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This new film just premiered at Sundance<\/a>. The now-popular \u201cfake documentary\u201d conceit has been raising the stakes recently, with low-budget minimalism giving way to imaginative special effects that still try to capture the \u201cfound footage\u201d mystique that is a cornerstone of this genre. Cloverfield<\/span> may have started it all (though I personally thought the \u201cmonsters\u201d were somewhat overdone); then this year brought us the subversive horror hybrid The Last Exorcism<\/span> (by Daniel Samm whose previous false docu A Necessary Death<\/span> was little seen but highly praised), and the clever not-too-distant-future military allegory Monsters<\/span> by newcomer Gareth Edwards.<\/p>\n

Andrew Ovredal\u2019s film The Troll Hunter<\/span> is the first Scandinavian entry to this exciting genre, and if the trailer is any indication, it looks like a wild ride:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vy2nAOdBUlw<\/a>\n

Combining horror, folklore and a cheeky take on religious prejudice, The Troll Hunter<\/span> looks like it will stir things up considerably. Hail, Norway!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"