Deadly Friend (1986)
Genre: Horror / Scifi
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Wes Craven
Stars: Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson and Michael Sharrett
IMDb score:
5,6 (9.888)
Releasedate: 10 October 1986
Deadly Friend plot
"There's no one alive who'll play with the girl next door."
Paul Conway is a 15 year old boy who has moved to another city. He has a robot named BeeBee. Paul befriends his neighbor Samantha, but one night her father abuses her so much that she is clinically dead. Paul tries to save her by implanting Beebee's microchips in her brain, but there are consequences.
Actors and actresses
Paul
Samantha
Tom
Jeannie
Elvira
Harry
Dr. Johanson
Sgt. Volchek
Carl
BB (voice)
Reviews & comments
Chainsaw
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- 8845 messages
- 3690 votes
Nice and charming video from Craven. The introduction is a bit long and the climax disappoints a bit, but the plot is generally entertaining and the clumsy eighties atmosphere adds something to the whole. Certainly not Craven's best, but Deadly Friend is fun here and there.
3 stars.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10175 messages
- 4759 votes
A cheesy film by Craven that is often forgotten but it is also below the level of his greater successes. The movie doesn't quite know what it should be: in the beginning you're watching a teen movie on its Short Circuit, then some domestic violence ensues between an "abusive" father and his daughter, and then we hit a turn towards zombie film. It's a bit of a stew of all sorts of things, but it certainly didn't bore me. The basketball scene comes out of nowhere and with two dream sequences Craven shows what he loved to do in A Nightmare on Elm Street. I didn't like the cliche ending here.
Laborteaux, who plays the part of the young amateur brain surgeon, is primarily a TV actor, known to me as Albert from Little House on the Prairie. An actor that does not appeal to the imagination, who seems to be walking around in his grandfather's square shirts and cloth trousers. Swanson, on the other hand, did surprise me, with some captivating mime as she plays her zombie alter ego.
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Noodless
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- 10087 messages
- 6205 votes
Wonderful pulp film from the 80s that was completely unknown to me until alexspyforever recently praised it in the horror challenge. Actually never heard of it. The movie is just fun because of the 80's atmosphere, a well-constructed story, BB the robot and Kristy Swanson. There are only a few kills in the film, but the basket scene was a hit. 
Only the last scene in the morgue was superfluous. 7/10
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