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Troll

1986

John Carl Buechler

Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck ...

4.4

843

Fantasy. Comedy. Horror Torok is an ancient troll, and he is using the body of Wendy Anne to disguise himself, in order to take over an apartment building. Wendy's newly moved family is just settling in, and while her parents suspect nothing, her brother Harry notices a change in her behavior instantly. Using an emerald ring, Torok transforms the residents into plant pods and plans to restore his old world in which he once lived in many years ago. We soon ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Time Out	"An amiable and humorous fantasy-cum-Faery tale in the Gremlins mould... The whole thing is jogged along nicely by the cast (...) has exactly the right balance between child-like wonder and gentle self-parody.	POS
United States	Patrick Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"A clunky, poorly executed shocker."	NEG
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A predictable, dim-witted premise executed for the most part with surprising style."	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It hovers uncomfortably between comedy and horror, without ever landing decisively in either camp."	NEG

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