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A documentary about the Troll 2 cult phenomenon is in the works. Here is a teaser trailer. It best sums up what is happening with my life these days:
A great article at Bloody Good Horror about the New York Troll 2 screening.
AMC's Monsterfest people did a very nice video piece. Scroll down a bit and look for Best Worst Movie to view.
Read an article about the BOSTON TROLL 2 screening at The Brattle Theater.
Read a recent article about the Troll 2 phenomenon with a sidebar written by yours truly!

I played Arnold (OH MY GAAAAAAWWWD) in the best worst movie ever made - Troll 2. Am I proud? You betcha!
I get ink done, bitch!...

A plug from the Salt Lake Tribune.
...And one in the Standard Examiner
Hello, I'm Darren Ewing !
My greatest claim to fame, so far, is my participation in the smash cult classic Troll 2 , which has taken on a life of its own with fans of horror and cheesy cinema around the world. Some have called it the original Internet cult movie phenomenon .
I got back into film and television acting recently (See my pics and video ), and Iâ€™ve enjoyed some success. I was in the season finale of Everwood (though the whole scene got cut!) and Iâ€™ve been in some other films including: Return to Halloweentown (Disney), Unaccompanied Minors (Warner Bros. - Directed by Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig.) and Brothers Three: An American Gothic There have been a few television ads. I've also been doing cartoon voice over work.
Iâ€™m an improvisational comedian and a musician as well (drums â€“ 29 years / vocals/ rhythm guitar.) I've recorded 3 albums, I write lyrics and arrange music, and I sit in with a number of bands and musicians.
but my main gig is drumming for my band Skinny Bob and the Blues Dogs.
I do a video blog segment for sltrib.com. Here is a clip...

My Interests

Movies, Music, Television, Cartoons, Exercise, Toys, Internet, Cheez Whiz.

I'd like to meet:

Bruce Campbell, Gwen Stephani, William Shatner, Walt Disney.

Music:

The Refreshments, Elvis Costello, Combustible Edison, Aretha Franklin, Dinah Washington, 311, Brian Setzer, MoTown, North Mississippi Allstars, Billy Joel, Mamas and the Papa's, Los Staightjackets, Sam Cook, Count Basie, Cheap Trick, Frank Sinatra, Sam and Dave, Southern Culture on the Skids, The Hives, Lyle Lovette, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, The Clash, Hair Metal, Movie Scores.

Movies:

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alien, Inherit The Wind, Pulp Fiction, Miller's Crossing, Some Like It Hot, Shawshank Redemption, What's Up Tiger Lily, The Straight Story, Evil Dead 2, The Spanish Prisoner, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Toy Story, The General, Jacob's Ladder, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Cooler, Hard Boiled, Fight Club, L.A. Confidential, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich, New York Doll, Raising Arizona, Christopher Guest films...anything with zombies, Steve McQueen or Indiana Jones.

Television:

Arrested Development, The Daily Show, The Office, Colbert Report, Morton and Hayes, Lost.

Heroes:

My Dad, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Franklin, Buster Keaton, David Letterman, Don Knotts, Jack Benny, Spielberg, Jodi Foster, Johnny Mercer, Stan Freberg, Chuck Jones, Johnny Carson.

My Blog

Rewind: Get over yourself: Confessions of a Troll 2 alum

(By popular demand, I am re-publishing my Troll 2 rant from last year. I hope it brings your life much happiness.) Its late, and I'm punchy. Lets do some bloggin' !!! Something has been ...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:31:00 PST

Update: Troll 2 screening in Boston

Last year, when the second Troll 2 public screening was held in New York City (the first was in Provo, Utah, and I wasn't in attendance), I could not have been prepared for the reaction we rece...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:25:00 PST

Robert Rodriguez and Arnold from Troll 2

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. I went in today to read for a very small part in a Robert Rodriguez project titled "Animals." I don't know a thing about it, but I do know this&and I...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:15:00 PST

Bigger and Better

Today I graduate from College. It has been a 22-year odyssey for me, and one that I don't intend to repeat. For some inexplicable reason, I've been asked to speak at my graduation ceremony...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:17:00 PST

Me = 2 bottom 20 films at IMDB.com

Yes, its true! I've achieved many career milestones, recently, but it is hard to decide which one means the most to me. On one hand I currently have two (count 'em 2) movies in the bottom ...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:58:00 PST

Troll 2 screening and Sundance update

This year's Sundance Film Festival has been a blast so far! I've been up in Park City and Salt Lake City, UT everyday taking in the atmosphere and annoying celebrities. The weather has bee...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:08:00 PST

A few perfectly good reasons to see Unaccompanied Minors

Yes, I've been pimping the daylights out of this film ever since I shot my fabulous 2-line scene last March. But gosh darn it, I'm really, really excited that I'm in this film! I kno...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:46:00 PST

Get over yourself: Confessions of a Troll 2 alum

Its late, and I'm punchy. Lets do some bloggin' !!! Something has been sticking in my craw for a while and its high time I..uh..un-crawed it. Tonight's beef: What the hell is ...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:40:00 PST

Looping in Halloweentown

Well, here it is: My first blog entry. I had always intended this space to be a repository for my mind droppings, so I suppose now is as good a time as any to begin, though I must warn you, I am...
Posted by Darren Ewing on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:05:00 PST