History Film / Troll1986

The movie focuses on the Potter family. In case you're wondering, yes, there is a Literature/HarryPotter – two of them, in fact (father and son) – and this was ''long'' [[HilariousInHindsight before J.K. Rowling wrote the books]]. Wendy Potter, the obnoxious little girl of the family, is abducted by the troll, who then takes her form and infiltrates into the family. For the rest of the movie, he takes advantage of the weakening of magical barriers on Walpurgisnacht to turn the Potters' neighbors into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world with. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior (Hathaway) realizes that his sister has been replaced... only after watching two sci-fi movies. And even then, he assumes she's an alien. It takes a meeting with local witch Eunice St. Clair (Lockhart) for Harry Jr. to understand what is really happening, and then he solves everything.

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The movie focuses on the Potter family. In case you are wondering, yes, there is a Literature/HarryPotter – two of them, in fact (father and son) – and this was ''long'' [[HilariousInHindsight before J.K. Rowling wrote the books]]. Wendy Potter, the obnoxious little girl of the family, is abducted by the troll, who then takes her form and infiltrates into the family. For the rest of the movie, he takes advantage of the weakening of magical barriers on Walpurgisnacht to turn the Potters' neighbors into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world with. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior (Hathaway) realizes that his sister has been replaced... only after watching two sci-fi movies. And even then, he assumes she's an alien. It takes a meeting with local witch Eunice St. Clair (Lockhart) for Harry Jr. to understand what is really happening, and then he solves everything.

''Troll'' is a 1986 American BMovie about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]] the [[AntagonistTitle Troll]] (no relation to {{ComicBook/Turok}} or [[Literature/TheBelgariad Torak]]). Directed by John Carl Buechler, this was marketed as a HorrorComedy, but shares far more aspects with the UrbanFantasy genre, and in fact works better when viewed as such. The cast includes Noah Hathaway (of ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' fame), Creator/MichaelMoriarty, Creator/ShelleyHack, Music/SonnyBono, Creator/PhilFondacaro, and Creator/JuneLockhart.

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''Troll'' is a 1986 [[BMovie B-Movie]] about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]] the [[AntagonistTitle Troll]] (no relation to {{ComicBook/Turok}} or [[Literature/TheBelgariad Torak]]). Directed by John Carl Buechler, this was marketed as a HorrorComedy, but shares far more aspects with the UrbanFantasy genre, and in fact works better when viewed as such.

The movie focuses on the Potter family. In case you are wondering, yes, there is a Literature/HarryPotter, two in fact (father and son), and this was ''way'' [[HilariousInHindsight before J.K. Rowling wrote the books]]. Wendy Potter, the obnoxious little girl of the family, is abducted by the troll, who then takes her form and infiltrates into the family. For the rest of the movie, he takes advantage of the weakening of the magical barriers on Walpurgisnacht to turn the Potters' neighbors into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world with. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior, played by a teenage Noah Hathaway, realizes that his sister was replaced... after watching two sci-fi movies. And even then, he assumes she's an alien. It takes a meeting with Eunice St. Clair to realise what is really happening, and then he solves everything.

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The movie focuses on the Potter family. In case you are wondering, yes, there is a Literature/HarryPotter, two in fact (father and son), and this was ''way'' [[HilariousInHindsight before J.K. Rowling wrote the books]]. Wendy Potter, the obnoxious little girl of the family, is abducted by the troll, who then takes her form and infiltrates into the family. For the rest of the movie, he takes advantage of the weakening of the magical barriers on Walpurgisnacht to turn the Potters' neighbors into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior, played by a teenage Noah Hathaway, realizes that his sister was replaced... after watching two sci-fi movies. And even so, he thinks she's an alien. It takes a meeting with Eunice St. Clair to realise what is really happening, and then he solves everything.

The movie focuses on the Potter family. In case you are wondering, yes, there is a Literature/HarryPotter, two in fact (father and son), and this was ''way'' [[HilariousInHindsight before the J.K. Rowling wrote the books]]. Wendy Potter, the obnoxious little girl of the family, is abducted by the troll, who then takes her form and infiltrates into the family. For the rest of the movie, he takes advantage of the weakening of the magical barriers on Walpurgisnacht to turn the Potters' neighbors into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior, played by a teenage Noah Hathaway, realizes that his sister was replaced... after watching two sci-fi movies. And even so, he thinks she's an alien. It takes a meeting with Eunice St. Clair to realise what is really happening, and then he solves everything.

It's worth noting that this movie '''has no official sequels'''. The SoBadItsGood ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' is actually an Italian movie with no relation whatsoever to it, and [[NeverTrustATitle has goblins instead of trolls]]. The two ''Troll 3'' movies (original names being ''Creepers'' and ''Film/QuestfortheMightySword'', respectively) are even less related; the first has no humanoid creatures or magic whatsoever, instead featuring radioactive plants, while the later does feature a few trolls/goblins/whatever but it was meant to be part of the ''[[Film/TheBladeMaster Ator]]'' series.

* FemmeFatal: After Jeanette is turned into a nymph, she lures her boyfriend into the forest that used to be her apartment and takes him straight to Torok.

* ShotgunsAreBetter: Tabor pulls a shotgun off his living room wall and fires on Torok with it.

* ShoutOut: One of the faeries is [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon the Gill Man]].

* OhCrap: Eunice wears a good one when her own mushroom faerie joins in on the ''Cantos Profanae''.

It's worth noting that this movie '''has no official sequels'''. The SoBadItsGood ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' is actually an Italian movie with no relation whatsoever to it, and [[NeverTrustATitle has goblins instead of trolls]]. The two ''Troll 3'' movies (original names being ''Creepers'' and ''Quest for the Mighty Sword'', respectively) are even less related; the first has no humanoid creatures or magic whatsoever, instead featuring radioactive plants, while the later does feature a few trolls/goblins/whatever but it was meant to be part of the ''[[Film/TheBladeMaster Ator]]'' series.

''Troll'' is a 1986 [[BMovie B-Movie]] about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]] the [[AntagonistTitle Troll]] (no relation to {{ComicBook/Turok}} or [[Literature/TheBelgariad Torak]]). Directed by John Carl Buechler, this was marketed as a horror movie, but it shares far more aspects with the UrbanFantasy genre, and in fact works better when viewed as such.

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''Troll'' is a 1986 [[BMovie B-Movie]] about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]] the [[AntagonistTitle Troll]] (no relation to {{ComicBook/Turok}} or [[Literature/TheBelgariad Torak]]). Directed by John Carl Buechler, this was misbranded as a horror movie, but it shares far more aspects with the UrbanFantasy genre, and in fact it works better when viewed as such.

The movie focuses on the Potter family. In case you are wondering, yes, there is a Literature/HarryPotter, two in fact (father and son), and this was ''way'' [[HilariousInHindsight before the J.K. Rowling wrote the books]]. Wendy Potter, the obnoxious little girl of the family, is abducted by the troll, who then takes her form and infiltrates into the family. For the rest of the movie, he takes advantage of the weakening of the magical barriers on Walpurgisnacht to turn the neighbours into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior, played by a teenage Noah Hathaway, realises his sister was replaced... after watching two sci-fi movies. And even so, he thinks she's an alien. It takes a meeting with Eunice St. Clair to realise what is really happening, and then he solves everything.

The movie focuses on the Potter family. In case you are wondering, yes, there is a Literature/HarryPotter, two in fact (father and son), and this was ''way'' [[HilariousInHindsight before the books]]. Wendy Potter, the obnoxious little girl of the family, is abducted by the troll, who then takes her form and infiltrates into the family. For the rest of the movie, he takes advantage of the weakening of the magical barriers on Walpurgisnacht to turn the neighbours into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior, played by a teenage Noah Hathaway, realises his sister was replaced... after watching two sci-fi movies. And even so, he thinks she's an alien. It takes a meeting with Eunice St. Clair to realise what is really happening, and then he solves everything.

Not to be confused with Creator/DreamworksAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_doll the dolls]] that inspired that film.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The troll's male victims all become (or give rise to) rather ugly, wrinkled or brutish fairy creatures. Ms.Cooper, however, the only female tenant to be permanently transformed becomes a bunch of scantly glad nymphs and glittering wood sprites.

* AssholeVictim: Peter is an [[{{jerkass}} unpleasant sort]] who [[ChildHater openly hates children]] and [[CasanovaWannabe treats women like objects.]] He's the first of Torok's victims and his demise is not pleasant.

* VillainsOutShopping: When Peter begins the process of transforming into a pod, Torok sits down with a Magazine/Playboy Magazine and begins flipping through it, occasionally looking up to check on Peter's progress.

* BiggerOnTheInside: The apartments achieve this as a result of the RealityWarping going on
* BookDumb: Duke considers this a mark of pride: he thinks reading books is unmanly

* CreepyBasement: Torok's lair is located in the apartment buildings laundry room, which is in the basement.

* DeadpanSnarker: Eunice