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A 1986 cult fantasy horror film turns 40 and gets the loving, honest breakdown it deserves.
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In this episode
- Why a flawed movie can still earn genuine cult status after 40 years
- The real '80s horror ingredients cobbled together to make this film
- Notable cast connections that make rewatching it genuinely surprising
- A fun trivia-heavy conversation with a horror enthusiast who knows her stuff
About this episode
Every apartment building has some trolls living in it, am I right? Mark welcomes horror queen, trivia master, and witchy Salem resident Kelly Kapow (@missscareall) to celebrate 40 years of the 1986 cult classic Troll! Is it a bad movie? Maybe. Do we love it? Definitely! Cobbling together different things from other '80s horror films, this dark fantasy comedy give us Atreyu, Sonny Bono, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the original Harry Potter, and so much more. Shout-out to Hostel and Wolf Creek for their recent 20th anniversaries!
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About Release Date Rewind
Movie nerd, filmmaker, and anniversary celebrator Mark J. Parker brings a friend on each episode to discuss movies (and sometimes TV shows) that are hitting milestone anniversaries of release that month. Think 20th anniversary, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, you get it!
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