Troll - This is What Death Looks Like!

1986 was a good year for horror!  Along with some super kick-ass classics, Troll was among them.  My favorite scene in Troll was when the "Troll" shows Wendy's (the little girl) neighbor (Duke) what death looks like!

You can watch this scene on Metacafe here.

I couldn't embed it for some reason, which sucks!!! 

Interestingly enough, this tale involves the Potter family. Guess what Wendy Potter's big brother's name is? Yeah, that's right, Harry. Her daddy is also Harry Potter, Sr., that is. I never remembered that!

Malcom and "The Troll" are both portrayed by Phil Fondacaro, who is both a good guy and a bad guy in this flick as he and the troll are two different peeps! I also never remembered Julia Louis-Dreyfus being in this classic way prior to Seinfeld!

I love the little mushroom plant that sounds like a baby and has cute little eyes and hums and sings little songs owned by the little girl's old lady neighbor (a powerful witch, apparently).  I kinda want one!  It looks just like the pretty little old lady who owns it.  She's a witch and I love her.  I want her to be my Grammy!

The "Troll Song" is wicked good.

Listen and watch, bizznatchez!

Its even better, in some ways than The Omen Theme Song, Ave, Satani!

You can watch this one for free if you are a member of Amazon Prime.

Troll Sypnosis via IMDb - An evil troll, Torok, the transformed state of the ex-husband of an old friendly witch named Eunice St. Clair (she's nice and she's pretty and a good little witch), has chosen her apartment building to be the heart of the restoration of the world he once knew. To do this, he utilizes an emerald ring and takes possession of a little girl named Wendy, whose brother Harry immediately suspects something is very wrong. Torok, often taking over little Wendy Potter's body visit's each neighbor's apartment, transforming people into grotesque little plant pods.

I wish I could offer a free link to watch this classic flick on YouTube or something, but there isn't one, which upsets me gravely.  I can, however, show you where to find Troll & Troll 2 together or just Troll 1 on DVD, VHS & Blu-Ray, but its really super difficult to find!

You may also rent it on VUDU through Walmart.com for $2.99.

 

Troll [VHS]

 

 

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The Troll Movie Poster 

 

The 8 Most Charismatic Horror Villains

Who do we love to hate the most?  I have compiled a list of some of my favorite horror villains that I might want to hang out with for the day and enjoy their presence and company as long as they promise to not slaughter me.  I'm not innocent so it wouldn't be much fun, anyway.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's my favorite villain of them all?

1.  Hannibal Lecter - He's a classy, intelligent and sarcastic doctor who always has a smart comment and always makes interesting conversation.  He analyzes you and as long as you are polite and you aren't an a-hole, he won't use it against you.  He's your friendly neighborhood psychopath.

2.  Freddy Kreuger - He's a child killer, can kill you in your dreams, and has a horribly burned face, but at least while he is stabbing you with his finger knives, he will have a sarcastic and entertaining comment to send you on your way.

3.  Leprechaun - As long as you don't get in the way of his gold, its all good.  He's little and although his dental hygiene could be better, he takes pride in his Irish heritage and keeps his little tree-house under the ground nice and dank and dreary.  All he really wants is to procreate with a young, beautiful Irish bride so he can have the Leprechaun family he has always wanted.  A simple request, he wants his gold, don't touch his effing gold!

4.  Dracula - He's rich, sophisticated, well-dressed and a hopeless romantic.  He might want to drain you of all your blood and make you walk the Earth for all eternity, a lifeless corpse who needs to suck the blood of the living for sustenance, but if you are his girl, you get to live in a castle and will get showered with love, devotion, and complements.  He's great with animals.  As a matter of fact, he can turn into a wolf or a bat.  Why not a shark?  Why hasn't he thought of that.  He's still awesome!

5.  Lestadt - Lestadt has been a rock star, an independently wealthy traveler, and he just wants to give you the choice he never had.  He's a bit of a snob, but he's got style and always has neatly groomed hair and a super attractive outfit.  I bet he's great in bed.  He might want to drink all your blood and he might be a little pale and have spider veins on his face, but he's got pearly white fangs and bucks in bank!  He's also the co-parent of a lovely little blonde and his platonic life-partner with whom he shares a rocky past, Louie, yup, a real lady killer!

6 & 7.  Chucky & Tiffany - They are like the doll sized Mickey and Mallory, or perhaps Sid and Nancy, well, maybe the two couples spliced.  They love each other, they fight, they break up, they make up.  So what if they are homicidal maniacs and use children to craft the doom of others?  Chucky's will to live is stronger than the grave and Tiffany made a prissy little doll have style!

8. Mason Verger (Hannibal) - You don't like him, because he is a deviant and he would not be a favorite in a local prison, but in the world of fictional horror characters, who else has peeled off their own face and had Hannibal Lecter feed it to their dogs.  Even Hannibal Lecter found him to be a deplorable and disgusting human being.  Hannibal shared a popper with him, but was it really a popper?  Now, he is at the mercy of Dr. Cordel and got fed to the pigs.  Goodbye, Mason.  Goodbye forever.

Leprechaun St. Patrick's Day Marathon

If you are lucky enough to have cable, tune in to your local Sy Fy Channel, because guess what boys and girls!???  There is a Leprechaun Marathon on.  Call me sentimental, but I can't seem to not get entertainment from a three foot leprechaun wreaking havoc on a town near you!

I almost named my eldest and only child after Mr. Warwick Davis, the handsome little lad who portrayed the evil little leprechaun.  He was also Willow and one of the creatures in the bank in Harry Potter.  But, alas, I thought Warwick was kind of a scary name for a baby.  Some of my other choices were Maleki and Isaac, but they just seemed to biblical to me.  Yeah....Happy St. Patrick's Day.  Now I'm going to bathe and go stare at my new appendectomy wounds.

 Did anyone ever notice that Jennifer Aniston is the star of the first Leprechaun installment?  Weird...