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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Top Billed Cast
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Samantha Pringle -
Tom 'Slime' Toomey -
Jeannie Conway -
Elvira Parker -
Harry Pringle -
Dr. Johanson -
Sergeant Volchek
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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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Trivia
In an interview with Fangoria, Kristy Swanson said that she found herself and the other actors caught up in the studio's attempts to strong-arm Wes Craven into making the film more visceral than what was originally intended. During both production and re-shoots, changes to the script were being made, title changes were being discussed (when Craven started the project, it was called 'Friend', then it was changed to 'Artificial Intelligence' and then to 'A.I.' before the producers and the studio finally settled on 'Deadly Friend'), and there were many discussions about how violent and bloody the final film would be. All these issues also caused some problems for actors.
Quotes
Paul Conway:
Hey, you can't do that.
Elvira Parker:
Oh yes, I can. My property. My house. My ball.
Tom:
What a witch!
Goofs
Elvira Parker's padlock to her gate is facing the incorrect way.
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
Gross:
$8,988,731 (USA)
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