A new episode of the Awfully Good Horror Movies video series has just been released, and in this one we’re taking a look at a movie that has the reputation of being one of the worst movies ever made. Actually, it’s widely considered to be the best worst movie ever made. It’s 1990’s Troll 2 (watch it Here), and you can hear all about it by watching the video embedded above!
Written and directed by Claudio Fragasso (going by the name Drake Floyd), Troll 2 has the following synopsis: When young Joshua learns that he will be going on vacation with his family to a small town called Nilbog, he protests adamantly. He is warned by the spirit of his deceased grandfather that goblins populate the town. His parents, Michael and Diana, dismiss his apprehensions, but soon learn to appreciate their son’s warnings. Guided by his grandfather’s ghost,...
Written and directed by Claudio Fragasso (going by the name Drake Floyd), Troll 2 has the following synopsis: When young Joshua learns that he will be going on vacation with his family to a small town called Nilbog, he protests adamantly. He is warned by the spirit of his deceased grandfather that goblins populate the town. His parents, Michael and Diana, dismiss his apprehensions, but soon learn to appreciate their son’s warnings. Guided by his grandfather’s ghost,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Troll 2 Directed by: Claudio Fragasso Written by: Rossella Drudi and Claudio Fragasso Starring: George Hardy, Michael Paul Stephenson, Robert Ormsby, Margo Prey, Connie Young I took my first trip to Nilbog just a few years ago, when my friends Katie, Nuno and Erin hosted a Halloween party that included Troll 2 as the main event. At the time, I thought they might be somewhat unique in their undying love for this movie, and I wasn't completely aware of its reputation or rabid fanbase. I knew only that it was a strange, mostly forgotten b-movie that fell under the category of "so bad it's good". Needless to say, after one watch it became very clear why people are so obsessed with this film, and now, thanks to actor Michael Paul Stephenson's wonderful documentary Best Worst Movie, Troll 2 and the story behind its production have since become the stuff of legend.
- 10/18/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
The appeal of bad movies has always been a little hard to explain, but it could probably best be compared to the innate hilarity of something like America’s Funniest Home Videos (basically now transformed into Youtube, freeing us from the groove-killing of the hosts). No matter how high our brain function as homo sapiens ever gets, we will always be reduced to our most primal, adolescent form at the sight of some one falling off a ladder, being hit in the face by a baseball bat, or getting attacked by a dog (preferably if the person is dignified or has no idea that it’s coming); similarly, it’s hilarious to see a director or writer completely humiliated upon the release of a truly awful film, as they have failed on a scale that is far larger and more expensive as well as more personal. But no matter how...
- 10/15/2010
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Twenty years ago, a movie was made. It shouldn't have been, but, it's too late for that now. Drake Floyd's (a pseudonym used by Claudio Fragasso) Troll 2 (1990) is a terrible, terrible, terrible film.The film 'stars' Michael Stephenson as Joshua Waits, a young boy whose family decides to vacation in the town of Nilbog for unimportant reasons. However, before his family leaves, Joshua is contacted by the spirit of his dead grandfather Seth (Robert Ormsby). The spirit of late grandpa Seth warns Joshua that there are evil creatures known as Goblins who trick people...
- 10/11/2010
- by Daniel DiMattei, Boston Classic Movies Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
With the barrage of remake after remake and 3D announcement after 3D announcement why hasn’t the legendary “Best Worst Movie” ever made, Troll 2, made it into the rehash department? Let’s face it, we see blockbuster written all over this idea…
So no studio has stood up to this challenge and with HorrorBid celebrating the “Best Worst Movie” we thought it would be fun to do a little “What If” game here. We have taken it upon ourselves to cast the remake and give you a little sample of what our “Troll 2: The Remake” might contain.
We start things off with a modest 400 million dollar budget. Why such a drastic leap from what the original cost to make in 1989 to the 400 mill? Well it’s simple. Casting isn’t cheap. It was tough to get Sean Connery out of retirement to play the role of Grandpa Seth.
So no studio has stood up to this challenge and with HorrorBid celebrating the “Best Worst Movie” we thought it would be fun to do a little “What If” game here. We have taken it upon ourselves to cast the remake and give you a little sample of what our “Troll 2: The Remake” might contain.
We start things off with a modest 400 million dollar budget. Why such a drastic leap from what the original cost to make in 1989 to the 400 mill? Well it’s simple. Casting isn’t cheap. It was tough to get Sean Connery out of retirement to play the role of Grandpa Seth.
- 5/21/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
A movie came out on VHS in 1990 to little fanfare. It was called Troll 2, even though it had nothing to do with the previous Troll. It had a threadbare plot about a town named Nilbog, populated by hungry vegetarian goblins (not trolls) that turned humans into plants to eat them. It is known as the worst movie of all time. And the child actor who starred in it all those years ago has made a documentary about the many small-time actors who starred in that film. It’s called Best Worst Movie, and it is fantastic.
Troll 2, up until a few years ago, was simply regarded as a bad horror movie, with no budget and awful acting. But gradually, people started to realize something; Troll 2 wasn’t just a terrible movie, it was terribly good. Soon, the movie was being screened at sold-out shows all over the country,...
Troll 2, up until a few years ago, was simply regarded as a bad horror movie, with no budget and awful acting. But gradually, people started to realize something; Troll 2 wasn’t just a terrible movie, it was terribly good. Soon, the movie was being screened at sold-out shows all over the country,...
- 5/21/2010
- by Scott Yacyshyn
- Movie Cultists
What’s the difference between a typical bad movie and a Best Worst Movie? That’s the question explored by Michael Stephenson’s highly entertaining new documentary, in which he examines the experience of being part of Troll 2—both during its shooting and in the wake of its years-later cult rediscovery. Having just played Montreal’s Fantasia Festival , Best Worst has its New York premiere tonight in Brooklyn courtesy of Rooftop Films.
Directed and written by husband-and-wife Italian filmmakers Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi respectively (both credited on screen as “Drako Floyd”), Troll 2 didn’t make much of a ripple when it first hit U.S. video in 1992, and the few scathing reviews it did receive (including my own for The Motion Picture Guide, later migrated to TVGuide.com; click here if you’d like to check it out) didn’t appreciate its unique, mind-boggling and attention-grabbing weirdness.
Directed and written by husband-and-wife Italian filmmakers Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi respectively (both credited on screen as “Drako Floyd”), Troll 2 didn’t make much of a ripple when it first hit U.S. video in 1992, and the few scathing reviews it did receive (including my own for The Motion Picture Guide, later migrated to TVGuide.com; click here if you’d like to check it out) didn’t appreciate its unique, mind-boggling and attention-grabbing weirdness.
- 7/31/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
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