Troll 2
Dir: Claudio Fragasso
1990
*
Troll 2 is often referred to as the best worst movie ever made. It's really not. The original Troll is a fairly bad film but is also quite wonderful, Troll 2 is very amateur, has no redeeming features and contains no Trolls whatsoever, although it's not really a sequel, nor does it have anything to do with the previous film, producers were (rightly) worried that it wouldn't do well and re-titled it from 'Goblins' to Troll 2 as a marketing trick, as is often seen with terrible horror films. In order for a film to be 'So bad it's good' it has to have something spectacular about it and Troll 2 doesn't, at all. Personally I think Shark Attack 3: Megalodon is the worlds 'Worst Best Movie', due to the shocking script (and what they left in) and the amazingly bad (but also quite good) special effects that sees a giant Shark eat a speedboat. I believe Troll 2 is rightfully regarded as one of the worst films ever made but I can't for the life of me explain how it has become a cult. The story was inspired by Claudio Fragasso's wife. In the film, the Goblins try to turn the humans into vegetables so they can eat them (they are vegetarian). Apparently, Fragasso's wife was so angry that a lot of her friends were turning vegetarian, she needed some kind of creative way of expressing her frustration. I wonder what the gluten free version of Troll 2 would look like? I understand the want of some people to watch it after all the hype about it but I advise you all not to. Life is far too short to be watching the likes of Troll 2, it's not 'So bad it's good' it's just bad.