Troll 2 - After seeing its standing amongst film critics and fans as one of the most comically terrible films of all time, I just had to know what the fuss was about and, frankly, everyone was right. A two quid bargain from Amazon, I can recommend this film to anyone with a disposition to camp gone mad. A script so vapid it makes your entire body not so much cringe as spasm, acting talent that makes your sole appearence in the school nativity look method acting perfection, god-awful special effects and, everyone's favourite, movie mistakes galore combines for hilarious effect in this underground classic. If a slight meander by a director of photgraphy made Christian Bale turn feral behind the scenes of the Dark Knight, then only Christ knows what his reaction to some of the blatant fuck-ups by the production team on Troll 2 would be.
As a musician by trade, the soundtrack gave me particular cause for concern - music that doesn't unnerve as much as cause you to flex Pumping Iron-style has no place in any horror of any budget, hence why any film with a heavy metal soundtrack that is supposedly scary will instantly make it a glorified music video a la Freddie Vs. Jason. Troll 2's soundtrack consists of mechanical drum machines, early synth arpeggiators and some of the most horrible, made-for-tv MIDI instrumentation ever recorded, which only added to my unhinged laughter.
Horrendously brilliant, its the only time a silk hat on a pig could be made to seem so honourable.