Review #295: Under ConTroll (2019)
October 2024 Horror Origins Review #12 - Under ConTroll (2019) Watch it here on Tubi! Under ConTroll is a very bizarre film, and I think it's important to view it both as a sequel to the phenomenon that was Troll 2, as well as just a movie on its own. Does it stand up as both? Does it stand up as either? Let's find out. This film begins in medieval times, where an evil troll/goblin/changeling (the movie uses those terms interchangeably) is trying to perform a ritual to kill a virgin and use their blood to gain power or open up a portal or something. The local wizard defeats the troll by stealing his magic book and turning him to stone, at which point we fast forward to the present day when the statue is unearthed and the spell broken and the troll takes the form of a local woman and enacts the plan to once again kill a virgin to yadda yadda yadda. The troll almost succeeds but is eventually defeated by a modern-day stage magician and the power of believing in oneself, and all ...