EspenAshLad,apoorfarmer’sson,embarksonadangerousquestwithhisbrotherstosavetheprincessfromaviletrollknownastheMountainKing–inordertocollectarewardandsavehisfamily’sfarmfromruin.TheAshLadintheHalloftheMountainKingisanadventurefilmbasedonAsbj?rnsenandMoesclassictalesabouttheAshLad.为了得到国王的赏赐和避免自家的农场遭到破坏，穷小子艾斯本（AshLad或者Askeladen)和他的兄弟们开始了拯救被巨型山妖囚禁的公主之旅。本片是挪威著名作家Asbj?rnsen和Moe的经典代表作。