1.9 out of 10 — IMDB.com. Could this be the worst movie ever made? It doesn’t even have trolls. Our screening will be intro’ed by star Michael Stephenson in anticipation of his own doco about Troll 2 mania, Best Worst Movie.
1.9 out of 10
Screened as part of NZIFF 2009
Troll 2 1990
Can you afford to miss the rare big-screen opportunity to experience the legendary badness of Troll 2? Filmed in Utah by an Italian director who spoke little English, the film went straight to video ignominy and lurks permanently in the nether regions – never more than 2 out of 10 – of Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb viewer ratings. The Troll 2 phenomenon is celebrated in NZIFF doco Best Worst Movie. “Everything about this 1990 bomb is an idiot’s delight, beginning with the title. It has no connection whatsoever to an earlier film called Troll, and is in fact troll-free. It’s about vegetarian goblins (dwarves in latex and burlap) who try to trick humans into eating a green slime that will transform them into plants, and hence a tasty treat.” — Peter Howell, Toronto Star. “A marvel of ineptness, staging scene after scene of total implausibility without a single believable performance… It achieves moments of such lunacy that it’s a unique marvel.” — Rumsey Taylor, NotComing.com