Troll

Name: Troll
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: January 17, 1986
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 30
Cast: Anne Lockhart, Brad Hall, Gary Sandy, Jenny Beck, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1986

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Empire Pictures | Release Date: January 17, 1986 | PG-13

Starring: Anne Lockhart, Brad Hall, Gary Sandy, Jenny Beck, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Moriarty, Noah Hathaway, Phil Fondacaro, Shelley Hack, Sonny Bono

Summary: A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.

Director: John Carl Buechler

Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 82 min

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An amiable and humorous fantasy-cum-Faery tale in the Gremlins mould... The whole thing is jogged along nicely by the cast (especially the excellent Moriarty, jigging around manically to his '60s records), and has exactly the right balance between child-like wonder and gentle self-parody. Read full review

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Troll is a predictable, dim-witted premise executed for the most part with surprising style. Read full review

Patrick Goldstein

A clunky, poorly executed shocker. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Troll has a knowing tone that's more smart-alecky than clever. And it hovers uncomfortably between comedy and horror, without ever landing decisively in either camp. The film is as funny as it gets in a sequence that has Sonny Bono pretending to be a great ladies' man. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The special effects, supervised by director John Buechler, who was the effects man on GHOULIES, are pretty poor, essentially slimy rubber creatures with a limited amount of movement and the seams from their molds clearly visible. Read full review

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Computey18

Dec 26, 2022

It's one of my personal favorite fantasy movie, it's a shame that it's overshadowed by it's sequel, this film is truly something else.

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JayDavies

Jul 21, 2020

80s cheeeeeeeeeeese. Yeah this wasn’t a good one, really dragged. I mean there was a couple funny moments but not nearly enough to recommend. Also the husband in the film is named Harry Potter so I mean yay for that, still **** though.

3/10 Jay x

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