I've been wanting to see this movie for the longest time now but I've only been able to see it just recently.After all this time I must say I'm disappointed.Deadly Friend started off good but after robot BB was destroyed the movie went downhill.Robot BB was like a version of Johnny 5 that started Short Circuit-ing (Ha Ha Ha, I made myself laugh) I was really hoping BB was going to be rebuilt but..... Nope.After Robot BB's brain was implanted in Samantha, I was interested in seeing where this was going but I started losing interest as well.It just was NOT the same anymore.The Elvira kill scene has to be 1 of the worst kill scenes I've ever seen.It was definitely different but stupid & the final end scene has to be 1 of the worst endings I've ever seen.If Deadly Friend was remade then I hope it's Wes Craven directing again & this time, I hope he'll be able to direct it exactly the way he wants

Everyone who knows anything about horror movies knows that Wes Craven is a horror legend because of films like The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scream. But I personally feel this is one of Wes Craven's best films and is very underrated. To start with, it has interesting characters that are easy to relate to which I feel is a very important thing for any film to have because if you don't care about the characters, you won't care what happens to them and if the viewers don't care what happens in a film then it is a total failure. Matthew Laborteaux (who people may know as Albert from The Little House on the Prairie) is perfectly cast as Paul Conway, the main character of the film who is a genius and is even friends with an adorable robot named BB. His convincing performance makes the character likable and easy to care about. Kristy Swanson plays the character of Samantha who I personally felt very sorry for because she had to live with an abusive alcoholic of a father. Her character's life is very sad and she doesn't deserve to go through what she has to on a daily basis. Another performance that stood out was Anne Ramsey as Elvira, the grouchy old next door neighbor the audience loves to hate. Her performance was hilarious because she was so mean and her crotchety attitude made for some great and memorable moments.This film starts out as your typical, cheerful '80s movie about the new kid in town and has a light, comedic atmosphere to begin with. But when the film becomes serious, there are very emotional moments that will definitely leave an impact on the viewer's psyche. It touches on issues such as alcoholism, domestic abuse, love, and death. The story is very creative. It is a love story as well as a horror film and to me it doesn't feel like any other film I've ever seen. There is one death scene that most audiences remember this film for. If you haven't seen it, I won't spoil it for you, but if you have, you know exactly what scene I'm referring to. The death sequence came out of nowhere and was immensely shocking. Overall, this was a well written, well acted film with interesting characters. The only flaw I noticed with the film is the ending. Again, I don't want to give too much away for those who haven't seen the film but it is not the way I would've ended the film whatsoever. But other than that, the film is perfect and one of my absolute favorites of all time. If you haven't seen this film yet, you absolutely should because it is a true, underrated classic.

Precocious electronics whiz kid Paul Conway (a solid and likable performance by Matthew Laborteaux) brings his sweet girlfriend Samantha Pringle (ably played with bubbly charm by the lovely Kristy Swanson) back to life by placing a robot computer chip in her brain after she's killed by her abusive alcoholic father Harry (an effectively creepy turn by Richard Marcus). However, Samantha proceeds to exact a brutal revenge on everyone who's wronged her in any way. Director Wes Craven, working from an offbeat and thoughtful script by Bruce Joel Ruben, relates the quirky and entertaining "Frankenstein" variant story at a steady pace, grounds the fantastic premise in a plausible suburban reality, brings a real warmth to the opening third with the kids and Paul's adorable robot creation Bee Bee, treats the potentially laughable plot with admirable seriousness and sensitivity (the doomed romance between Paul and Samantha proves to be unexpectedly touching and leads to a heart-breaking tragic conclusion), and, naturally, delivers a few jolting nightmare sequences and several inspired moments of wild splatter (the infamous basketball decapitation rates as the definite outrageously gruesome highlight). The sincere acting from the capable cast helps a lot: Michael Sharrett as Paul's wimpy reluctant friend Tom and Anne Twomey as Paul's concerned mother Jeannie register well in their roles while Anne Ramsey has a terrifically nasty ball with the juicy part of mean and paranoid shotgun-toting old bat Elvira Parker. Moreover, Swanson deserves extra props for her remarkably expressive work as Samantha after she's revived as a super strong and murderous automaton. Charles Bernstein's excellent atmospheric score hits the shivery spot. Philip M. Lathrop's slick cinematography gives the picture a neat glossy look. Only the ridiculous surprise bummer ending falls markedly short of the mark. A cool little flick.

It sure has been a while since I last watched Wes Craven's "Deadly Friend", but I had forgotten just how much fun it was. The plot is so absurd and has murder sequences so surreal, I was completely won over. A bright teenager who can create artificially intelligent robots and understands complex matters concerning the human brain, responds to a crisis rather extraordinarily..his girlfriend is killed by her lousy, cruel, drunk of a father(..he knocks her down the stairs causing a head trauma/cerebral hemorrhage)and the kid, Paul(Matthew Laborteaux)resurrects the girl, Samantha(Kristy Swanson)by implanting his robot's computer chip intelligence in her brain! This Frankensteinian maneuver unleashes a cavalcade of problems he attempts to juggle with little success. First, Paul's friend, newspaper boy Tom(Michael Sharrett), who helped him kidnap Sam's body from the hospital, is having a hard time accepting what they had done. Second, the computer chip that Paul inserted in Sam's brain, is controlling her..this is a major setback because robot BB was starting to evolve into an entity which made it's own decisions without his master's approval, and it seems Sam is following orders directed by BB. Third, certain targets are being systematically murdered such as a paranoid neighbor who doesn't like people, Elvira Parker(Anne Ramsey; Throw Mama from the Train/The Goonies), always pointing her double-barrel shotgun at folks, who was responsible for destroying BB and Harry Pringle(Richard Marcus), the louse who sent his daughter crashing down the stairs to her demise. Fourth, Paul is having a difficult time keeping Sam stashed away, and getting her to follow instructions is not an easy task. With Tom about to crack, his mom(Anne Tworney) always close to discovering Sam, and a body count, Paul's life spirals out of control and it will only be a matter of time before the secret's out.I like how Craven creates what looks like a television movie, only for the outbursts of violence to shock the viewer into silence such as the celebrated head explosion gag by the use of a basketball(..this is followed by a body hopping about without the head as blood squirts out)..how Samantha is all of a sudden equipped with superhuman strength, allowed to lift a grown man in the air after snapping his wrist back, crushing his throat while having him extended high off the ground. Or, when Samantha lifts a biker bully, picking on Paul, over her head, hurling him into a cop car's windshield. Craven includes an amusing nightmare sequence many might consider a homage to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" where Paul finds someone slithering underneath his bed sheets, only to find the charred visage of a victim whose head had been eviscerated in an incinerator. We also spend time with Paul's cute robot before it's blown to smithereens by mean old hag Elvira, and it's established here that it's got some malevolence in it's evolving programming(..right at the start, BB nearly chokes the life out of a thief planning to lift money from Paul's mother's purse), how it could cause harm if needed. The plot itself is laughable, no doubt, and it's hard not to giggle at the ending where Paul hasn't learned his lesson, reaping unpleasantly for his interference in the process of life and death, having created a monster he will not be able to contain.