When was troll 2 filmed

Then you obviously haven't seen the disasterpiece "Troll 2" — a low-budget horror flick that not only is not a sequel to 's "Troll," but has no Trolls whatsoever in it. The plot revolves around a young boy who — with the help of his dead grandpa's ax-wielding, time-stopping, arsonist ghost — must save his family from a small town's creepy inhabitants and their plot to turn the boy and his kin into delicious goblin food.

If that sounds like the perfect recipe for a so-bad-it's-great movie, that's because it is, and in recent years "Troll 2" has risen to the top of cult-film aficionados' must-see lists. Now, hot on the heels of a multi-city tour of sold-out screenings comes Nilbog Invasion, a three-day celebration of the unforgettable flick, held in the very town where it was filmed: tiny Morgan, Utah.

The worst thing was that it was advertised as the sequel to Troll , like a serious classic horror, not a comedy. This created disappointment in the fans of the first Troll , and the film was soon forgotten. Living in Italy, we knew nothing. There were no social networks like today. Looking at the cover, I was confused.

Lindey Crow: When we were filming it, I thought the film was laughable. Basically, I was doing a movie for a paycheque. It was just disbelief. I didn't want my kids to see it. I was embarrassed by it. I remember because my uncle saw it listed in the newspaper. There it was — always listed. They had a rating system of half a star up to four stars.

Below the half star was this little black icon of a turkey. That was the lowest mark a movie could have and there was Troll 2 , every Sunday it seemed, with a turkey next to it. I looked up my maiden name and the IMDb page came up with the reviews of Troll 2. It had a big effect on me. I didn't have the maturity to just take it for what it was, and still appreciate it, and love being part of a cult classic.

Darren Ewing: My performance is bad. Like, it's really bad, but I was just very enthusiastic about it. A lot of the other actors tended to shy away from it and they saw it as something embarrassing. This is the gig. Connie Riet: The actors, the crew, Claudio, the writer, we were all making a movie the best that we could. We felt like we were really doing good work, so when it took on the life of being the worst movie ever made, for me, it really stung.

I quit acting for many years because of it. I was just so floored. Footage of fans queuing to see 'Troll 2' at the cinema, featured in the 'Best Worst Movie' documentary Then an interviewer called and he said there was an underground movement around the film.

This was pre-Facebook, during the MySpace generation. Darren Ewing: I wasn't aware of its cult status until about , when I started receiving fan mail at my work. I used to work at The Salt Lake Tribune , which is the big newspaper here in Utah, and I started receiving fan mail from people wanting me to sign posters and autographs and send it back to them. I always knew it would find an audience, but this cult status, where literally not a week passes where Troll 2 doesn't pop up in my life in some way, shape, or form, has been a blast.

I love it. Lindey Crow: When I found out it had this cult following, I thought that was pretty funny. Michael Stephenson: It continued to surface in very strange ways. Every message that I got, they thought they were the only ones who were watching Troll 2. I was just kind of hoping it would disappear into the abyss of bad movies. But then people would recognise me from it. I was still pushing it under the rug, hoping it would go away. This is here to stay. Michael Stephenson: There were so many elements around the movie that had this air of mystery.

But it seems so otherworldly. Rossella Drudi: This forgotten film suddenly exploded on the web, with millions of fans. People who saw it laughed out loud and had fun, but they invented that it was an involuntary comedy. Today, trash is fashionable, and Troll 2 has become the most loved in this sense. The cast suddenly found themselves in the spotlight for a movie they were ashamed of, and so, to justify the criticism of their acting, they made up a lot of things.

You can feel the heart of the filmmaker at its core. It feels like aliens made it on another planet as a representation of what they thought humans acted like. Connie Riet: I mean, you couldn't even write a movie script about the making of Troll 2. You're going to take an Italian writer and director, and for some reason they choose to film in Utah of all places, and then hire obscure actors who had very little experience.

There was no rhyme or reason to any of it. I don't think you could recreate it if you tried. Admitting that this tiny film is a deliberate comedy thought out at the table would have diminished the junk effect that has been so popular and fashionable in recent years. Would you think about coming out to be there for it? We were hours early and there was this huge line wrapped around the theatre. We thought it was for another show or something.

We got out of the cab and people erupted into cheering for George because they recognised him. I remember George had this goofy grin. He ran across the street and fans were just embracing him. Darren Ewing: I didn't know what to expect. I'd never been to New York before and I was really nervous. I can't describe the energy that was in that room, and the adulation. They treated us like we were The Beatles. After that, we started doing more and more screenings. George Hardy: Michael Stephenson and I made the documentary organically with friends and family.

It took about four years to make and we went to 28 cities in eight countries. We hunted down fans, we did screenings all over the world and we documented it. I was the social chairman to actually bring the cast back together and it took a while to convince a lot of the old actors to let us interview and film them. Owning it. Darren Ewing: It's hard for me to be objective about Best Worst Movie , because it's very personal to me, but I just think they knocked it out of the park.

Watch options. Storyline Edit. A young boy is terrified when his family's vacation is haunted by vile plant-eating monsters from his worst nightmare; the spectre of his deceased grandfather assists his attempt to save his beloved family.

Also, there are NO trolls in this movie, only goblins. One was not enough! Did you know Edit. Trivia The entire cast went to a casting call hoping to be extras, and ended up in lead roles. Goofs When the family is frozen at the table, people are clearly blinking, shaking, and slightly grinning. Quotes Arnold : They're eating her But in the DVD, you see him mouthing "thank you sheriff this is In other words, they muted the words "thank you sheriff this is" on the DVD version.

However, this was later corrected for Scream Factory's Blu-Ray release. User reviews Review. Top review. Do I give it a "1" because it was so bad, or a "10" because it was so good? You often hear of movies that are so bad that they're good.

It's hard to point to a single movie that is like this though. What some may say is "so good it's bad" may come off to others as just plain bad. However, everyone I have talked to who has seen this movie has agreed: Troll 2 is so horribly, shamelessly bad, that it is good. The writing for film is more than awkward take the redundant "Stonehenge Magic Stone" , and the character dialogue sounds so incredibly unnatural they might as well be robots. The reason for this is because the man who wrote the script and directed it, Claudio Fragasso, is a native speaker of Italian.

He wrote the script in English when English was barely his second language. The acting is absolutely terrible, but who can blame them? This was most likely the first and last film any of these actors have been in. The costumes and special effects have that wonderful B-movie quality to them. While there are many blaringly obvious errors, I find that the smaller ones are actually funnier.

Actors shaking when time is supposed to be "frozen," or flies on their face during the climatic scenes.