Deadly Friend (1986)

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5.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Wes Craven

Starring (View all)

Matthew Labyorteaux
Paul Conway

Kristy Swanson
Samantha Pringle

Anne Twomey
Jeannie Conway

Anne Ramsey
Elvira Parker

Richard Marcus
Harry Pringle

Lee Paul
Sergeant Volchek

Charles Fleischer
BB (voice)

Joel Hile
Deputy

Written by

Diana Henstell
novel Friend

Bruce Joel Rubin
screenplay

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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.

Release date: 10 October 1986

Tags: Horror (5), Sci-fi (3), Comedy (3), Romance (3), Robots (3), Drama (3), 1980s (2), Wes Craven (2), 1986 (2), Halloween (2), Murder (2), Science Fiction (1), Friendship (1), Child Abuse (1), Bizarre (1), Domestic Violence (1), Exploding Head (1), Based On Book (1), Bullying (1), Warner Bros. (1)

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" Paul’s the new kid in town, who builds a cute robot named BB and befriends a beautiful girl named Sam. Unfortunately, Sam’s horrible, drunk, and abusive jerk of dad kills Sam. Sadden, over her untimely death makes the very stupid choice of using her body and brain, with a chip from the recently destroyed robot friend. Sam, wants to become your “friend”. It was based the 1985 novel Friend by Diana Henstell, which was adapted for the screen by Bruce Joel Rubin. Made for $11 million "

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" Directed by: Wes Craven Produced by: Robert M. Sherman Written by: Bruce Joel Rubin Based the novel "Friend" by: Diana Henstell Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop Edited by: Michael Eliot Music by: Charles Bernstein Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures"