Mazes and Monsters (1982) TV Movie
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie (Tom Hanks) and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern. Robbie starts having visions for real, and the line between reality and fantasy fuse into a harrowing adventure. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Steven Hilliard Stern
Written By: Tom Lazarus, Rona Jaffe
Starring: Wendy Crewson, Tom Hanks, Peter Donat, Anne Francis, Murray Hamilton, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bochner, Susan Strasberg, Chris Makepeace, Chris Wiggins, David Wallace, Louise Sorel
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Mazes and Monsters belongs to 10 collections
1. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 36 stars)
2. Based on a Book (public: moderated by iconogassed - 19 stars)
3. B-Movie (public - 15 stars)
4. Based on true events (public: moderated by iconogassed - 12 stars)
5. Based On Novel (public: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
6. Telemovie (public - 5 stars)
7. Books by Women that were made into Movies (public: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 2 stars)
8. Canadian director (public: moderated by iconogassed - 2 stars)
9. Role-Playing Games (public: moderated by Etheriel)
10. Welcome to the Basement (private: donkeyjelly)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Feb 24 | Filmo | 30 34% |
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| Sep 18, 2020 |  |
Spiosick | 7 80% |
| Jun 15, 2020 | law | 1 0% |
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Hyperion+ | 1 5% |
| May 26, 2020 | am4 | 58 26% |
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TheShiznit | 16 6% |
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RYM-byrates | 38 6% |
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Videoetron | 13 0% |
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I thought it would be a "magic is real" movie, then found the friendship almost interesting. Then it takes a turn, and becomes some sort of BS preachy anti-DnD propaganda that smashes through even the suspension of disbelief.
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| Dec 12, 2019 | SparkKnight | 29 17% |
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| Feb 18, 2019 | MenialRetcon | 56 3% |
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Tom Hanks, some WTC interior footage, five minutes of a DND variant that has no dice rolling, college kids should be doing normal things like drinking and sex, caves make you crazy. Low quality video transfer, second screen a must.
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| Jan 13, 2019 |  |
AzulA | 70 23% |
| Jan 01, 2019 |  |
Iamdwg | 34 2% |
| Aug 11, 2018 |  |
WarrenWho | 40 6% |
| May 12, 2018 | slkdragon | 3 1% |
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| May 01, 2018 | Metalfist | 20 1% |
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| Apr 28, 2018 | shanebarlow3 | 1 0% |
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| Feb 11, 2018 | davidjn | 50 29% |
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| Feb 03, 2018 | OgreZed | 60 25% |
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| Dec 26, 2017 |  |
greekgrits | 87 81% |
| Nov 11, 2017 |  |
sopachuco13 | 30 1% |
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This movie plays off the fear in the late 70's and early 80's that all of America's children were going to be engrossed in devil games which would lead them to a life of drugs and fantasy that they would never return from. This movie is based on a book that was penned at the time and turned into this TV Movie, I'm sure a wake-up-call to concerned parents at the time. The acting was alright. This is Hanks' first starring role as an actor and Makepeace returns from his Meatballs work.
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| Sep 18, 2017 | bellst74 | 55 19% |
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| Aug 24, 2017 | hematita | 60 6% |
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| Aug 23, 2017 | spanishbombs | 20 6% |
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| Jul 07, 2017 | PDragon616 | 30 10% |
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| Mar 26, 2017 |  |
TimeCapsule | 47 36% |
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This made-for-TV movie with an after school message about the evils of "Dungeons and Dragons" staring a young Tom Hanks makes for a pretty funny bad movie. Pack your sword and spells and join the holy man Pardieu (Tom Hanks) on his slow descent into the maze of madness.
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| Dec 10, 2016 | tvcritic1 | 42 19% |
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| Nov 14, 2016 | imdbtv | 42 11% |
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| Nov 01, 2016 | average50 | 42 5% |
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| Sep 19, 2016 |  |
crititv | 22 2% |
| Sep 15, 2016 | jffrakes | 60 24% |
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| Aug 28, 2016 |  |
estudiocaos | 80 56% |
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Magmadiver | 52 12% |
| Dec 11, 2015 | MichaelOKeef | 30 10% |
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| Sep 27, 2015 | SnoopyStyle | 50 21% |
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| Jun 22, 2015 |  |
Inkerictus | 70 53% |
| May 09, 2015 | Aaron1375 | 20 9% |
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| Apr 30, 2015 | ironhorse | 30 7% |
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| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 30 2% |
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| Mar 17, 2015 | Grygus | 35 2% |
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| Feb 11, 2015 |  |
VengefulKBM | 5 0% |
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Weird, misguided anti-D&D propaganda with horrible visuals, production values, and performances. It's honestly kind of amazing Tom Hanks' career survived this.
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| Nov 22, 2014 |  |
wokelstein | 45 18% |
| Nov 19, 2014 |  |
backwardsuit | 33 4% |
| Nov 14, 2014 | dylmil | 5 12% |
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| Nov 08, 2014 |  |
Gladstone | 3 22% |
| Oct 25, 2014 |  |
MoonSylver | 7 40% |
| Jun 15, 2014 | Rotten Users | 24 2% |
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Karmak | 3 7% |
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gwynplaine | 20 3% |
| Mar 05, 2014 | tyoda | 30 17% |
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| Dec 22, 2013 | gavinbennett | 16 11% |
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moosemoose | 43 2% |
| Oct 19, 2013 | ericambler | 25 3% |
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Sheldrake | 30 12% |
| Aug 10, 2013 | Barkinson | 35 16% |
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hotsake | 37 16% |
| Mar 18, 2013 | Cronos | 40 30% |
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| Feb 13, 2013 | Batmite | 50 14% |
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| Jan 01, 2013 | lostinlodos | 83 72% |
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| Dec 11, 2012 | Coheed | 40 15% |
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MartinTeller | 32 3% |
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ilyaoblomov | 50 16% |
| Jun 05, 2012 | shinesunfish | 40 4% |
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| Mar 29, 2012 | glm | 29 1% |
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| Mar 12, 2012 |  |
p00q | 10 8% |
| Sep 05, 2011 | Aiviru | 10 3% |
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| Jul 23, 2011 |  |
hellboy76 | 16 5% |
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Cheeseball movie playing off the irrational fears of RPG'ers.
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| Jul 23, 2011 |  |
Velvet Crowe | 9 4% |
| Jun 26, 2011 |  |
Bufo1944 | 85 56% |
| Jun 17, 2011 | filmcricket | 43 25% |
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| Mar 16, 2011 |  |
IMDb-byvotes | 41 2% |
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Da Govna | 30 15% |
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jaytoast | 1 5% |
| Aug 17, 2010 |  |
weirdyoda | 4 0% |
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good lord.
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| Aug 07, 2010 |  |
DaWolfey | 16 19% |
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Anyone who liked Mazes and Monsters is a D&D loving faggot.
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| Jun 08, 2010 | Zeno | 71 14% |
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buser333 | 55 62% |
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Nroo | 12 2% |
| Feb 25, 2010 |  |
Stain | 40 23% |
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Like JooJoo says in his review, this is some kind of weird "there were some things that boys and girls were not meant to know" warning against letting your kids play D&D. A silly premise given a dull execution
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| Feb 02, 2010 |  |
yawkcorb | 68 18% |
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I found this movie to be pretty hilarious. The movie takes itself way too seriously and tries to make "mazes and monsters" out to be a serious threat, obviously referencing Dungeons and Dragons. Unintentionally hilarious, I say; especially if you know a thing or two about D&D.
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| Jan 10, 2010 |  |
KittyAMF287 | 30 57% |
| Jan 03, 2010 | jjrocketman | 20 11% |
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| Dec 14, 2009 | Picasso | 0 0% |
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roofs_runner | 38 9% |
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| Oct 22, 2009 | GrimCow | 70 32% |
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snyder_rb | 67 10% |
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Jgirl2688 | 45 11% |
| Jun 17, 2009 | tielardurdin | 75 46% |
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| Jun 15, 2009 |  |
Zaltys | 12 7% |
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JooJoo | 1 9% |
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Hey, I watched this once, it plays out as a sort of propaganda against role-playing. The kind of stupid reactions when D&D hit like people arguing that children couldn't handle these kind of escapist entertainments and would get lost in it and kill themselves - really stupid on every level. Tom Hanks has come very far.
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| May 11, 2009 |  |
manuzani | 0 5% |
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imdb | 42 9% |
| Mar 05, 2009 |  |
joseywales | 39 15% |
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Goofy early Tom Hanks vehicle with a surprisingly sad ending.
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| Feb 18, 2009 | cblur21 | 42 15% |
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x-human | 48 9% |
| Aug 21, 2008 | lonelypanda | 20 0% |
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TV+Film-Hub | 1 9% |
| Aug 06, 2008 | Johnny Logic | 50 1% |
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| Jul 18, 2008 |  |
Hellward | 50 16% |
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Funny and "frightening" (when think about the state of mind of the creators) at the same time :)
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| Jun 03, 2008 |  |
Booster | 45 25% |
| Mar 20, 2008 |  |
teknicolor | 26 13% |
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This movie is dumb. "The most frightening monsters are the ones that exist in our minds" my ASS.
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| Mar 18, 2008 |  |
naviniea | 30 6% |
| Mar 07, 2008 | Marty | 45 37% |
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| Feb 29, 2008 | RNG | 91 91% |
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| Feb 25, 2008 | Sunsplitter | 29 13% |
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| Feb 24, 2008 |  |
whitelighter | 37 0% |
| Jan 03, 2008 | mike615 | 40 19% |
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aarona1c | 22 23% |
| Aug 14, 2007 | moeta2 | 85 59% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
sweetsin0r | 70 29% |
| Aug 14, 2007 | jcdracula | 0 17% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Travisbickle | 65 15% |
| Aug 14, 2007 | bigloser | 60 10% |
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tinythedogg | 20 6% |
| Aug 03, 2007 | MacMoney | 18 17% |
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| Mar 01, 2007 | Lovecraft | 10 4% |
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| Average Percentile 17.02% from 116 Ratings |  |
