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17 January 1986 (USA)
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Come closer... more
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Friday the 13th Part VII and VIII Cast and Crew Members Reunite
(From MovieWeb. 14 September 2009, 9:42 PM, PDT)
John Carl Buechler Talks 'Troll' Remake
(From FEARnet. 9 September 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
(From MovieWeb. 14 September 2009, 9:42 PM, PDT)
John Carl Buechler Talks 'Troll' Remake
(From FEARnet. 9 September 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
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more corny than scary
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Runtime:
82 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Australia:M (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG |
UK:12 (video re-rating) (2004) |
UK:15 (original rating) |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:18
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This is Julia Louis-Dreyfus' film debut.
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Continuity: When Harry runs after Wendy to get the rat-burgers back, the alarm bell rings. Between shots the placement of most of the utensils, napkins, fast food wrappers, etc. changes between shots.
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Referenced in Cellar Dweller (1988)
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Cantos Profane
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I don't like scary movies, so when I saw they Shelley Hack was going to be in this one, I figured it was going to be a good choice. I was right. She looked good, and that was about all.
On the Witches' Sabbath, Harry and Anne Potter and their children Wendy and Harry Jr. move into an apartment building where a number of quirky people live. Wendy goes into the laundry room and meets Torok, an evil-looking creature. Harry Jr. goes into the same laundry room but doesn't see Torok because, using a green ring, he has the ability to change his appearance.
The experience of running into Torok is apparently very traumatic for Wendy. While not exactly Linda Blair in 'The Exorcist' (I've only seen clips from that one, and that's all I want to see), she does worry her parents quite a bit. Meanwhile, residents of the building start disappearing mysteriously.
Jenny Beck was wonderful as Wendy, and she appeared to be having a good time acting in a way kids can only fantasize about behaving. Phil Fondacaro also gave a very good performance as Malcolm, an English professor who was shorter than young Wendy and became her friend. The movie's most memorable scene is one between the two of them that seemed out of place in a movie like this but made sense later. Fondacaro also appeared in the credits as the troll, who was more adorable than scary, a quality you could see in his eyes (which must have been Fondacaro's). Anne Lockhart also did well as the mysterious Eunice, who lived upstairs and became Harry Jr.'s friend. As for Sonny Bono's performance as a not-so-suave ladies man, I think he made the right choice going into politics, because his talents in government are well-documented (though I liked him a lot when he performed with Cher and in many other TV appearances).
This movie may be a little too scary for young children, but the various monsters still had a cartoonish quality about them. Overall, the movie was more comedy than horror, though toward the end horror would describe it better.
It's not a bad movie, really.