Mazes and Monsters (1982 film)
Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters (1982)
Summary
"Danger lurks between fantasy and reality." Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the table-top role-playing game into the local legendary cavern.
Details
- Release Date: 1982
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Drama, Documentary, Horror, Fantasy, made-for-TV
- Runtime: 1 hr 40 min
- Starring: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki
- Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
- Writer: Rona Jaffe (novel), Tom Lazarus (teleplay)
- Producer/Production Co: McDermott Productions, Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)
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Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: PG (mild Violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
No direct connection to Lovecraft, the film is an exaggerated account of how a thinly-veiled fictionalized version of a role-playing game like Dungeons and Dragons and Call of Cthulhu (RPG) destroys the life of a troubled player, a "cult" hit among role-playing game enthusiasts.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the table-top role-playing game into the local legendary cavern.
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