During production , the film was known as Goblins , and some foreign releases of the movie were labeled as such , but upon release in the United States , the title was changed to Troll 2 in an attempt to help sell the film by connecting it to an established horror movie , the 1986 Empire Pictures film Troll .
Although produced under the title ( and released in Europe as ) Goblins , United States distributors were skeptical about the film 's ability to succeed as a standalone picture and renamed it Troll 2 in an attempt to market it as a sequel to the 1986 Empire Pictures film Troll .