trashgang I once bought this movie on VHS because it was a big OOP all over the world. But of course sometimes they are released on official DVD. Once I've got the DVD it was time to watch it. Still, the DVD is like watching a good VHS. I guess it was still copied from a VHS. The luminance was flickering a whole time of the movie. There were a lot of drops on the DVD stated that it just was a copy. But that wasn't really a problem because the editing wasn't without failures. A lot of hiss when they cut from one reel to another combined with the typical sync faults. Made in the era of the slashers many stated that it was a slasher. I wouldn't say that. There are some killings in it and first person shots are used but there isn't any really bloody or gory shots in it as they used in the time being. Was it bad, no no, it is watchable for anybody. It's weird that some OOP's really had some big names in it. This one has Patrick Macnee and Bo Hopkins in it. Included on the DVD is the director's cut and the theatrical cut. What a difference in the beginning. The director's cut isn't 1 minute into the movie or Melissa is already full frontal naked. The theatrical cut has a whole other beginning, no shower scene. It really is a good movie but I only gave it a 4 due the reason that it was made full slasher era and it didn't deliver what we were used to that time being. But the main reason why it was hunted down was the fact that it was Jim Sotos second movie. He just made a remake of the roughie Forced Entry, in fact same story without the hardcore. Sotos' movies were hard to find until up today...

The_Void On the surface, this would appear to be just another dreary slasher flick, but what separates this film from a lot of the crowd is the that director Jim Sotos (who also directed the rarer of the two 'Forced Entry' films) creates a real gritty atmosphere that makes the film feel a lot like a seventies exploitation flick and ensures that the film is somewhat nastier than the likes of Friday the 13th and Halloween. It has to be said that this one isn't as gory as some slashers, but the violence is much more realistic, which more than makes up for that fact. The plot isn't particularly original and focuses mainly on the theme of a young girl coming of age. Melissa is fifteen and coming up to sixteen. She's in a new town and lonely because she doesn't know anyone, but luckily for her; she's also quite fit and proves to be a hit with the local boys. However, there's a catch as every boy she goes out with ends up getting brutally slaughtered! The crimes are investigated by the town sheriff and his two kids, and naturally Melissa ends up on the suspects list.The film was obviously made on a small budget but that doesn't hinder it too much as Sweet 16 more than sets out what it clearly intended to do. In fact, the production values are actually quite high for a small eighties production; the shortcomings in the form of the cinematography helps the film as it is rewarded with a real rough feel. The cast is good, with the likes of Bo Hopkins, Patrick Macnee and Susan Strasberg leading the film, while Aleisa Shirley is more than adequate in the title role. The film feels more like a seventies movie than an eighties flick and that's another positive element if you ask me. The plot flows well and since the film is only short at about eighty minutes, it doesn't have a chance to get old or tired before the ending. With slashers, a twist at the end is pretty much mandatory and this film adheres to that - except unlike a lot of slashers, the twist here is both interesting and believable. I can't say that this is brilliant or a classic, but I went into it expecting nothing decent and found a fairly good film so I definitely do recommend Sweet 16 to my fellow horror fans!

Wizard-8 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.

Katatonia 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.