Trollhunter

It starts out like a lot of low budget thrillers do these days, with a ‘confession’ from the filmmaker that what you are about to see is made up from documentary footage ‘found’ in some hidden location. It’s an overused trick, particularly because it’s usually used to cover up the cheap effects and inept direction of the film. That is not the case here. Director Andre Ovredal is an extremely talented guy who takes the found footage concept and cranks it up to 11. He not only delivers when it comes to actually showing the audience the creatures that are doing the damage of the film  — the trolls look like demented Muppets on steroids — but he also gives the audience a hero to cheer for in Hans the Trollhunter (played with steel and warmth by Otto Jespersen).