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Trolls World (2019)

Trolls World poster
Original title
Under ConTroll
Directed by
Eric Dean Hordes
Genre
comedy film, fantasy film, horror film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
12
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family on vacation in a small town discovers that goblins are turning people into plants to eat them. A young boy gets warnings from his dead grandfather and tries to save everyone.

campyunintentionally funnyoffbeatstrangelow-budgetcheesybizarredated

What happens

Troll 2 (or Goblins) is a 1990 Italian independent dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Claudio Fragasso under the pseudonym Drake Floyd. It stars Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, and Jason Wright. The plot follows Joshua Waits as he tries to save his family after the spirit of his deceased grandfather warns him that the town of Nilbog, where the family is spending their vacation, is inhabited by goblins who turn people into plant matter to eat them. Although produced under the original title Goblins, American distributors marketed it as a sequel to the 1986 horror film Troll. However, the films are unrelated and Troll 2 features goblins rather than trolls. The film was produced by Filmirage; development was rife with difficulties, largely due to the language barrier between the Italian-speaking crew and English-speaking cast, and producer Joe D'Amato's approach to low-budget filmmaking. It was released on October 12, 1990, by Epic Productions in the United States. Troll 2 received a near-universal negative reception and many have considered it to be one of the worst films of all time. In subsequent years, the film has gained a cult following. Though it was generally viewed as a poorly made horror film, the filmmakers stated that it was "always intended to be a comic film." Stephenson later directed the critically acclaimed 2009 documentary Best Worst Movie about the production and subsequent popularity of Troll 2. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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