Enormously entertaining chiller embellishes the candid, caught-on-video format to thrilling effect. Whereas America has the likes of Bigfoot and Area 51 to exploit, Ovredal has turned to Scandinavian ...

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Riffing on the DIY monster-movie approach of “Cloverfield” and the absurd supernatural premise of “Ghostbusters,” Norwegian mockumentary “The Troll Hunter” offers high-caliber entertainment despite a ...

One of the four secret screenings at this year’s Fantastic Fest was a little handheld film called The Troll Hunter. Most people had not heard of the film at that point, and not many more know about it ...

The stroke of genius behind "The Troll Hunter" came when writer-director Andre Ovredal realized he could mix "The Blair Witch Project" with the mythology of his native Norway and do something unique.

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“Fairy tales don’t match reality,” warns the cryptic troll hunter at the heart of this inventive adventure, and it’s true. What lies in wait in the isolated regions of Norway is not the ...

‘Troll’ rhymes with ‘droll’ in this Norwegian horror mockumentary. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic With this Bizarro World trek through the fjords, fields and mountaintops of wintry Norway, Andre ...

'Who's afraid of trolls?' Outsize Norwegian fluffy toy heading your way in 'Troll Hunter' The implicit, bone-dry humour ensures you won’t be. But neither are you likely to forget this peculiar tale.

- With this Bizarro-World trek through the fjords, fields and mountaintops of wintry Norway, Andre Ovredal joins a select group of European filmmakers who have clearly paid attention to Hollywood's ...