Troll

Troll (1986)

Worlds of magic, mystery and menace.

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.

Date of release
1986-01-17
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (276)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Fantasy, Horror
Director
John Carl Buechler
Collection
Troll (1986) Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Troll is a 1986 American dark fantasy comedy film directed by John Carl Buechler and produced by Charles Band of Empire Pictures, starring Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono, Phil Fondacaro, Anne Lockhart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gary Sandy and June Lockhart. It is the first installment of the Troll film series.

Production

John Carl Buechler first conceived of the initial concept for Troll while working at Roger Corman's New World Pictures on Android. After Empire International Pictures head Charles Band was impressed with Buechler's effects work on Ghoulies, Band offered Buechler the opportunity to direct Buechler showed Band his concept for Troll.

The film was shot back to back with Empire Pictures' TerrorVision in Italy, at the Stabilimenti Cinematografici Pontini studios near Rome. Many of the same crew worked on both productions, including Buechler as creature effects designer, Romano Albani as cinematographer, and Richard Band as composer. The two films were released a month apart from each other in the United States.

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