Troll 2

Claudio Fragasso
1990

I got turned onto this one when my buddy sent me Youtube clips boasting that it was "the worst movie ever made," coupled with it's ironic notoriety as a midnight-movie favorite. Made with Italian money and crew, and an American cast, it would seem that "Troll 2" is a sequel in name only. The word Troll is never used, being replaced with the equally goofy "goblin." The Waits family's getaway vacation to rural "Nilbog" (read that one in the mirror) is continually disrupted when moppet son Joshua insists that the town is inhabited by evil goblins hell-bent on transforming them into half man, half plants, which happens to be the goblins' favorite food. With the help of his ghostly Grandfather Joshua is able to resist the menace, stopping time in order to piss on the family's poison laced dinner, and other such ludicrous lifesaving acts. The film is a hoot at first, perfect for late night brew 'n view with a couple pals, but the appeal doesn't last with the final third of the picture being about as pleasurable as pulling teeth. The feeble makeup effects include immobile rubber halloween masks for the goblins and a liberal use of green frosting applied to victims of the goblins' trickery. Truly awful.