Seeing how Dr. George Hardy and Michael Stephenson, star and writer/director of BEST WORST MOVIE, are set to appear on this week’s Arrow in the Head Podcast (airing tomorrow), I thought now would be the perfect opportunity to relay a fresh clip from the documentary chronicling the lifespan of the notoriously bad TROLL 2 (courtesy of the L.A. Times). You don’t mind, do ya?
Now, it’s been over a month since we gave you an update on the BEST WORST MOVIE, when we showed you the official trailer and new one-sheet for the flick (seen right). Since then, the movie has made its rounds in Austin, Texas and NYC, New York. Next up is Los Angeles, where the film will screen this Friday (May 21) at the Landmark Nuart theater (you can peep subsequent show-times HERE).
So to catch you up with the film before it screens in your respective city, peep the new clip below. It shows yet another cast member, Don Packard, who reminisces about how he got cast as a Nilbog store owner. Dude talks about being incessantly stoned throughout production, even being cast on his day off from a mental hospital at the University of Utah. Pretty funny shite!
Official Synopsis: In the summer of 1989, Italian director Claudio Fragrasso cast small-town dentist Dr. George Hardy and a group of unwitting Utah actors in an ultra-low budget horror film, which eventually became the undisputed Worst Movie in History. Soon after Troll 2’s initial release, Dr. Hardy decided he was better suited battling tooth decay than goblins. He retired from acting and returned to dentistry in his hometown of Alabama unaware of the legions of fans that would one day recognize him as a cult movie luminary.
Nearly 20 years later, Troll 2 has suddenly become “awfully” popular. A corn-on-the-cob sex scene, pudgy-potato-sack clad midgets, and a peculiar plot about evil vegetarian goblins attempting to transform a young boy’s family into edible plants is unintentionally hilarious, yet strangely captivating and highly entertaining.
Dr. Hardy finds his days of drilling cavities are met by nights of signing hundreds of autographs at record-setting revival screenings throughout the world. Unlikely byproducts celebrating the BEST WORST MOVIE include fan sites, music videos, dress-up dinner parties and even homage in one of the most successful video games, Sony PlayStation’s Guitar Hero 2.
But what does the director of Troll 2, Claudio Fragasso, think about his film becoming “awfully” popular? Meet cast & crew and learn how it feels to fail miserably and years later be applauded for it. Best Worst Movie is story of one of cinema’s greatest tragedies… or triumph’s –Troll 2. The result is a hilarious and tender off-beat journey and a genuine homage to lovers of bad movies and the people that create them.
TROLL 2’s Connie Young starred in ICE SPIDERS with the other Vanessa Williams!