Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

shanerittersbach Another great film the mind of Charles Band and Empire Pictures!SPOILERS AHEAD!The film Troll was made in 1986. The film is directed by well known effects maestro John Carl Beauchler. Beauchler is known for his work on other cult favorites like Re-Animator (1985), Ghoulies (1984), From beyond (1986), etc. Troll also isn't the only time Beauchler has dabbled in directing, he also directed genre favorites like Ghoulies go to College (1990) and Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood (1988).The film stars a very talented cast. Once child star Noah Hathaway of Never Ending Story fame. Hathaway plays young harry Potter Jr., a teenage boy obsessed with horror films and comic books. Then we have Michael Moriarty playing Harry Potter Sr., the father of Hathaway character. Moriarty is known as a genre favorite, he has been in such cult classics as Q: The Winged Serpent (1978) and The Stuff (1983). Then we have Shelley Hack as the mother, Anne Potter. Hack is well known for her work in Tales from the Crypt (TV-Show) and The Stepfather (1988). The film also stars young child actress Jenny Beck as harry's creepy young sister. Beck is known for her work on V: The Final Battle. We also have another genre alumni, Phil Fondacaro of Ghoulies and Meridian fame. He plays duel roles. Fondacaro plays a professor living in the films apartment complex and the title role, the troll. The film also features the late great Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher and surprisingly very young Julie Louis Dreyfus in her feature film debut.Along with a troop of great actors the film features some really good practical creature effects. The effects were accomplished by Magical Media Industries, a special effect company operated by the director John Carl Beauchler. The team included such legend as Gino Nonaligned, Bart Mixon, Cleve Hall, Gabe Bartalos, etc. The effects within the film are fantastic. The troll itself is a mix between animatronic and performer, the performer in the suit being Phil Fondacaro. The film is also full of other creatures and odd ghoulies. At one point there is a talking tree trunk! The effects in Troll are some of the best this reviewer has ever seen. If my word isn't good enough take this snippet form a review of the film by the Daily-News, "A Special Effects Pig Out!".Troll also features a wonderful orchestral score form legendary composer Richard Band. The score has a magical, almost childlike creepiness about. It rings Danny Elfman in many scenes. The score overall is great and very effective. The overall film is an underrated good time. I remember buying this film on double-feature DVD, the other film included was its awful, and i mean god awful not-so sequel Troll 2. I remember watching Troll and loving it. Its the perfect movie to start a child or small kid on. Its not too scary and its not too raunchy. It's PG-13, now wait i know what your thinking, "A PG-13 horror film, that isn't going to work!", well listen, this film does work on every silly and peculiar level. Its a wonderful movie that will always have a special place in my heart. Two-Claws Up!

MonsterVision99 This is the first entry in the Troll series of movies, its not the best one, I think its kinda of annoying, I think that the filmmakers were trying to make some kind of horror-fantasy movie, but I think that it came out as a mess, maybe that's why it has a cult following, I liked the effects for the trolls in he movie, I think that they are very well done, this is a Charles Band production, before Full Moon, there was Wizard video, they did a very good work with what they had, but I cant stop to feel that there's something in the movie that doesn't quite hit it for me, maybe its is bizarreness, its both a positive aspect and a negative one, I would recommend it, its not very long and it has some decent aspects in the film, don't expect too much, expect cheesiness.

jacobjohntaylor1 This movie is stinky pooh. It is badly written and as an awful ending. I don't think to many people like this movie. I can see why. It is a horror movie but it is not scary at all. A troll comes into an apartment by kidnapping a little girl and taking her place by shape shifting into her. He starts killing people. And conjuring up more of his kind. Now the older brother of little girl he kidnapped as to stop him. This could have been a good movie if it was not so badly acted and badly written. And if the ending had not been so awful. It was not a very scary horror movie was well. With better actors and writers it could have been. It was a good concept but it was not done well. Do not see this movie. It is a wast of time and money.

tomgillespie2002 Perhaps more famous now because of its 'sequel' Troll 2 (1990) - an unrelated cash-in that is frequented with the 'worst movie ever' tag - Troll continued the popular trend in the 1980's of giving a darker edge to children's movies and fantastical stories. After moving in to an apartment complex full of colourful, eccentric characters, the Potter families' daughter Wendy (Jenny Beck) is attacked in their basement by a troll, who possesses her. Soon enough, the troll is breeding many other fairytale monsters. Wendy's brother Harry (Noah Hathaway) notices her strange behaviour and alerts resident Eunice St. Clair (June Lockhart), who just so happens to be a powerful witch.The story is ludicrous and the execution is generally confused in terms of tone and target audience, but Troll does manage to muster a certain charm through its puppet design, designed by director John Carl Buechler. There is a bizarre moment at around the half way mark where the troll and his creatures burst into a macabre sing-a-long, and single-handedly manages to rescue the film from complete disaster. Add to that the intense watchability of the great Michael Moriarty, whose hangdog face and impeccable comic timing always raises a laugh, and you have a s**t film, rather than a very s**t one.It's confusing as to what it is trying to be, whether a twisted take on familiar fairytale conventions, a creepy kids film, or a horror-comedy. It manages to be all of these, but they are thrown together to create a huge mess of a film. The plot is far too incoherent to make any real sense of, and the film babbles its way to a silly, yet colourful climax. It's one of those films that would be a laugh if watched with friends and many beers, but watched alone stone cold sober, it's a drag. Possibly the only interesting fact that comes from Troll is its involvement in a legal battle with J.K. Rowling, due to similarities with the character names (Moriarty and Hathaway are name Harry Potter Sr. and Jr.) and magical aspects, but it seems a bit far-fetched to me. Worth a watch for fans of 80's puppet horror, and for a young and very beautiful Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but otherwise this is destined for bargain-bin obscurity.www.the-wrath-of-blog.blogspot.com