History Film / Troll1986

* PetTheDog Torok [[spoiler: turns Malcolm, who was suffering from cancer into an elf]].

* PetTheDog: Torok does care about the little girl, and so [[spoiler: he kills the demon/gargoyle thing mentioned above]]. He also [[spoiler: turns a person suffering from cancer into an elf]].
** [[spoiler: Killing the creature that attacked Wendy has nothing to do with his caring about the girl. He can't allow her to be harmed because her death would basically make the new faerie kingdom he was trying to create implode. She was the keystone for the whole thing.]]

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. [[WhatAnIdiot 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.

* IdiotPlot: [[invoked]] The New York Daily News review noted that some movies were for 13 year olds, and other movies were for morons - and that ''Troll'' was for [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 13 year old morons.]]

''Troll'' is a 1986 [[BMovie B-Movie]] about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]], the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 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.

It's worth noting that this movie '''has no 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.

It's worth noting that this movie '''has no sequels'''. The SoBadItsGood ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' is actually an Italian movie with no relation whatsoever to it, and 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.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Somewhat subverted; Eunice was a princess, but she decided to become a witch.

* Really700YearsOld: Eunice. Notably, she can look younger than she does (and does do so once she goes hunting for Torok) but she chooses to look like an old woman (although significantly younger than the centuries she must be)

* DolledUpInstallment: The so called "sequels" were all original movies renamed in order to look like sequels to this movie. Considering [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove how famous this movie is]], one has to wonder ''why''.
** ''Troll'' grossed well in 1986 for a BMovie, and had name recognition in the late 80's.

''Troll'' is a 1986 [[BMovie B-Movie]] about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]], the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Troll]] (no relation to {{ComicBook/Turok}} or [[Literature/TheBelgariad Torak]]). Directed by JohnCarlBuechler, 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 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 NoahHathaway, realises his sister was replaced... after watching two sci-fi movies. [[WhatAnIdiot 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 basically turns the neighbours into plant pods to generate more trolls to take over the world. Why he didn't do that before nobody knows. Anyway, Harry Potter Junior, played by a teenage NoahHathaway, realises his sister was replaced... after watching two sci-fi movies. [[WhatAnIdiot 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.

''Troll'' is a 1986 [[BMovie B-Movie]] about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]], the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Troll]] (no relation to {{ComicBook/Turok}} or [[{{Belgariad}} Torak]]). Directed by JohnCarlBuechler, 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.

'''Troll''' is a 1986 [[BMovie B-Movie]] about [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Torok]], the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Troll]] (no relation to {{ComicBook/Turok}} or [[{{Belgariad}} Torak]]). Directed by JohnCarlBuechler, 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.

It's worth noting that this movie '''has no sequels'''. The SoBadItsGood ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' is actually an Italian movie with no relation whatsoever to it, and has goblins instead of trolls. The two ''Troll 3'' movies (original names being ''Film/{{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.

It's worth noting that this movie '''has no sequels'''. The SoBadItsGood ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'' is actually an Italian movie with no relation whatsoever to it, and has goblins instead of trolls. The two ''Troll 3'' movies (original names being ''TheCreepers'' and ''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.