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Deadly Friend

1986

Wes Craven

Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey ...

4.9

1,130

Horror. Sci-Fi Paul is a new kid in town with a robot named "BB". He befriends Samantha and the three of them have a lot of good times together. That is, until Samantha's abusive father throws her down some stairs and kills her. In an effort to save her life, Paul implants BB's computer brain into Samantha's human brain.

	Media	Author	Review
		Caryn James The New York Times	"Craven deftly balances suspense and spoof (...) None of this, of course, is high art; 'Deadly Friend' succeeds according to the grade-B, pop-culture standards it sets for itself"
		Patrick Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"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."
		Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"[The director] is content with the rigid cliche's of a revenge plot (...) And that makes 'Deadly Friend' a movie whose ho is exceeded only by its hum."
		David Nusair Reel Film	"The charm of the two leads, coupled with a periodic emphasis on engaging sequences, certainly goes a long way towards compensating for 'Deadly Friend's raft of underwhelming elements (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Nick Schager AV Club	"A mesmerizing time-capsule portrait of ’80s-era hopes and fears about computers"
		Time Out	"This may be Craven at his crummiest, but the resulting sick still ranks higher than anything his imitators can come up with."

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