A consensus slice of cinematic crap screens at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles on August 10. Released in 1990, Troll 2 has nothing to do with the
original Troll. In fact, there isn’t a single troll in it. Instead, a traveling
family is menaced in the town of
by vegetarian goblins (!) that turn their victims into plants and devour them.
With endlessly quotable one-liners, terrible acting, plot non-sequiturs, homemade
special effects, and ’80s synth music, Troll 2 epitomizes the type of movie to
experience in shared darkness, in a theater with an enthusiastic (and possibly intoxicated) crowd.
Stephenson, George Hardy, Jason Steadman and Darren Ewing, as well as the
film’s director/co-writer Claudio Fragasso, and co-writer Rossella Drudi,
coming all the way from Italy. All will be present to answer questions
about the production of the worst movie ever made, and lead actor Stephenson
will also be compiling footage from the event for his documentary on the film’s
cult following, Best Worst Movie.