Froglip

The Princess and the Goblin ( ) is a 1991 animated fantasy film directed by József Gémes and written by Robin Lyons, an adaptation of George MacDonald's 1872 novel of the same name.

When a peaceful kingdom is menaced by an army of monstrous goblins, a princess joins forces with a miner boy to rescue the king and all his people. The pair must battle the evil power of the wicked goblin prince armed only with the gift of song, the miracle of love, and a magical shimmering thread.

In a mountainous kingdom, the widowed King leaves to attend affairs of the state, leaving his daughter, Princess Irene, with her nursemaid. When Irene is on an outing, she becomes lost in a forest. Deformed animals corner her until a strange singing drives them away. The singing is a young boy, Curdie, the son of a miner, who informs her that the monsters were goblins and are driven away by singing. Everyone except the King (who believed them to be just old miners tales) and his family know of the goblins.

The next day, Irene discovers a magical secret door in her bedroom. She ventures into a tower and meets the spirit of her Great-Great-Grandmother, also called Irene. Grandmother informs the young princess that she will soon be in grave danger. The same day, Curdie and his father are in the mines, and Curdie falls through a pothole and into the realm of the goblins. Hidden, he follows the goblins to a vast cavern where the Goblin King and malevolent Goblin Queen are announcing their scheme to flood the mines and drown humans. Prince Froglip, the spoiled and infantile heir to the goblin throne, states that the humans exiled the goblins underground centuries ago and now they plan to get revenge.