Trolljegeren (André Øvredal, 2010)

Troll Hunter runs as a documentary in the manner of The Blair Witch Project, except with the fear sucked out and puerile cheekiness inserted. The theme may work better for Norwegians drenched in the mythos, but outside that context it's just students with hand-held cameras going from one fjord to the next in pursuit of giant uglies. The film's distinguishing virtue is the realisation of the trolls themselves: they are rendered genuinely impressively and their creators have given them bulk and character far beyond their human opponents, who you'd probably want to be squashed at the first instance.

5/10