Mazes and Monsters

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Mazes and Monsters ★★½ Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters; Dungeons and Dragons 1982

A group of university students becomes obsessed with playing a real life version of the fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons (known in the film as Mazes & Monsters since D&D is trademarked). Early Hanks appearance is among the film's assets. Adapted from the book by Rona Jaffe. 100m/C VHS, DVD . CA Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wallace, Chris Makepeace, Lloyd Bochner, Peter Donat, Murray Hamilton, Vera Miles, Louise Sorel, Susan Strasberg, Anne Francis; D: Steven Hilliard Stern; M: Hagood Hardy. TV

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