Comedy, fantasy, and horror share the screen in this Norwegian-directed tale of a troll king desperate to reclaim his human shape and willing to upend an ordinary household to get there.
What is Troll about?
A wicked troll king searches for a mystical ring that can undo the curse holding him in monstrous form, and his hunt for it drags an unsuspecting apartment complex into chaos. Standing between him and what he wants is a powerful witch, whose presence turns the search into a running clash of magic, mischief, and mayhem rather than a straightforward monster story. The film leans into its genre mashup, letting slapstick comedy sit next to genuine horror beats and fantasy world-building, so the tone shifts scene to scene instead of settling into one register. At a brisk eighty-two minutes, it moves fast, treating the troll's quest as an excuse for escalating set pieces rather than a slow-burn mystery.
About the cast
Ine Marie Wilmann leads a cast that includes Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Gard B. Eidsvold, Anneke von der Lippe, Fridtjov Såheim, Dennis Storhøi, and Karoline Viktoria Sletteng Garvang, an ensemble tasked with keeping a story of curses and creature chaos grounded in recognizable human reactions. The mix of comic timing and horror-adjacent tension asks the cast to shift registers quickly, scene by scene.
Context & significance
Roar Uthaug directs, working in Norway on a fantasy-horror-comedy that mixes folklore creature elements with contemporary comic sensibility rather than playing the material as straight horror. Blending three genres in one short runtime is a deliberate choice, aimed at an audience looking for something lighter than a conventional monster movie while still delivering horror-tinged set pieces.
Watching Troll on Ktime
Troll streams on K-Time with a free account login, no separate purchase needed once you are signed in. Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are both available, so Farsi-speaking viewers can watch the film's fast-moving genre mix in whichever format they find easiest to follow, part of K-Time's ongoing effort to bring international titles to the Iranian diaspora in their own language.