Trollhunter (2011)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 99
Fresh: 81 | Rotten: 18
A slightly winking mockumentary that manages to be both irreverent and spooky.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 6
A slightly winking mockumentary that manages to be both irreverent and spooky.
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Shot in a vérité style, Trollhunter is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. A thrilling and wildly entertaining film, Trollhunter delivers truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc on the countryside, with darkly funny adherence to the original Norwegian folklore." -- (C) Official Site
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Glenn Erland Trosterud
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Tomas Alf Larsen
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Otto Jespersen
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The film is shot with handheld cameras in the standard mockumentary style, but the content is often hilarious, especially when the trolls show up.
Top CriticGiven that the cast improvised all the scenes live on set, the dialogue has a surprising ring of truth, and is shot through with an unexpected, often unsettling, humour.
It's so steeped in troll and paranoia lore, it risks boring you with the details at times. But it also makes you more inclined to believe it, and the frights are real enough.
Those fog-draped fjords provide a distractingly pretty backdrop to this tale of mysterious, massive creatures who roam the forest by night, searching for Christians on whom to munch.
It can't seem to make up its mind about whether it wants to frighten us or make us laugh. It does a little bit of both, to be sure, but not nearly enough of either to make much of a lasting impression.
With impressive technical credits, stunning fjord and forest locations and a winking ownership of its own absurdity, "Trollhunter" manages to be at once spooky, satirical and endearing.
Not nearly as much fun as it might have been, neither consistently funny nor remotely scary.
Trollhunter adopts the form of a found footage documentary, which translates as lots of banal conversations, abundant shots of the Scandinavian countryside, and competent but shaky handheld camerawork.
TrollHunter is both creepy and funny, a clever combination for this sly monster movie.
... this one is well worth the troll hunt to find.
What do you get when you combine Cloverfield with Nordic Trolls? This very funny monster mockumentary.
The trolls here all are the spitting image of Muppets with a hyperthyroid problem. In fact, imagine a Sweetums doll after three wash cycles.
This found-film sci-fi trolls-on-the-loose story works well enough as a kind of tongue-in-cheek comedy spoofing films of this kind and the sheer idiocy behind these kinds of conspiracy theories.
It never seemed more than a student film.
TROLLHUNTER is an unexpected pleasure for viewers who can shudder at the horrific aspects while still appreciating the humor.
Delightfully silly and likely to etch the battle-cry of "troll!" into audiences' minds long after its end.
There's fun to be had if you're willing to surrender to it.
Audience Reviews for Trollhunter
Super Reviewer
Here's a film that's got a laughably insane premise and a budget narrower than Norway. Despite all that and everything you would immediately expect from it, Trollhunter is one of the creepiest and most atmospheric horror mocumentaries i've seen in a while and in addition to that one of the funniest. The film brilliantly draws you into the beautiful Norwegian landscapes and features some darkly surreal and imaginative depictions of trolls. However the key to what makes it work is the outstanding performance of Otto Jespersen who effortlessly molds the title character into a believeable and engaging central character. As well as being tense and blackly comic it has an underlying satirical subtext about the difficulties of environmental protection and wittily touches on the subject of the folklore creatures existing. As silly as the plot may sound it never once breaks the illusion that everything shown on screen is real recorded footage of giant rampaging monsters. In addition to that the special effects are absolutely jaw dropping and there are many scenes throughout the film in which the director makes efficient use of the little material he's been given such as the 3.5 million dollar budget, and my amazement of what he had achieved with this film was constantly on my mind watching it. It's quite literally an enormous, smart, funny, and above all scary experience watching it. The acting is also very realistic which is very rarely found in films of it's kind. Having said that it effortlessly takes the predictable and often poorly executed found-footage horror genre, and revives it in the same manner of The Blair Witch Project, whilst throwing in more interesting ideas into the formula in a huge number of intriguing and epically startling ways. If your someone who understands why the subsequent Paranormal Activity sequels are boring, loud, obnoxious, lazy, dull and unengaging you'll appreciate and embrace Trollhunter for what it is. A solid film and one of the most thrilling and exciting mockumentaries in years. I enjoyed it enormously.
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- Hans: Anyone need some gravel?
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- Thomas: Now we know that Trolls also explode.
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- Hans: No one here believes in God or Jesus?
- Thomas: Nope. None of us.
- Kalle: Don't look at me. Serious? Because they can smell the blood of a Christian man?
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- Thomas: In a sense, you're a true Norwegian hero.
- Hans: No, you're wrong about that. There's nothing heroic about what I do. It's dirty work.
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- Kalle: Do u have any more troll stench?
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- Thomas: Do you think Michael Moore gave up after the first try?
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Foreign Titles
- The Troll Hunter (DE)
- The Troll Hunter (UK)
