Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen

What terrors are unleashed when a girl turns...

1983 · 90 min · ★ 4.9 · Crime, Horror, 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.

Directed by Jim Sotos · Written by Erwin Goldman

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Bo Hopkins Sheriff Dan Burke
Susan Strasberg Joanne Morgan
Patrick Macnee Dr. John Morgan
Don Stroud Billy Franklin
Dana Kimmell Marci Burke
Don Shanks Jason Longshadow
Aleisa Shirley Melissa Morgan
Steve Antin Hank Burke
Sharon Farrell Kathy Hopkins
Logan Clarke Jimmy
Michael Pataki George Martin
Henry Wilcoxon Greyfeather

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