Best Worst Movie is the acclaimed feature length documentary that takes us on an off-beat journey into the undisputed worst movie in cinematic history: Troll 2.
In 1989, when an Italian filmmaker and unwitting Utah actors shot the ultra-low budget horror film, Troll 2, they had no idea that twenty years later they would be celebrated worldwide for their legendary ineptitude.
Two decades later, the film’s now-grown-up child star (Michael Paul Stephenson) unravels the improbable, heartfelt story of the Alabama dentist-turned-cult movie icon and the Italian filmmaker who come to terms with this genuine, internationally revered cinematic failure.
Is Troll 2 really the worst movie ever made as claimed by IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes? Or is Troll 2, as some would claim, a misunderstood masterpiece that never fails to entertain… a work of genius? Twenty years after Troll 2 was made, the feature length documentary BEST WORST MOVIE explores the Troll 2 phenomenon through the personal story of the cast of characters that took part in its creation and why it is celebrated by fans worldwide.
In the summer of 1989, Italian director Claudio Fragrasso cast small-town dentist Dr. George Hardy and a group of unwitting Utah actors in an ultra-low budget horror film, which eventually became the undisputed Worst Movie in History. Soon after Troll 2’s initial release, Dr. Hardy decided he was better suited battling tooth decay than goblins. He retired from acting and returned to dentistry in his hometown of Alabama unaware of the legions of fans that would one day recognize him as a cult movie luminary.
Nearly 20 years later, Troll 2 has suddenly become “awfully” popular. A corn-on-the-cob sex scene, pudgy-potato-sack clad midgets, and a peculiar plot about evil vegetarian goblins attempting to transform a young boy’s family into edible plants is unintentionally hilarious, yet strangely captivating and highly entertaining.
Dr. Hardy finds his days of drilling cavities are met by nights of signing hundreds of autographs at record-setting revival screenings throughout the world. Unlikely byproducts celebrating the BEST WORST MOVIE include fan sites, music videos, dress-up dinner parties and even homage in one of the most successful video games, Sony PlayStation’s Guitar Hero 2.
But what does the director of Troll 2, Claudio Fragasso, think about his film becoming “awfully” popular? Meet cast & crew and learn how it feels to fail miserably and years later be applauded for it. Best Worst Movie is story of one of cinema’s greatest tragedies… or triumph’s –Troll 2. The result is a hilarious and tender off-beat journey and a genuine homage to lovers of bad movies and the people that create them.
TROLL 2 – Bad Movie Greatness
Although widely regarded as The Worst Movie Ever Made, TROLL 2 is unquestionably one of the most unintentionally brilliant accomplishments in cinema. Below you’ll find a few links to help you fall in love with this genuine failure:
Troll 2 on IMDB
Troll 2 on Wikipedia
Troll 2 Montage of Amazing-Wonderful-Ness
Original Troll 2 Trailer
Troll 2 Indie Trailer Mashup
Troll 2 Is Bringing Sexy Back Mashup
“The TROLL 2 phenomenon is as staggeringly massive as it is inexplicable, and who better to capture the now-fevered state of Nilbog-mania than the once-unwitting stars at its epicenter? Michael Stephenson and George Hardy have somehow transformed from the leads in the most explosive celluloid abomination of all time to the chroniclers of its gargantuan rise to Z-grade off-Hollywood legend. Our theater was just one of many venues to be swept up by this force majeure.”
– Tim League, Alamo Drafthouse
“00%” – Rottentomatoes.com
“The bad movie to end all bad movies.” – Hit-n-run.com
“For those not indoctrinated into the cult of Troll 2, you are missing one of the best/worst horror films ever created. Watch immediately. Repeat.”
– www.greencine.com“Some films are so bad they’re great. Troll 2 is so bad that it’s actually a life changing experience.”
– Horrorwatch.com
“49.5 out of 50. In case you didn’t notice, Troll 2 is a very, very, very bad movie.”
– Somethingawful.com“It’s practically a manual for how not to make a movie, and that’s precisely what makes it so special. TROLL 2’s enveloping ineptitude offers perhaps the most satisfying repeat viewings of any movie I’ve seen.” – State Journal Register
“It’s hard to believe that a movie like this exists, but I saw it for myself.”
– Badmovieplanet.com
“TROLL 2 is widely considered to be one of the best bad movies ever made, a film so inept and unintentionally hilarious, that fans quickly embraced it as camp. With filmmaking that makes Ed Wood look like Orson Welles, TROLL 2 reigned for years as the #1 lowest-rated movie on imdb.com and has recently screened to sold-out audiences across the country.”
– The Houston Chronicle
“The movie is “Troll 2,” and it’s spectacularly awful - the rare kind of entertainment that’s so hilariously inept on every level that it’s strangely captivating. Its story makes no sense, its acting is wooden, its special effects look like something from a sixth-grade play, and its dialogue contains such zingers as “They’re all eating my mom!” Yet last month in Austin, Texas, hundreds of “Troll 2″ fans lined around the block for a midnight show of a little-known movie that’s been available on video for a decade and a half.” – The Salt Lake Tribune
“For unfathomable reasons, this movie has mass appeal and really might be the representative movie for the YouTube generation.” – Bostonist.com
