Trollhunter (2011)

STORY:
Shot in a vérité style, Trollhunter is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. A thrilling and wildly entertaining film, Trollhunter delivers truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc on the countryside, with darkly funny adherence to the original Norwegian folklore.

Runtime:	90 min
Official Site:	http://www.trollhunterfilm.com/
Production:	Filmkameratene A/S
Genres:	Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country:	Norway
Language:	Norwegian

Director                                      André Øvredal                                             Writer                                      André Øvredal                                                 Cast Credit                                 Glenn Erland Tosterud                                              Thomas                                   Hans Morten Hansen                                                 Finn                                      Johanna Mørck                                              Johanna                                       Knut Nærum                                            E-Verkssjef                                   Otto Jespersen                                             Trolljegeren                                 Robert Stoltenberg                                         Polsk BjøRnejeger                                 Tomas Alf Larsen                                                Kalle Producer                                John M. Jacobsen                                    Lars L. Marøy                             Marcus B. Brodersen                                  Sveinung Golimo                            Trond G. Lockertsen

The grisly case of Norway's extreme-rightwing mass murderer Anders Breivik may have conferred the status of satire or prophecy on this bizarre black-comedy horror. It is a mocu-realist nightmare in the handheld style of Blair Witch or Cloverfield: what we see is supposedly found-footage, shot by a group of film students who were making a documentary about what was officially deemed to be a human-killing bear. But they soon discover that what is lurking in the mountains and forests of Norway is a group of trolls, gigantic creatures that will only attack Christians. The film-makers chance across Hans (Otto Jespersen), a grizzled and battle-scarred troll hunter, who agrees to let them accompany him on his hunt for the trolls, but they have to promise that none of them believes in God or Jesus. One camera operator says she's Muslim – is that OK? "I honestly don't know…" says Hans thoughtfully. The scenes involving the trolls themselves are spectacular, but somehow not scary exactly: they look too absurd for that. Real fear is to be found when the trolls are just invisible forces deep within the beautiful landscape.

from guardian.co.uk, metacritic.com, rottentmatoes.com