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The Story Behind The Worst Movie Ever Made - Troll 2
A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.
Best Worst Movie
2009 Directed by Michael Stephenson
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Michael Stephenson George Hardy Jason Steadman Jason Wright Zack Carlson Randall Colburn Adam Deyoe John Gemberling Patrick Gibbs Paul Gibbs Eric Gosselin Rocky Jalil Timothy Marklevitz Ryan Martin Scott Pearlman Chris Pudlo James M. Tate Scott Weinberg Bryn Hammond Simon Robb Darren Ewing Connie Young Margo Prey
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Лучший фильм из худших
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This is a great documentary...but I'm left torn about how it made me feel overall. There were a lot of parts that were just a lot of fun to watch. All the viewing parties. George Hardy (the dad) while he's still in his Cult Hero honeymoon phase. The silly recreations of some hilarious scenes. Don Packard (the creepy general store owner) saying how much he hated Michael Stephenson (Joshua) while they were filming in such a way that seriously made me wonder if he knew he was talking to Michael Stephenson...
Then there was Margo Prey (the mother). Her interview was incredibly sad and uncomfortable. The way she compares Troll 2 to Casablanca really makes you realize that she desperately…
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“I hope he understands, you know, how wonderful Troll 2 was, I don’t even want to call it a bad film… it’s an amazing film.” - Fan,
If I was ever in a famous bad film I would milk that celebrity dry... I mean to the bone... I'd show up for everything I'm a fame whore that way.
In this documentary, a grown up child actor deconstructs his experience with a camp classic. Best Worst Movie allows you to crawl inside the film Troll 2 and meet all of the actors, and experience the fandom around the classis bad film. What sets the documentary apart from other movies about movies is the meta-narratives about what fandom means and how being…
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I get so uncomfortable with movies like this and Winnebago Man, happy that the people involved in pop culture items elevated into an ironic pantheon accept this with good humor but uncomfortable with parading them before a dubiously sincere audience for appraisal. Sure, the kid from Troll 2 is the director, and the dad is thrilled to stand before a crowd, but even those who get genuine pleasure from Troll 2 (like yours truly) can turn appreciation into exploitation. It's hard to watch the daughter, still an actor, discuss the fear and despair that fills her when a casting director looks up her name and finds the credit she won't list on a CV. Even worse to catch up with…
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I had a blast watching Troll 2 for the first time. This documentary made me love Troll 2 even more. I am now going to search eBay and buy the Blu-Ray copy of Troll 2 immediately.
George Hardy seems like a genuinely awesome guy. If I lived in Alexander City, Alabama he would totally be my dentist.
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Michael Stephenson unwrapping the Troll 2 VHS on Christmas morning, makes this the...
Best Xmas Movie.
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7/10
Shoutout to @dragonsblood23 for the request.
Best Worst Movie is a documentary about Troll 2, which is probably one of the funniest movies ever made. It focuses more on the cult phenomenon that it spawned than any behind-the-scenes action. The third act will hit you with an unexpected bleakness. George Hardy, Margo Prey, and Robert Ormsby really expected this film to boost them into stardom, but ended up in disappointment, as Troll 2 became their sole credit. Just a stark and cruel reminder that not everybody makes it to showbiz. Well, at least, Hardy has a successful career as a dentist in Alabama.
Big ups to Claudio Fragasso for still defending Troll 2 to this day. Most directors would…
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Absolutely delightful.
Nothing beats the good vibes of people getting together to appreciate such a bad (amazing) film. I watch a ton of trash films and after every one of them I always think to myself "why don't more people love this???" At least one of the millions of underappreciated so bad it's good films got some much earned recognition!
I still remember when I first watched my blind buy of Troll 1 and 2 that I bought when working at a music/DVD store back in 2006. Troll 1 was fun but when I put on Troll 2 I knew it was something different... something special...
For the years that followed I would use Troll 2 as my go to…
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Hooptober 6.0 - Hit the feels - The 3rd entry, 17.9.2019.
Best Worst Movie
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"You don't understand nothing"
10th anniversary! Best Worst Movie, directed by the one and only Joshua Waits aka Michael Stephenson, is probably one of the most bizarre documentaries I've seen and this rewatch confirms that thought. It starts as your The Disaster Artist type of story, where Joshua - I mean Michael - tries to gather the original crew together, discover how the hell did this all happen and celebrate the joy of terrible yet hilarious films.
That's the premise, yeah... but it becomes something else. In the beginning the excitement of the fans are portrayed in a clumsy but heartwarming way, yet…
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Oh hey Joshua made a good documentary about Troll 2! A well made entertaining and often hilarious experience following the actors and film makers of Troll 2 19 years on. The main star the film follows is the dad in the film played by George Hardy who is a dentist in Alabama, an immensely fascinating, joyous and funny character who starts to go to screenings of Troll 2 and finds himself being adored by tons of adoring fans. Other actors from the film are found and come along for the screenings as well as the intriguing but scary serious (deluded?) Italian director of Troll 2, Claudio Fragasso.
As well as being humorous the documentary is genuinely heartfelt, you come to…
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Wow so I thought this movie was gonna be fun--Troll 2 is a fun movie, after all--but it just made me, like, very sad.
Parts of it are fun. The first chunk of the movie is all about Troll 2's fame, and while it's self-congratulatory (it's like a religion, man), it's just always fun for me to see stuff like that. I've only seen Troll 2 once so I'm not super into it but I've been a card-carrying member (literally, for Rocky Horror) of movie "cults" and it's a lot of fun and its fun to watch people get into a movie like that. Those parts are fluffy but great. And the cast and crew who don't take this seriously…
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Put this one under stranger than fiction. I swear you could not write this if you tried. Equal part deconstruction of the phenomenon that is a cult film and character study of those involved. While both parts are interesting my heart belongs to the subjects of the doc. The cast of characters is as bizarre as any comedy I've ever seen. Some so much so that it could come off as rather depressing if not for the solicitous tone and of course the real star George Hardy who is as close to a real-life Michael Scott as I've seen. Watching his head inflate as he becomes enchanted with his newfound stardom to the point of pimping out his patients to see his move and even consider leaving his dentistry practice behind to then have it all crashing down with the realization of the cult status is engrossing hilarious and humbling. One of my favorite movies about movies.
Absolutely recommend.
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