I'm A Troll Man, do-do-do do-do-do do-do

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There is an English-language movie called Troll 2. It was neither made by people who speak English, nor contains trolls. Rather, the 1990 film is an Italian production (with an American cast) concerning vegetarian goblins whose consumption of humans is predicated upon first turning them into plants. Hence the line (the exact wording of which varies among sources), "She is becoming one with the vegetable world." If, after reading the preceding sentences you are not interested in seeing this Best Worst Movie (as the in-progress documentary regarding its cult status is titled), there is likely little else that might convince you.

Screening at the Bloor at 9:30 this Saturday night from the specially-imported, only-one-in-existence 35mm print (also specially imported: two of the stars of the movie, including the then-child actor who is making the documentary), the mini-phenomenon that is Troll 2 will be making its Toronto stop courtesy of Toronto After Dark programmer and cult cinéaste-about-town Peter Kuplowsky, who discovered the movie when he noticed that the DVD of the unremarkable (and related-in-title-only) Troll had a whole second feature on its obverse side.

Tickets are $8 for Bloor members, students, and seniors, and $10 for those other folks who have a taste for this sort of thing but weirdly don't fall into at least one of the aforementioned categories.

Screencap courtesy of Kuplowsky.

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I came expecting a post about Pickletoes.

I leave disappointed. :(

Isn't it more like doo-doo doo doo doo-doo-doo?

Troll 2 sounds really bad, but I have an inkling that Zombi 2 is way cooler. I mean, a zombie fights a shark! That's some badass ridiculous horror.

After several minutes of vocalizing to myself like an idiot, I think flashman's right :P

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I came expecting a post about Pickletoes.

I leave disappointed. :(


Hahahaha...

NILBOG, NILBOG!

Alas, I am at work that night.

My working title had actually been "Pickletoes: The Movie," playing more on the fact that "You're a troll"-"No, I'm not" has been a recurring debate recently rather than that I myself think of Pickletoes as a troll. Which I don't: although Pickletoes often displays trollish characteristics in his (or her?) enthusiasm for riling people up, he (or she?) has shown on a number of occasions a willingness to engage in discussions and even to learn. Pickletoes is not a troll but simply an extreme conservative who proudly expresses his or her views. Good for him/her.

I'm taking every Vegan I'm friends with to this

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Pickle Toes is the new x_the_x.

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Wait, I mean Pickle Toes is the new RealityCheck.

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