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Tuesday, February 23rd | Doors @ 8pm – Film @ 9pm | This is a free event

Whether you’ve seen film 100 times or not at all, you will be entertained.

Troll 2 is a 1990 horror film, directed by Claudio Fragasso. During production, the film was known as “Goblin”, but upon release in the United States the title was changed to Troll 2 in an attempt to help sell the film by connecting it to an established horror movie, the 1986 Empire Pictures film “Troll”. The two films, however, have no connection apart from the title. In fact, no actual trolls appear in Troll 2.

The plot concerns the Waits family, who are taking a trip to the country to visit a small town called Nilbog, but are plunged into a nightmare as they are relentlessly pursued by vegetarian goblins who turn people into plants before they eat them.

Troll 2 is widely considered to be of poor quality. For a time the film was rated as the worst film of all time by IMDB.com. The goblins’ costumes, designed by cult erotic actress Laura Gemser, consist of burlap clothes stuffed with foam rubber, and latex masks, only one of which featured a movable mouth. The musical score consists of only a few synthesized themes repeated numerous times. In addition, the acting and dialogue have become notorious for their camp value.

This free film screening is part of the Off The Map event series sponsored by The Media Arts Project (http://www.themap.org) and will be hosted by Jason Holland from The Doctor Awesome Show on Asheville FM (http://www.ashevillefm.org)