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Sweet Sixteen

  • 1983
  • R
  • 1h 28min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
5,1/10
2,9 mil
TU PUNTUACIÓN
Aleisa Shirley in Sweet Sixteen (1983)
Big city girl Melissa Morgan tries to make new friends in the small Texas town she just moved to. The only problem is, each of the boys that she spends time with ends up brutally murdered, with Melissa always the last person to have seen each of her boyfriends alive...
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La adolescente Melissa se muda a un pequeño pueblo lleno de prejuicios raciales y acoso escolar, y cada vez que se encuentra con uno de los chicos del pueblo, acaban asesinados - pero ¿quién... Leer todoLa adolescente Melissa se muda a un pequeño pueblo lleno de prejuicios raciales y acoso escolar, y cada vez que se encuentra con uno de los chicos del pueblo, acaban asesinados - pero ¿quién es el asesino?La adolescente Melissa se muda a un pequeño pueblo lleno de prejuicios raciales y acoso escolar, y cada vez que se encuentra con uno de los chicos del pueblo, acaban asesinados - pero ¿quién es el asesino?

  • Dirección
    • Jim Sotos
  • Guión
    • Erwin Goldman
  • Reparto principal
    • Bo Hopkins
    • Susan Strasberg
    • Patrick Macnee
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    5,1/10
    2,9 mil
    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Jim Sotos
    • Guión
      • Erwin Goldman
    • Reparto principal
      • Bo Hopkins
      • Susan Strasberg
      • Patrick Macnee
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    Bo Hopkins
    Bo Hopkins
    • Sheriff Dan Burke
    Susan Strasberg
    Susan Strasberg
    • Joanne Morgan
    Patrick Macnee
    Patrick Macnee
    • Dr. John Morgan
    Don Stroud
    Don Stroud
    • Billy Franklin
    Dana Kimmell
    Dana Kimmell
    • Marci Burke
    Don Shanks
    Don Shanks
    • Jason Longshadow
    Aleisa Shirley
    Aleisa Shirley
    • Melissa Morgan
    Steve Antin
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    • Hank Burke
    Sharon Farrell
    Sharon Farrell
    • Kathy Hopkins
    Logan Clarke
    Logan Clarke
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    • George Martin
    Henry Wilcoxon
    Henry Wilcoxon
    • Greyfeather
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    Michael Cutt
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    Glenn Withrow
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      • Jim Sotos
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    5S1rr34l

    Tries Too Hard To Be Different - But Falls Into The Pits Of Mediocrity.

    Greetings And Salutations, and welcome to my review of Sweet Sixteen; here's the breakdown of my ratings:

    Story: 1.00 Direction: 1.00 Pace: 0.50 Acting: 1.25 Enjoyment: 1.00

    TOTAL: 4.75 out of 10.00

    Sweet Sixteen is one of those films that tries to be different. Sadly, in doing so, its effort is obvious and adds to the list of handicaps within the movie.

    The story is your standard mysterious killer on the loose whodunnit. Regrettably, the writers fail to make the murders, the victims, or their stimuli piquant enough. I never cared about who was getting offed or who was committing the murders or their motives for the bloodshed. And induced disinterest is a terrible thing for a whodunnit. One reason for the indifference was the characters. You have your typical cowboys hating on the Native Americans - The customary rebellious Native American and his classic Grandfather figure, who is nonchalant with the whole situation. Another handicap in the story was its structuring. You can guess which person is questioned first by the Sherriff for the killings. Even though the Sherriff is proud to be part Native American, he still pursues Longshadow. In truth, the writers lean heavily towards him being the perpetrator. They could have easily chosen to make a stand about the racial unfairness of the area. They do hint at it a couple of times but never get their gnashers into the meat of the matter. It's a shame as it would have made a good hook and added some much-needed thought-provoking. Then there are the characters who are only around to drive the narrative in the writer's preferred direction - Like Dr John Morgan and, to a certain degree, even the Sheriff. There appears to be a lack of a leading character in this tale.

    The direction is your routine affair. Most scenes are point-and-shoot with very little in the way of embellishments. And the tempo is your commonplace saunter. As with most films of this style, a varied pace and imaginative lighting and camerawork would have gone a long way to making the picture more intriguing. I found my attention drifting several times.

    However, the most heat in this lukewarm picture is the cast. We have some serious talent in the roll-call. It's a shame the writers couldn't provide a better script and that the director couldn't guide them correctly. They all give their best with their bestowments. And, in some little way, it lifts the movie a tad.

    Sweet Sixteen is not a great movie and nor is it ghastly. As such, I'd recommend it for one watch, though only if there's nothing more pressing for you to do, like learning to dance an Irish Jig.

    Please feel free to visit my Killer Thriller Chillers lists to see where I ranked Sweet Sixteen.

    Take Care & Stay Well.
    6Hey_Sweden

    Not really for hardcore slasher fans.

    This 1983 Texas-made feature is more of a murder mystery, and not a terribly successful one. The problem is that apparently the filmmakers (led by producer / director Jim Sotos) and cast were working from an unfinished script, and it shows: the writing overall is muddled. Still, this has an awfully good cast for this sort of thing, and Sotos and company do try to give the story a little extra something by introducing racism (the poor treatment of the local Indians) into the proceedings. "Sweet 16" also banks a lot on the importance of its central character Melissa and the actress in the role, Aleisa Shirley. She's a hot to trot 15 going on 16 year old who seems to enjoy making trouble and being the centre of attention.

    One problem with this is that we seem to be getting encouraged to ogle Shirley at every opportunity, and even though Shirley was older than her character, she wasn't *that* much older, making scenes such as a shower sequence highly uncomfortable.

    The tale, written by Erwin Goldman, shows what happens as bloody murders begin to occur as Melissa's 16th birthday approaches. The plodding sheriff on the case is Dan Burke (ever amiable Bo Hopkins), whose mystery junkie daughter Marci (Dana Kimmell, a.k.a. the final girl of "Friday the 13th Part III") is eager for some excitement in her small town and follows her fathers' cases with interest. Meanwhile, Indians such as Jason Longshadow (Don Shanks, a.k.a. Michael Myers in "Halloween 5") and his grandfather Greyfeather (Henry Wilcoxon, in his final film role) are targeted by rowdy racist rednecks Billy (Don Stroud) and Jimmy (Logan Clarke).

    At the least, "Sweet 16" boasts solid atmosphere, although some slasher aficionados are likely to be dissatisfied with a very small body count and too much murkiness in the gore scenes. (Still, they may be pleased with the various revealing shots of Shirley.) The cast also includes Susan Strasberg, looking lovely as always, Patrick Macnee (who replaced Leslie Nielsen), Steve Antin ("The Goonies"), Sharon Farrell ("Night of the Comet"), Michael Pataki ("Dead & Buried"), Larry Storch ("Without Warning"), Michael Cutt ("Night of the Demon" 1980), and Glenn Withrow ("The Outsiders").

    The music, by Tommy Vig, is good, but viewers may cringe at the ultra-sappiness of Melissas' theme song.

    Also available in a directors' cut.

    Six out of 10.
    Katatonia

    One of those horror/mystery gems

    I won't post a long and detailed review of the movie, because it is a great little horror mystery film and there are several positive reviews already posted that said it better than i probably could have.

    An interesting note is that this movie is actually on DVD in a couple of obscure "bargain boxsets". They are from BCI Eclipse, who release a lot of 10-Packs of old generic movies for a bargain price. The name of the boxsets are "Student Bodies" which is a 4-Pack, and also in a 10-Pack boxset called "Toga Party". The odd thing is the description on the boxes for these sets is wrong about the movie, it lists it as being some party movie...but it is not! It is indeed Sweet 16 from 1981 on DVD! The quality is pretty good for DVD too.
    lazarillo

    Underrated 80's slasher flick

    This was not generally a well-regarded slasher movie back in the 80's since it did not contain a lot of graphic violence or gruesome Tom Savini-type special effects. It is more of a murder mystery. And though the identity of the murderer is pretty obvious, it is nevertheless pretty effective. It has a great small-town setting (whereas most other slashers were set in suburbia) and an effective atmosphere. Parts of it are quite masterful like a scene near the end (prominently featured in all the promotional artwork) where the central girl and a male admirer go skinny-dipping at night in a lake lit only by a single cross-shaped key light. (It's unfortunate that most slasher movie fans are such gore-hounds that they don't appreciate the more subtle elements of horror movies like cinematography, setting, and atmosphere). The story is also a pretty different in that all the victims in this movie are young MALES rather than promiscuous young females. And they all meet a sticky end because they're sniffing around the new girl in town, played by Aleisha Shirley (but then it's kind of hard to blame them).

    The adults in town are played by such stalwart character actors as Bo Hopkins (as the town sheriff) and Susan Strasberg (as the mother of the new girl). Dana Kimmel from "Friday the 13th Part III" plays the sheriff's daughter who befriends the new girl and eventually solves the mystery. For a long time Kimmel, a devout Mormon, was blamed for "Friday the 13th Part III" being so tame compared to the rest of the series (as if they couldn't have just replaced her with another actress). Fortunately, this ridiculous rumor has been discredited by several recent books on the "Friday the 13th" movies. Mormon or not, she's definitely good in these virginal "final girl" roles. Aleisha Shirley was not as good of an actress as Kimmel, but she was certainly effective in teen femme fatale roles (she also appeared in the pilot episode of the HBO series "The Hitchhiker" as a teenager who seduces her mother's boyfriend). She actually looks a lot more like "sweet 20-something" than "sweet 16" in this movie, but her frequent nude scenes allow the movie to make up in skin what it lacks in gore.

    I'm kind of surprised they haven't re-made this, although I read about a movie in Gorezone magazine called "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" that seems to have a very similar plot (for some reason though it hasn't been released in the US yet, despite the presence of a currently hot actress, Amanda Heard, in the lead role). Oh well, the "original" is available on DVD now, so check it out if you get a chance
    5BA_Harrison

    Thank heavens for little girls

    Beautiful teenager Melissa Morgan is a bit of a wild child, quickly attracting the attention of most of the local boys; however, those lucky enough to get close to her have a nasty habit of turning up dead.

    This rather obscure 80s horror opens in classic stalk 'n' slash mode with a gratuitous shower scene, the 'sweet 16' of the title, schoolgirl Melissa (played by Aleisa Shirley, actually a good few years older than 16), giving herself a thorough wash for the benefit of the viewer. Normally, such a scene would be followed by the young woman, clad in a towel, leaving the shower to be stalked by a masked maniac, or would at least end with a false scare, but here there's no such payoff; it simply exists to get some gratuitous T&A on the screen, as does a later moment when the lovely girl goes skinny dipping.

    Not that I'm complaining, because without the occasional spot of nudity from Shirley, this would be a lot less enjoyable, the actual horror content being fairly lame...

    There are a number of killings throughout the film, but these are unexceptional stabbings shot in a frenzied manner at night, making them very disappointing for gore fans. The rest of the film consists primarily of dull police procedure, as Sheriff Dan Burke (Bo Hopkins) slowly pieces together clues to discover the identity of the killer, plus some clichéd racial tension between the town's rednecks and local Indians, none of which is particularly thrilling. In short, be grateful for the nekkidness when it happens.

    4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.

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    • Curiosidades
      Patrick Macnee replaced Leslie Nielsen, who was forced to withdraw from the film because of a scheduling problem.
    • Pifias
      Johnny's truck is not parked in the same spot when they find it day after.
    • Citas

      Melissa Morgan: [to Johnny and Hank] You guys ever play with girls or just yourselves?

    • Conexiones
      Featured in Sweet 16: Interview with Bo Hopkins, Aleisa Shirley and Jim Sotos (2008)
    • Banda sonora
      Melissa's Theme
      Music and Lyrics by Joel Wertman & Mark Wertman

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 16 de septiembre de 1983 (Estados Unidos)
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      • Estados Unidos
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      • Sweet 16
    • Localizaciones del rodaje
      • Piru Elementary School 3811 Center St. Piru, California, Estados Unidos(Sun Valley High School)
    • Empresas productoras
      • Sweet Sixteen Productions
      • Productions Two
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      • 1h 28min(88 min)
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    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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