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Sweet Sixteen

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Murder and mayhem seem to surround the new girl (Aleisa Shirley) in town as her 16th birthday approaches.
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Lucius Gore ESplatter 02/26/2009
1.5/4
The film may generate a little bit more interest this year because "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" seems to have taken a little inspiration from it. Go to Full Review
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Horror fan 4 07/15/2024 A very entertaining slayer with very good performances and characters. A underrated movie. Tim Treakle See more Steve D 03/09/2023 Extra talent can't help this below average thriller. See more 03/25/2018 A more low key, but entertaining slasher. It's a standard slasher formula, with an interesting twist and motive. The cast is quite likeable and really helps endear the whole thing. See more 04/07/2017 The familiar cast can't do much with the shoddy material. Not one of the fun 80's slashers. See more 07/04/2016 A serial killer on the loose in a small town. This is not a popular title, but I find it an interesting thriller-mystery. I don't know the cast, but I liked them all decently. It is a murder mystery that takes place in a small town where a sheriff investigates the recent brutal knife attacks with all the possibility angle. All the victims were teenage boys, who are associated with the new girl in the town. Definitely you will begin to predict the suspect, that much the film evolves a bridge between you and the contents. It was a great story, I was stunned for its underrated status and for going unnoticed, but then it ended very cheaply. To me the conclusion ruined the rhythm, otherwise the rest of the film was amazing and worth a watch. I hope somebody would remake it with some changes, especially in the final act and its twist. Overall surely it was a fine film, a mix of the teen theme and the cop story, obviously excluding the bad ending. 6/10 See more 11/18/2015 Sweet Sixteen was the little train that couldn't. Decent story, okay acting, and lots of interesting characters and subplots. But for some reason none of it gelled together well. It just felt like pieces cobbled together. It could have been great if some of the story points made more sense, or were maybe expanded on. All in all, it was decent and enjoyable. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Murder and mayhem seem to surround the new girl (Aleisa Shirley) in town as her 16th birthday approaches.
Director
Jim Sotos
Producer
Jim Gillespie, Jim Sotos
Screenwriter
Erwin Goldman
Production Co
Productions Two, Sweet Sixteen Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 13, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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