B-Movie Review: Troll 2
Troll 2… what can I possibly say about this movie? I watched it purely based on the fact that the Internet people claim that it is, hands down, the worst movie ever made. While I might disagree with that, I don’t think they’re too far off. This film is a B-movie mess of 99-cent store special effects, actors that look like they’ve just come off the high school stage and a story that only vaguely holds together the various elements of the movie. If you find pure crap entertaining, then this is one for you.
The “story” of Troll 2 follows a family as they prepare to house-swap with some people from the rural town of
Once the family arrives they run into a town filled with creepy-as-hell people (that all happen to be goblins in disguise). Seriously, I wouldn’t have spent one hour in Nilbog. But they shrug it off as “hospitality” and continue to ignore Joshua until a giant, floating grandpa head shows up for his sister as well (due to a “wrong number”). The family eventually sees the goblins for what they are, runs away a lot and then they close a magic door with the power of happiness. Oh, and some people die along the way and turn into green goop which the trolls then eat.
It’s hard to really talk about this movie without giving away the best parts. And by best parts I mean the scenes that are so ridiculous that you just have to laugh. It’s one of those movies that was made for Mystery Science Theater 3000 or Rifftrax, almost scripted specifically for jokes to be thrown its way. This movie is so bad that the actor who played Joshua grew up to film a documentary on how bad it is.
Rotten Tomatoes gives Troll 2 a hilariously split 0% from critics vs. 45% from the audience. Personally, I would recommend all B-movie fans to check it out if they haven’t seen it already. If bad movies offend you, however, stay far, far away from Troll 2.
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Troll 2 courtesy of tasteofcinema.com
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