Sweet Sixteen (1983)

★ 4.7 1h 30m 71 votes IMDb

Horror Crime Mystery

A beautiful lonely girl named Melissa tries to make new friends from a town she's currently living in. The only problem is, each of the boys that she spends time with end up brutally murdered. Her sixteenth birthday is on the way, but Melissa turns out to be a suspect when it seems she's the last person who has seen her boyfriends alive.

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Cast

Bo Hopkins as Sheriff Dan Burke Died 2022 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA Bo Hopkins (February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 film and television roles in a career of more than 40 years, including the The Wild Bunch (1969), The...

Susan Strasberg as Joanne Morgan Died 1999 · New York City, New York Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was born in New York City to theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg of the...

Patrick Macnee as Dr. John Morgan Died 2015 · Paddington, London, England, UK Patrick Macnee was an English actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers (1961-1969)..

Don Stroud as Billy Franklin Age 82 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Donald Lee Stroud (born 1 September 1943) is an American actor and surfer who appeared in many films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and has starred in over 1...

Dana Kimmell as Marci Burke Age 66 · Texarkana, Texas, USA Dana Kimmell is an American actress who has starred in films and on television. She played Dawn Marshall on Texas and appeared on Days of Our Lives as Diane Parker from 1983–1984..

Aleisa Shirley as Melissa Morgan Age 63 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Director Jim Sotos

Cast Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg, Patrick Macnee, Don Stroud, Dana Kimmell, Don Shanks, Aleisa Shirley, Steve Antin, Sharon Farrell, Logan Clarke

Reno 6/10 Jul 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

Wuchak 6/10 May 01, 2018

Whodunit slasher in a Southwestern town with a likable cast

RELEASED IN 1983 and directed by Jim Sotos, "Sweet 16” chronicles events in a West Texas town when a new family moves into town and there are a series of murders revolving around the 16 year-old daughter (Aleisa Shirley). The sheriff (Bo Hopkins) and deputy (Michael Cutt) try to track down the killer. Dana Kimmell and Steve Antin play the Sheriff’s kids while Patrick Macnee and Susan Strasberg play the parents of the new girl.

While this is a slasher, it’s not overly gory and could be categorized as a whodunit mystery. The story kicks off with a quality bar confrontation, which reveals the racial tension in the town between whites and Natives. Despite all the gushing over the new girl (Aleisa Shirley), she’s not all that, i.e. no curves. Dana Kimmell is the real beauty here.

The cast is likable, particularly Hopkins as the main protagonist, and the early 80’s ambiance is to die for. Don Shanks is notable as a kick axx Native. I liked the movie and enjoyed trying to figure out who the killer was amidst the red herrings, but found the wrap up a little eye-rolling and unsatisfying.

THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 30 minutes and was shot on the outskirts of Los Angeles. WRITER: Erwin Goldman. ADDITIONAL CAST: Don Stroud is on hand as a troublemaking cowboy.

GRADE: B-