Deadly Friend

Name: Deadly Friend
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: October 10, 1986
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Andrew Roperto, Anne Ramsey, Anne Twomey, Charles Fleischer, Kristy Swanson

1986

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 10, 1986 | R

Starring: Andrew Roperto, Anne Ramsey, Anne Twomey, Charles Fleischer, Kristy Swanson, Lee Paul, Matthew Labyorteaux, Michael Sharrett, Richard Marcus, Russ Marin

Summary: After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting robotic microchips into her brain.

Director: Wes Craven

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Nick Schager

Remains a mesmerizing time-capsule portrait of ’80s-era hopes and fears about computers. Read full review

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Pic has enough gore, suspense and requisite number of shocks to keep most hearts pounding through to the closing credits. Read full review

Caryn James

Deadly Friend is stylish and sardonic enough to offer horror fans some knowing laughs and a pleasant relief from shrieking. Read full review

Patrick Goldstein

Craven remains a savvy storyteller -- and he still jolts us with a couple of hideous frights -- but this new film lacks the skin-crawling intensity of past Craven efforts. [14 Oct 1986]

Paul Attanasio

On the whole, Deadly Friend is a routine horror movie, poorly photographed (by old-time cinematographer Philip Lathrop) and poorly performed (with the exception of New York stage actress Anne Twomey, as Paul's mother). Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The movie turns into a rather-dull mad-scientist romp. Craven's direction is nothing more than workmanlike, and it appears that out of sheer boredom he threw two nightmare sequences into the mix. Read full review

Bill Cosford

Craven packs routine teen-confrontation material into the plot as filler, and still has trouble getting to 90 minutes. His ending is contrived and nonsensical even by the standards of the form. [14 Oct 1986, p.B7]

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JLuis_001

Jul 3, 2022

I understand that Wes Craven couldn't make of this film what he had envisioned in the first instance, but in reality that ends up being irrelevant because this is the product delivered and it's one of the most disappointing films I've seen from this director by far.

There are horror filmsI understand that Wes Craven couldn't make of this film what he had envisioned in the first instance, but in reality that ends up being irrelevant because this is the product delivered and it's one of the most disappointing films I've seen from this director by far.

There are horror films that feel silly, but they use it as a device that can work in the grotesque or the humorous and the biggest crime of Deadly Friends is that it just feels silly and the horror is conspicuous by its absence.… Expand

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