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A Troll in Central Park (1994)
, 1h16Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Gary Goldman
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Environmental films, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Musical films, Films based on Norse mythology, Children's films
Actors Dom DeLuise, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Cloris Leachman, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jonathan Pryce
The film begins in a Kingdom of Trolls, where Stanley (Dom DeLuise) has a magical green thumb with the ability to bring flowers and plants to life at a touch. When he is discovered doing so, the other trolls take him as prisoner to Gnorga (Cloris Leachman), the Queen of the Trolls, who concludes that Stanley "gives a bad name to trolls everywhere" and demands that he be turned to stone. At the behest of her consort King Llort (Charles Nelson Reilly), Gnorga instead banishes Stanley to Central Park where, after a series of mishaps, Stanley hides himself under a bridge. In New York City, two young siblings named Gus and Rosie (Phillip Glasser and Tawny Sunshine Glover) learn that their father Alan (Jonathan Pryce) and mother Hilary (Hayley Mills) cannot take them to Central Park. while left alone with their nanny, Maria, Gus takes Rosie to the Park himself. While playing with Gus's toy boat, which is later accidentally smashed, Rosie befriends Stanley. When Queen Gnorga discovers Stanley happy in exile, she creates a flood to drown them by making Gus cry, but Stanley enlarges Gus's toy boat to escape. Soon after, Stanley shows the children his own ideals, depicted as a world of his own.
Legends of Valhalla: Thor (2011)
Directed by Óskar Jónasson
Origin Islande
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Emmett J. Scanlan
The young blacksmith Thor lives happily with his single mother in a peaceful little village. The legend says he is the son of Odin, the King of the Gods. Therefore the fellow villagers believe that the terrifying Giants will never attack them. But they are terribly mistaken. A Giant army crushes the village and takes the villagers to Hel, the Queen of the Underworld. Thor is knocked out and left behind. He sets out to save his friends with the hammer Crusher - who claims to be a magical weapon!
The Runestone (1991)
, 1h40Directed by Willard Carroll
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Peter Riegert, William Hickey, Joan Severance, Alexandre Godounov, Chris Young, Lawrence Tierney
Deep in a coal mine in Pennsylvania, a strange stone is found with Norse runes. The stone is transported to NYC, where some archeologists investigate the mystery. Death and destruction follow, as one of the archeologists becomes possessed, and begins killing everyone around him. Sam Stewart and wife Marla (Joan Severance) find it has some connection to their friend Martin. A young boy named Jacob (Chris Young) is haunted by terrifying nightmares of what is to come, and his grandfather (William Hickey) explains these dreams through stories from Norse legend, which says that the only one who can destroy Fenrir is Týr, the Norse god of single combat, victory and heroic glory, who is prophesied to return to fight the creature. In the nick of time, the mystical Clockmaker (Alexander Godunov), who actually is Týr, one-handed Norse God of combat, begins fighting Fenrir. The film cast includes Peter Riegert as a Pez popping, cussing policeman, and features a cameo by composer David Newman as a police officer named Strange.
Troll (1986)
, 1h22Directed by John Carl Buechler
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Witches in film, Films based on Norse mythology, Comedy horror films
Actors Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono, June Lockhart
The film begins with the Potter family moving into a new apartment complex in San Francisco. While unpacking, their young daughter Wendy is attacked by a grotesque little creature, who had long ago been transformed from a powerful wizard into a troll. Using a magic crystal green ring, it captures Wendy and possesses her form. After meeting the other eccentric tenants, the family notices Wendy's unusual behavior (roaring, biting, tossing people across rooms, punching people in the groin), but they attribute her behavior to the stress of the move. The only one that notices something is terribly wrong is Wendy's brother, Harry Potter Jr.
The Stone Forest (1965)
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Gordon Mitchell, Amedeo Trilli, Luigi Tosi, Luisa Rivelli
, 1h32Directed by David F. Friedman, Adrian Hoven
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Raimund Harmstorf, Sybil Danning, Peter Berling, Peter Capell, Adrian Hoven, Stuart Lancaster
Siegfried arrive à la cour de Günter, roi des Burgondes, précédé d’une flatteuse réputation de séducteur. Il tombe amoureux de Kriemhild, la sœur du roi, mais ne pourra obtenir sa main tant que son futur beau-père n’aura pas convolé. Grâce à ses qualités athlétiques naturelles et à son don d’invisibilité, il permet à Günter en le remplaçant au moment critique, de triompher des épreuves amoureuses imposées par la belle Brunehilde à son futur époux. Un double mariage récompensera les vaillants jouteurs...
Beowulf (1999)
, 1h35Directed by Graham Baker
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Poésie, Post-apocalyptic films, Transport films, Films set in the future, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology, Adaptation d'un poème, Disaster films
Actors Christophe Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton, Patricia Velásquez, Götz Otto, Charles Robinson
The setting is a post-industrial castle that defends the border of an unnamed kingdom. It is terrorized by a demon named Grendel, who kills the castle's defenders, one by one. After fighting his way past several soldiers trying to keep anyone from entering or leaving, the warrior Beowulf offers his help to the castle's king, Hrothgar, who welcomes his help.
Thor and the Amazon Women (1963)
, 1h35Directed by Antonio Leonviola, Tonino Ricci
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on Norse mythology, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Joe Robinson, Harry Baird, Maria Fiore
Thor and the Amazon Women (original title: Le Gladiatrici) is a sword and sandal picture that features a civilization of women warriors ruled by the evil Black Queen who has subjugated the men in her land. Thor and his friend Ubaratutu live in a distant village with a young blonde woman named Tamar and her young brother Homolke. Tamar’s father was the king of a seaside village who had been killed several years earlier when the Black Queen’s Amazon warriors raided the village.
Grendel (2007)
Directed by Nick Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Chris Bruno, Ben Cross, Marina Sirtis, Chuck Hittinger, Asen Blatechki, Raycho Stevanov Vasiliev
Le roi Higlack demande au prince Finn et à son champion, le terrible Beowulf, de lui venir en aide parce que son royaume est menacé par le monstre Grendel. Mais Hrothgar cache de terribles secrets.
Vikingdom (2013)
, 1h54Directed by KRU(Malaysian Boy Band)
Origin Malaisie
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Dominic Purcell, Conan Stevens, Natassia Malthe, Craig Fairbrass, Jon Foo, Jesse Moss
In the midst of time comes the clanging of steel against steel, and in a collision of myth and history, there is the "Vikingdom". Based on Viking folklore and the poems they left, "Vikingdom" is a fantasy, action adventure film about a forgotten king named Eirick. Tasked with the impossible odds to defeat Thor, the Norse god of thunder, who is on a mission to gather key ancient relics: the Mjölnir, his hammer from Valhalla; the Necklace of Mary Magdalene from Mitgard; and the Horn from Helheim. This needs to be accomplished before the sinister event of the Blood Eclipse, or else dire consequences will be faced by all in the realm.
, 1h28Directed by Andrew Lauer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films about dragons, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Hunter Allan, Lea Thompson, Wendie Malick, Amy Pietz, Eric Lutes, Andrew Lauer
Branded as a "nerd" and harassed by the school bully, twelve-year-old Arthur is rescued by a magical alchemist/troll who holds the secret to defeat an evil dragon, but is soon able to return the favor. Arthur's loving mom, struggling to keep her devious ex-husband from gaining custody of Arthur, dismisses her son’s "fantasies" until she realizes the all too real immediate danger and joins forces with Arthur, the troll, the Knights of the Square Table (Arthur's pals Natalie and Tim), and a dashing fantasy card-game creator named Shane Barker. Together, they hope to conquer an unleashed dragon and the wicked vice-principal who threaten civilization.
Berserker: Hell's Warrior (2004)
, 1h23Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Paul Johansson, Craig Sheffer, Kari Wuhrer, Patrick Bergin, Langley Kirkwood
The film begins with a voice-over by "Barek" who refers to a pagan legend. According to the saga Odin was spurned by Brunhilda. The irate pagan god chained her to an altar in Asgard, surrounded by a ring of eternal fire. He decreed that only a pure-hearted man could overcome the supernatural flames and save the alluring valkyrie. Her saviour's fate should then be connected to hers forever. As Barek explains, he and his only brother learned about this as little boys and craved more and more to rescue the legendary beauty as they grew older.
Son of the Mask (2005)
, 1h34Directed by Lawrence Guterman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Pregnancy films, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Superhero films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology, Children's films
Actors Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Traylor Howard, Steven Wright, Kal Penn, Bob Hoskins
A decade after the events of the first film, Dr. Arthur Neuman is giving a tour of the hall of Norse mythology in Edge City Museum. When Dr. Neuman reaches the part concerning Loki's mask, a man in black becomes increasingly anxious. Dr. Neuman mentions that Loki created the mask and unleashed it on Earth, and that those who wear the mask would have the powers of Loki. When Dr. Neuman mentions that Odin punished Loki with imprisonment, the stranger becomes very angry and transforms, revealing himself to be Loki. The tourists panic and flee, but Dr. Neuman stays to argue with the angry god. Loki takes the mask, but realizes it is a fake. In anger, he removes Dr. Neuman's still talking face from his body and puts it on the mask stand, before getting rid of the guards and storming out of the museum in a whirlwind of rage.
Almighty Thor (2011)
, 1h30Directed by Christopher Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Superhero films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Patricia Velásquez, Cody Deal, Richard Grieco, Nicole Fox, Kristen Kerr
When the demon god Loki (Richard Grieco) wipes off the city of Valhalla to steal the Hammer of Invincibility, only the young hero Thor (Cody Deal) can recover the cities from evil. When Thor's father and older brother are killed in a futile attempt to retrieve the hammer from Loki, a Valkyrie named Jarnsaxa (Patricia Velásquez) attempts to train a naïve and inexperienced warrior Thor to fight Loki. This leads them on a short quest from their training camp, to the Tree of Inventory to collect a sword and shield and then to a small city where Loki attempts to hypnotize the refusing residents into serving as his minions by bringing on a wipeout with a small army of demon beasts. When Thor is about to be defeated, he must forge his own fate to save the city and reclaim the Hammer of invincibility from Loki once and for all.
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
The film is set in Jamtaland in 1088, a year after the destruction of the Uppsala temple and at the border between Christianity and Norse Paganism. The pagan farmer and former Viking Grim lives a simple life on with his family. One day they are attacked by newly baptized Vikings lead by Joar. All but Grim is killed and he is instead made a slave. Haunted by the spirits of his dead family and his god, the psychopomp Odin, Grim devises a plan to take horrific vengeance on the followers of White Christ. But Grim must hurry, for his family was not buried properly and every Norseman knows that if that happens, the dead will not stay dead.