Deadly Friend (1986) Horror Thriller Drama Sci-Fi

Rated R | Genres Horror, Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi | Runtime 1h 31m
Deadly Friend (1986) Horror Thriller Drama Sci-Fi Poster

Deadly Friend Plot Synopsis:


Synopsis / Plot Summary: Paul Conway and his mother Jeannie Conway travel to a new town where Paul will join the local university invited by Dr. Johanson. They bring the robot BB that was developed by Paul, who is a genius in robotics. Paul befriends the paperboy, Tom Toomey, and has a crush on his next door neighbor, Samantha Pringle, whose abusive alcoholic father Harry Pringle frequently hurts her. One day, Paul, Sam, Tom and BB are playing basketball and the ball falls in the field of their paranoid grumpy neighbor Elvira Parker who won"t give it back to the teenagers. On Halloween, Tom convinces Paul to let BB open the padlock of the entrance to Elvira"s house. However, there is an alarm system and Elvira blows up BB with her shotgun. Then Harry pushes his daughter down the stairs, and the doctors leave her brain-dead connected to life support. However, Paul convinces Tom to go to the hospital to rescue Sam, and then he implants BB"s chip into her brain, resurrecting Samantha. But will she come back to life normal?

Tagline: She can"t live without you.

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Official Trailer

  • Deadly Friend Official Trailer

Deadly Friend Movie Information:

Type: Movie
Year: 1986 (more 1986 movies)
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 91 minutes /
Genres:  Horror, Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi
Horror Genres:  Killer, Supernatural
Horror Subgenres:  Back from the Dead, Medical, Sci-Fi, Teens
Directors: Wes Craven
Stars: Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Anne Ramsey … (cast list)
Box Office: $8,988,731
Nominations: 4
Language: English
Country: United States
Release Dates: Movie Release Dates / Deadly Friend Release Dates Blu-ray CE: Oct 12, 2021, DVD: Aug 17, 1988
Writers: Diana Henstell, Bruce Joel Rubin
Producers: Robert Crawford Jr., Patrick Kelley, Robert M. Sherman
Musicians: Charles Bernstein
Cinematographers: Philip H. Lathrop
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