Thirty-five years ago this week, Utahns were on pins and needles waiting to see themselves and their home state in a major achievement in horror cinema: “Troll 2.”
Why it mattered: The film, released Oct. 12, 1990, would go on to be widely lauded as the worst movie ever made.
- This is Old News, where we stitch together clips from the cutting room floor of Utah history.
How it worked: Italian director Claudio Fragasso descended on Park City in 1989 to hire an amateur cast of locals.
Yes, but: The crew didn’t speak English, so the actors couldn’t understand their instructions — or, they said, the script itself…