Sweet Sixteen

A really dull mystery here. While the production values may generally be a notch or two up from other low budget movies of the time, it doesn't break the tedium that quickly builds and isn't much erased by the (few) murder scenes. Odd that while the movie centers around one particular girl, she actually isn't in that much of the movie when you think about it. She doesn't do that much when she is onscreen, save maybe for taking off her clothes a few times. There are a lot of obvious red herrings, so it's pretty easy to figure out who is behind it all, though the movie doesn't make clear how the sheriff managed to piece it all together.

Sweet Sixteen is a mysterious film that is often enjoyable. Not often is the horror genre mixed with mystery, but in the case of Sweet Sixteen. The film revolves around Melissa, a girl becoming sixteen. The boys adore her...but they can't seem to be around her for long. As the tagline goes, everyone is DYING to meet her. Every boy around Melissa dies soon after meeting her. Southern Sheriff Bo Hopkins is once again a treat to watch, as he plays the role for the hundredth time. The film isn't as obvious as you might think, and it holds your interest until the end. Few flaws in the film make it an enjoyable viewing. You'll enjoy the film and its shocking climax. The acting is up to par, and the film is as well. Enjoy!!

This is part horror, part mystery. I really liked this one because it has good acting, and a good story. Set in a small town, a young girl is suspected of murders in the town. But is it really her? Good movie that doesn't get a lot of play... rent it..

SWEET 16 is a low budget and rather unknown thriller of the early 1980s, complete with various genre elements. It's a small town drama, a murder mystery of sorts, and it also contains a series of murder scenes which are straight out of a slasher film. The story revolves around a 16 year old girl whose boyfriends keep getting killed by an unknown assailant. The film's backdrop of small-town bigotry and resentment is more interesting than the somewhat slow central story, but at least there are various familiar faces showing up here. Don Stroud does his bit alongside Dana Kimmell, making a small horror niche for herself with roles in this and Friday the 13th Part III in the space of a year. Susan Strasberg and Patrick Macnee play the parents and the latter does particularly well in an against-type role. Best of the bunch is the reliable Bo Hopkins as the town sheriff.

The central plot of the movie was interesting: every boy a teenage girl is interesting in gets murdered. However, despite this great potential source of intrigue the movie is quite flat and listless. More a horror film than a thriller or murder mystery in the end, which is already enough to boot it into "dislike" territory.