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Mazes and Monsters

Mazes and Monsters

Danger lurks between fantasy and reality.

19824.31h 40mPG

Overview

Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. Robbie loses his mind, and the line between reality and fantasy fuse into a harrowing nightmare.

Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Written by Rona Jaffe, Tom Lazarus
Produced by Richard Briggs
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Top Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Robbie Wheeling

Wendy Crewson

Wendy Crewson

Kate Finch

David Wallace

David Wallace

Daniel

Chris Makepeace

Chris Makepeace

Jay Jay Brockway

Lloyd Bochner

Lloyd Bochner

Hal

Peter Donat

Peter Donat

Harold

Anne Francis

Anne Francis

Ellie

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Lt. John Martini

Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Cat

Louise Sorel

Louise Sorel

Julia

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookrole playingrole playing gamemoral paniclarp

About Mazes and Monsters

Mazes and Monsters is a fantasy, drama, tv movie film released in 1982 exploring themes of based on novel or book, role playing, role playing game, moral panic, larp. Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern, it stars Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wallace. Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. Robbie loses his mind, and the line between reality and fantasy fuse into a harrowing nightmare.

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