Wonderful character development!

What a waste of my time!!!

Excellent but underrated film

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Confused by his little sister's strange behaviour upon moving home, a teenager is shocked to learn that a troll has kidnapped her and has changed his appearance to look like her in this fun horror-comedy blend. The film is curiously at its weakest when exploring its mythology and what the troll is trying to do by taking the sister's form and unsettling all the other residents of their apartment block. The best moments instead come from Jenny Beck (as the young girl) doing all sorts of crazy and unusual things, including picking her older brother up and throwing him across the room (!) and wandering into her neighbours' apartments and fondling their possessions without being invited in. The chemistry between Beck and Noah Hathaway (as her brother) is simply great and there is a lot of hilarity to how he comes to shudder in her presence and constantly wonder if she is about to beat him up or growl again. The film also has some very creative stop motion special effects with truly oddball moments as Beck's neighbours are turned into plants - and as their apartments become covered in plant matter too. There is a lot of time spent on trying to defeat the troll towards the end though, which is nowhere near as interesting as the mischief it gets up to on its own, but this is generally a decent watch - and certainly more worthwhile than its low IMDb score would seem to indicate.

This movie is stinky pooh. It is badly written and as an awful ending. I don't think to many people like this movie. I can see why. It is a horror movie but it is not scary at all. A troll comes into an apartment by kidnapping a little girl and taking her place by shape shifting into her. He starts killing people. And conjuring up more of his kind. Now the older brother of little girl he kidnapped as to stop him. This could have been a good movie if it was not so badly acted and badly written. And if the ending had not been so awful. It was not a very scary horror movie was well. With better actors and writers it could have been. It was a good concept but it was not done well. Do not see this movie. It is a wast of time and money.

The 80's was a time when Horror was a taboo word... Troll is a more simple film and nowhere near as dark as many of the films of the time.Its not the greatest movie ever made with clunky dialogue and some pretty poor acting even for then... Oh! And it also stars Sonny Bono which is a big Boob!!!But the story is not actually that bad... In fact it could be one of those films that could be given a reboot and really become a great movie in the right hands.The story is really quite reasonable and engaging enough. There are some truly laugh out loud moments as well.Sadly, its age is showing... But at least its not Troll 2...

I saw this movie as I was a kid and thought it was cool. Now that I am older I still find the movie good. The characters have personality and the movie has a good storyline. The special effects are great for the time. I don't know why it has such a low rating. Okay okay I do know why but use your imagination when you watch this flick and you will not be disappointed. Ignore Troll 2. If you are a fan of fantasy movies then this one is a must. Let's not try to ignore all the character names in the movie. There are so many references to fantasy books and stories. Don't pass it up because of all the bad reviews! This is one time where I say the negative reviews are dead wrong.