Last weekend, a friend of mine Jason Steadman, invited us to the Salt Lake Film Festival to see a documentary called the Best Worst Movie. This documentary is about another movie that he was in that was filmed in Morgan, Utah back in 1990, the move is called Troll 2.
Troll 2 has got to be one of the strangest movies I have ever seen. Not only does it have absolutely NOTHING to do with Troll 1, but there aren't even any trolls in the movie at all. There are goblins however. The premise of the movie is that a family goes on a vacation to a town called Nilbog (goblin spelled backwards) where basically the entire population of the town are human-eating goblins.
The movie was intended to be a horror film, but it is in fact so ridiculous that it has unfortunately (or fortunately) become more of a comedy. It is so bad, in fact, that for a time, the film was rated the "worst film of all time" on the popular movie site IMBD.com. Needless to say that when it was first released all of the actors were a little emberrassed about it, however, over the past 20 years it has gained an astonishing cult following and is now quite popular. So popular in fact, that Jason travels the world and attends different movie premiers signing autographs to sold out crowds. They also go to movie trade shows where they sell Troll 2 T-shirts and other memorabilia.
The documentary, called "The Best Worst Movie", is being shown throughout the country at different film festivals and is quite honestly one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. If you ever get the chance to see "The Best Worst Movie" I would HIGHLY recommend it. And if you really want to live on the wild side or ever need a good laugh, go to your local video store and see if you can rent Troll 2. It just might change your life...or at the very least...you would know what to do if you were ever attacked by trolls...I mean goblins.
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