I am Norwegian. I really liked The Troll Hunter, among other things because it is rather different, it is like Blair Witch Projects meets Norse Mythology. It is nice to see a movie with trolls, as in the trolls that where part of Norwegian mythology, not little gremlins or Lord of the Rings trolls. Norway have a rich folklore and while this movie do twist and turn that folklore around quite a bit to try to form some sort of natural explanation for the trolls and so on it is still nice to see actual trolls used in film. I am also impressed by the special effects, for a small Norwegian movie production company that is really impressive. The acting is a bit lacking at times but the dialog are very fun.

Another reason why this movie resonates with me is that I live in Bergen, that is not that far from Hardanger, my hubby have family there, now for some time now our politicians want to put up high power cables in Hardanger, most of us from this part of the country however do not want that, those cables really messed up the nature at Dovre and we do not want it here, it is fun that the movie addresses this.

One more point before I end this post. You have probably heard the melody In The Hall Of The Mountain King, well there is a reason why that is on the soundtrack for this movie. In Norwegian that melody is called Dovregubbens Hall (The Hall of the Dovre man) That being said the mythology have shiften a bit and trolls and hulder have been mixed together, originally in Norwegian folklore Dovregubben was not a troll, he was king to the hulder. Now hulder in Norwegian folklore are creatures that look like human beings but they are active at night and sleep during the day and they have a cow's tail, they have supernatural abilities and are more like elves really than trolls.

Excellent - thanks for that...

I'm dying to see Troll Hunter.:)

I must say I loved it...just very original and fresh..

I just have to go back and make a little correction to what I have said earlier, the play, as in Per Gynt that the In the Hall of the Mountain king was made for (Or rather it was made for something else but since it fit so well it was used for the play.) they do use the name troll, however the Old man of the Dovre, and his daughter clearly are hulder not trolls and in folklore there are a hunder king in Dovre named Dovregubben.

Thar being said the play Per Gynt make a good read and if you like fantasy it might be right up your ally.

Okey but for some more obscure movies:

Blindpassasjeren (Translation: The Stowaway) This is a three part Norwegian TV miniseries. It is about the crew of a spaceship returning home to Earth after their mission have ended. The crew have just come out of a limited form of stasis and as they go to eat breakfast they discover to their horror human remains in their waste disposal. Now the remains is impossible to identify but since all the crew is present and accounted for that means one of them is not who or what he or she claims to be. The series is more science fiction then horror, but it do have a certain creepy atmosphere.

Good to see mentions for silent scream if you like that you would also like Curtains Girl School Screamers, sweet 16 and Scream and scream again. Also I've seen Twins Of Evil-like that try Curse Of The Crimson Altar. Cthulhu (2007) Don't Look In THe Basement (diabolically bad though I liked the Sarge charcter)Visiting Hours, Unhinged, Cool Air, Shogun Assassin, The Slayer, Mulberry Street, Return To Horror High, The Dunwich Horror, The Brotherhood 2 (though avoid The Brotherhood 3 totally pointless film), Tomb Of Ligeia, Dream within a dream, The Lost Continent, Toxic Zombies (potheads get munchies eat everyone) Diabolik.

Has anyone seen Seven Deaths In The Cats Eye, All The Colours Of The Dark, Twice Told Tales, Matango, Delirium, Night School aka Terror Eyes, Nightmare Maker, The Case Of The Scorpions Tail, Blood Rites, The Lighthouse, The Shuttered Room or Plague Of The Zombies-I'm dying to see all these on my wishlist

The Killer Eye. This movie is about a mad scientist who creates a microscope which allows someone to glance into another dimension, unfortunately when he pays a homeless man to be his test subject the eye the boy looks into the microscope with grow into a huge floating monstrosity which then go on to suck the electricity out of people's brains. This movie is horrible, but it is also good, cheesy fun.

BookZombie: Have you seen the Norwegian slasher/survival horror film called "Rovdyr"? I believe that's the title. I saw it a few years ago and although my Norsk is still pretty rudimentary, the film was awesome!

I can't wait to see Trolljageren!

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Has anyone seen Seven Deaths In The Cats Eye, All The Colours Of The Dark, Twice Told Tales, Matango, Delirium, Night School aka Terror Eyes, Nightmare Maker, The Case Of The Scorpions Tail, Blood Rites, The Lighthouse, The Shuttered Room or Plague Of The Zombies-I'm dying to see all these on my wishlist[/QUOTE]

The Colours Of The Dark - I presume you mean 'Colour from the Dark' - pretty solid version of the Colour out of space. I liked despite its flaws..


Twice Told Tales - Pretty decent Anthogy film with Vinnie price..,

The Shuttered Room - I liked this..

Plague Of The Zombies - Not one of my fav hammer films but the dead dream sequence is great..

Oops I've already seen The Case Of The Scorpions Tail I shouldn't have included that.

Yes I meant the recent film version of Lovecrafts "Colour Out Of Space" I've heard mixed reviews but I'll get it I think. Yeah I'll see The Shuttered room as well it must be worth a look.

I just found out that that Blinkbox has "The Lighthouse" I'll watch that once I can face the annoying adverts you can't skip that they play. Anyone seen Summer Scars which they also have. I hope its not as bad as Mean Creek was.

Like most adaptations of Lovecraft, I expect nothing going into. 'Colour from the Dark' was terrible and for the most part I enjoyed it. The Irish actor in it is dreadful though. That been said I liked The Curse alot too.

The Ten Lives Of Titanic The Cat

This is a Scandinavian children's ghost movie. It is about a ghost cat which helps some children with preventing a new ship from going down just like the Titanic which killed the ghost cat many decades ago. The movie is made for children, but I found it to be a fun ghost movie.

My choice is Kiss Of The Tarantula (1976)

A very non thrilling film with mostly unknown actors. The lead actress Suzanna Ling made only this one film and retired!

The only thing creepy about this film was the old mortuary and some spider scenes.

That is hardly a random flick few people have seen

Yes - but its a version you've NEVER seen..

Luther the Geek

I realise we have to be careful not to give away spoilers but are we talking about extra footage?deleted scenes?I thought all that stuff had been revealed in documentaries about the film?I'm confused as usual

Oh sorry how about this one:

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Hydra, this is a giant monster movie. Now this film have allot going on, there is a research team being attacked by the monster, a plot with a few unsavory types who have kidnapped a group of people and is putting them on a remote island (the one with the Hydra on it off course.) to let rich men who have paid for the pleasure hunt them down and kill them. There is allot going on however the movie pulls this together nicely.

I also like the creature, they have not tried to make up some natural explanation, mutation, nuclear waste or anything, the monster is exactly what it sounds like a Hydra.

Now this is a indie film so it do not have the special effects budget of a big Hollywood production but all in all this is a rather good movie. I really liked it.

I dunno I was just reading the words out on the poster :-)

Here's one the alternative version of "Exorcist:The Beginning" there was a different release of the mainstream one that is extremely rare but apparently worth it. Unfortunately what I know about it is limited to what has been said on IMDB but they hugely prefer this take to the much more readily seen release-if anyone has seen it post here:)