Troll (1986)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

John Carl Buechler

Writers:

John Carl Buechler (story)
Ed Naha (writer)

Release Date:

17 January 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Come closer...

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 | Little Girl

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	...	Policeman #2
Dale Wyatt	...	Dickinson's girlfriend
Barbara Sciorilli	...	Fairy

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

Danish | English

Color:

Color | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2004) | UK:15 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Italy

Company:

Altar Productions

Trivia:

The green and white hat that Harry Potter Sr. wears at the beginning of the film is from the Real Betis Balompie, a soccer team from Sevilla, Spain.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Arm reflected in TV.

Quotes:

Wendy Potter: I know what death looks like. It looks like *this*!

Movie Connections:

References The Dungeonmaster (1985)

Soundtrack:

Summertime Blues

Rat Burgers!!!!

This is a great movie to watch with your friends when bored. Troll is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but for some reason I continue to watch it because it is so bad that it's funny.

Amazingly enough, several celebrities are in this film: Sonny Bono is in it (which gives this film a "seal of quality") and he turns into this disgusting booger-like pod, Julia Louis-Dryfus turns into a nymph, and June Lockhart is the creepy old lady who knows everything.

Favorite parts: When the mushroom starts singing and when the midget gets turned into the Troll's "brother" and becomes this puppet that whimpers like a puppy.

I think they wrote the plot as they filmed it. The boy chases his sister out of their apartment on the first floor, but in the next shot they are running from the second floor and bump into their own parents as their door opens and they run out to get the children(?). Also, these parents have no problems with their kids spending their days with total strangers.