'Best Worst Movie' Trolls Around Austin

The documentary Best Worst Movie kicks off a cross-country tour tomorrow with a week-long run in the best city possible for such an event ... this one. It's not that I'm biased about Austin, although I am, but this is a town where screenings of the cult film that is the focus of the doc, Troll 2, sell out like crazy. In fact, Troll 2 events at Alamo Drafthouse and Rolling Roadshow are featured in the documentary, and you can even catch a nostalgic glimpse of the original Alamo Drafthouse on Colorado. Opening the movie in New York or LA first would have been downright wrong.

As all good Troll 2 fans know, Troll 2 isn't actually about trolls. The monsters are in fact goblins. And to promote Best Worst Movie, a pair of goblins have been venturing around Austin all week, visiting some of the city's finest and most unusual landmarks. You have to admire their dedication -- after all, you didn't see any Na'vi bumming around Barton Springs to promote Avatar, or sad teen vampires lurking around the Daniel Johnston frog mural for the Twilight movies.

You can view the full set of photos from the "Austin Goblin Tour" on the Facebook page for Best Worst Movie, including stops at Iron Works (but aren't they vegetarian?), Toy Joy, Spider House and I Luv Video. The Best Worst Movie folks have kindly granted me permission to show you a few of my favorites from other stops on the tour, below the jump.

No trip to Austin is complete without a stop at Barton Springs, and the goblins even brought bathing suits.

At the big downtown Whole Foods, the goblins naturally stopped at the green vegetable section (if you see Best Worst Movie you'll find out why).

Not only do goblins like their green foodstuffs, they also are opposed to meat eating, and decided to demonstrate this in the true Austin fashion: protesting at the State Capitol.

But being tourists, the goblins could not resist the temptation to enjoy a carriage ride through downtown Austin.

And of course, the goblins visited Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz ... although Best Worst Movie will actually screen at the South Lamar location, starting on Friday.

Keep an eye out for Jenn Brown's review of Best Worst Movie later today. We've also got a goblin-free photo of the cast and crew from their SXSW 2009 premiere.