Review: Troll Hunter

In the credits to this Norwegian Found-Footage-sort-of-spoof it says "No Trolls Were Harmed In The Making Of This Film" It also encourages you to come forward regarding any Troll related knowledge and uses the Forest Gump technique in an absolutely inspired way. If you go into Troll Hunter knowing that you are not about to see Cloverfield levels of disaster and turmoil, you will witness a cult classic in the making. It's more of a political message wrapped up in a homage to fear, fairytales and big ass trolls 


An admittedly slow and repetitive opening introduces three students investigating the poaching of bears in the area. A man driving a big truck is the suspect and they hope find him and grab a few choice words. After tracking him down to a caravan park and following him out into the woods they hear noises in the trees and then a figure comes running toward them shouting "Trrrolllll" Before long we are seeing massive beasts rivaling Lord of the Rings levels of CGI, and being thrown into the world of Norwegian Troll related bureaucratic cover-ups.



Sound silly? Yes, it does, and it is thoroughly aware of that fact. It embraces this and greets it with a mock seriousness. However it never relies on it being so funny that they can get away with a badly made movie. For a shaky Found-Footage film, it sure packs in some beautiful vistas. None more so than the climax of the film that's desolate and spectacular, As brilliant as the posters and trailers are, it gives the ending scenes no credit.

You wanna go down that road and you'll come to a troll, lovely old troll

If you are a fan of the genre don't expect to feel too shaken up or exhausted instead see it as a chance to re-cap the most honest style of horror. If you hate the Blair Witches of this world then see this as the film that finally pokes fun in the right way. And if you are Norwegian, Bloody (Norwegian version of the Tories) right, they are pretty crap!


JO