The Vintage Reader

So last week I was watching one of my all-time favorite creepy movies, Troll, and I realized that the hero--an adolescent boy who wants to learn magic, before he discovers that his sister has been possessed by an evil troll--is named... wait for it... Harry Potter Jr.. The interesting thing about this (other than that Michael Moriarty plays his father, Harry Potter Sr.) is that Troll came out in 1986. The story is pretty standard and the special effects are really awful, but the music is nice, and it's the only time I've ever seen Gary Sandy play a character other than Andy Travis.

Still. Harry Potter Jr. Weird.

[UPDATE: No, I'm not implying that J.K. Rowling is a plagiarist, or anything like that. Other than the name and June Lockhart's costume, Troll doesn't have a lot in common with the Harry Potter books or movies (see my note about the special effects).]