Deadly Friend (1986)
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.
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Samantha Pringle -
Tom 'Slime' Toomey -
Jeannie Conway -
Elvira Parker -
Harry Pringle -
Dr. Johanson -
Sergeant Volchek -
Carl
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Thief -
Angry Resident -
CAT Scan Technician
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Deputy
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Director:
Wes CravenWriters:
Diana Henstell (novel), Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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3 nominations.Reviews & Commentary
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Because of all the studio interference and re-shoots, when it was released, 'Deadly Friend' was considered to be "a schizophrenic jumble of genres", and even Wes Craven himself admitted that he didn't know "what the Hell kind of film it was."
Quotes
Paul Conway:
Goddammit! There's still a chance! Things we can do! We've gotta' go now - sit down!
Tom:
I want out. I mean it... I'm gonna' throw up.
Paul Conway:
Throw up later.
Goofs
When Paul tells his mom he is picking up the broken glass, you see his hands are holding the glass. In the next shot, his hands are not holding the glass.
Alternate Versions
The original release of the movie contained cuts which were implemented by the MPAA in order to prevent an X rating. Scenes for which movie kept getting X rating were all the gore scenes which were re-shot by studio orders. Movie was submitted to the MPAA 13 times before it finally got an R rating. Uncut scenes have been restored on the DVD release from the Twisted Terror Collection released by Warner Bros. on Sept. 25th, 2007. These scenes are:
- When Samantha is dreaming about her father coming into her bedroom and she breaks a vase and stabs him with it, close-ups of Sam's face getting hosed with blood are present.
- After Samantha murders her father in the basement boiler, Paul comes in and pulls the upper half of his body from the boiler and you get several more seconds and close-ups of his charred skeletal face.
- The infamous 'basketball' scene in which Samantha kills Elvira with a basketball is extended to show more of Elvira's head exploding all over the wall and her headless body walking directly from the wall instead of cutting back to Samantha's face and then showing the body walking around as in the VHS release.
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Genres
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
10 October 1986Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Midwest Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USABox Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$3,804,429 13 October 1986
Gross USA:
$8,988,731
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$8,988,731
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