacquelyn Band Albert Band Robert Hathaway James Beck Barbara Sciorilli Viviana Giusti Jessie Carfora John Carl Buechler
Torok el troll, Troll - O Mundo do Espanto, Torok - O Duende, Peikko, Troll: Criatura del mal, Torok, o monstro da floresta, Torok, el Troll, Троль, 矮人怪, Тролль, 트롤, Skřítek
Italy
Rome premiere
USAPG-13
AustraliaPG
UK15
PortugalM/14
MexicoB-15
Germany12
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Oh Troll...what a silly head you are. Shennanigans on overdrive. We have a Troll possessing people, Michael Moriarty being his usual weird and entertaining self and Elaine runs around naked for some reason. It's not the insane spectacle that is Troll 2 but there's lots to enjoy here.
Strange creatures, ambitious set designs, decent SFX and relentless 80s vibes further add to the charm of this film. Not to mention Moriarty's ridiculous dance moves! Plus his character is named Harry Potter...🤣
I ain't Trolling when I say Troll is a guaranteed good time!
So does J.K Rowling owe her entire career and the multimedia Wizarding World franchise to…..Troll??
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, just check out that main character’s name.
It's been a while.
Couldn't be bothered to watch a film in the last few days but finally saw some light at the end of the tunnel and thought to myself, let's watch some Italian goodness. Well turns out this is in fact not Italian other than the fact that it was filmed there. Oh my.
When a family moves into a cute apartment in San Francisco, a troll possesses little Wendy to execute an eeeevil plan and now it's up to her brother and his new friend to save everyone!
In all honesty, I mostly watched this in order to finally check out Claudio Fragasso's completely unconnected 'sequel'/ masterpiece that is Troll 2. I saw one infamous scene years…
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"Troll" aus dem Jahr 1986 ist ein absolutes Trashfest der Extraklasse und lässt keine Gelegenheit aus, uns in eine Welt des unfreiwilligen Humors zu entführen.
Und bitte, wir bekommen hier nicht nur einen, sondern gleich zwei Harry Potters - wobei Harry jr. von Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) aus Die unendliche Geschichte dargestellt wird. Das ist wirklich ein doppelter Spaß für Fantasy-Fans, und J.K. Rowling kann sich mit ihrem single Harry Potter wirklich eine Scheibe davon abschneiden!
Aber das ist noch lange nicht alles. Der Troll selbst sieht aus wie ein kahlgeschorener Ewok, der sich verlaufen hat und nach seiner Gilde der ewigen Baumbewohner sucht, und der "Endboss" sieht aus wie ein übriggebliebener Krampus vom letztjährigen Krampuslauf.
Die anderen…
I've identified with Trolls my entire life so naturally this is an omnipotent classic that has permeated my entire everything. More than Trolls even, I thoroughly relate to retired mushroom wizards. It's still straight up jaw dropping when June Lockhart lets her hair down, turns around and as if by witchcraft has an almost disorienting transformation into her younger self (played her daughter, Ann Lockhart). This moment is dizzying and more magical than anything a big budget movie could summon with dollars and cents.
This was one of the first soundtracks I ever bought on vinyl and I believe the first record I bought online period. Back when I thought all of Richard Bands scores were going to sound this…
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Horroroktober die Dreizehnte (13/5) feat. DuBFal-Horrorweeks – 4nd Round – Film Nr. 13
Auch schon damals, 1986, weit ab von der Geburt eines Harry Potters als (fiktive)Person, seines Schlüpfens aus dem Gedankenei einer J. K. Rollings aka Joanne Kathleen Rowling, trieb unser Harry mit seiner Familie der Potters sein Zauberhandwerk in den Apartmentkomplexen San Franciscos aka Roms im Öffnen der Tore und Türe einer in die Wirklichkeit hineinlappenden Zauberwelt voller die Wohnungen überwuchernden Grünzeugs des darin aufpoppenden Tierreichs entsprungen aus der Fabel einhergehend der Besessenheit Klein Wendy Anne Potters mit dem Troll intus und ihrem grunzenden Vokabular nervigen Tinnitus eingebettet in eine Nachbarschaft skurrilster Figuren in Farbe und Form gleich wie deren Tonus ganz in den 80ern…
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Horroroktober die Neunte (9/4) feat. DuBFal-Horrorweeks - 3rd Round - Film Nr. 9
Gleich geradeaus, dann nach links und so scharf wie eine Rasierklinge rechts – öffnete sich mir damals als Kind und Jugendlicher eine Welt des Glibbers, des geronnen und geflossenen Blutes, abgetrennter Gliedmaßen samt dem Kopf …
Gleich geradeaus, dann nach links und so scharf wie eine Rasierklinge rechts – erlebte ich in meiner Schatztruhe, der Videothek meines Vertrauens meine kleinen Schätze aus so nie gesehenen und vielen erst deutlich späteren Horrorperlen wir Graupen …
Gleich geradeaus, dann nach links und so scharf wie eine Rasierklinge rechts – sah ich auch ihn, dieses markante zerknautschte Gesicht unpassender Proportionen einer überdimensional großen Nase, weit abstehende und…
exists somewhere in the crosshairs of Gremlins, Poltergeist and The Sentinel, positing apartment possession horror that also happens to be filled with, and fueled by, a baker’s dozen of grotesque creature puppets (including a truly haunting mushroom that has a tongue) — its, even more beguiling, sequel tends to get all of the attention but this is one of the more inventive genre films of the 80s and, if nothing else, the best Harry Potter movie
Troll is a magical 80s beast of bewilderment. Overshadowed by it's zany sequel, Troll doesn't always get the love it deserves. A crucial staple of bonkers cinema it maintains it's own marvelous identity of mystical madness. It's not often that a film can compete with the insanity of the Italian horror influence but Troll delivers its own dosages of deranged dream logic. And when a special FX wizard takes the directorial duties it results in a stunning showcase of bizarre creatures, imaginative worlds and endearing practical FX. Buckle up!
We've got the always entertaining Michael Moriarty playing a character named Harry Potter? What??? Just wait for his dance scene dang! That boy can move! Harry Potter and his family move…
hokey & tvlike but ill give 4 to any movie that respects phil fondacaro--"what does death look like?"--a movie out of time
wish i was a princess witch guarding an apartment building so it doesn't open a fairy forest dimension with my pet wizard mushroom but i'm just a small weird child possessed by an evil troll
The film that inspired one of the best selling book/film series of all time (....kinda) Troll is an unapologetically silly mix of horror, fantasy and childish whimsy. No doubt the film takes some influence from Gremlins released a couple of years earlier. The film wastes absolutely no time in getting it's plots into gear: we are introduced to the titular monster straight away, as he possesses a young girl and proceeds to take over an apartment building. The film features a plethora of silly ideas, most of which mould quite well into the overall narrative. I really liked all the creature effects, and the musical sequence was a a nice weird surprise. There's some problems with the plotting - it…
