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Deadly Friend
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Writers:
Diana Henstell (novel)
Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 October 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
She can't live without you. more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
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An overlooked horror movie from the 80's. more (56 total)

Cast

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Matthew Laborteaux ... Paul Conway

Kristy Swanson ... Samantha Pringle
Michael Sharrett ... Tom 'Slime' Toomey
Anne Twomey ... Jeannie Conway
Anne Ramsey ... Elvira Parker
Richard Marcus ... Harry Pringle
Russ Marin ... Dr. Johanson

Lee Paul ... Sergeant Volchek
Andrew Roperto ... Carl

Charles Fleischer ... BB (voice)
Robin Nuyen ... Thief
Frank Cavestani ... Angry resident
Merritt Olsen ... CAT Scan Technician
William H. Faeth M.D. ... Doctor in Sam's room
Joel Hile ... Deputy
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Runtime:
91 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 (original rating) (cut) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut version) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (uncut) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1988) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2007) (self applied) | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1987) | France:-12 | Norway:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

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Tom: Hey, she's dead? Hey, what the hell are you doing, you didn't say anything about a dead body, we were supposed to save her life! more
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10 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
An overlooked horror movie from the 80's., 28 January 2003

Deadly Friend is not a bad movie. Looks like alot of critics did not like this movie. But why like a movie like scream? Those movies did not make any sense. Deadly friend had some great scenes. The best I would say is when Sam jumps out the window to attack Paul's friend. This movie had some scary moments. I feel it was overlooked by alot of people. Wes Craven makes good horror movies. He did a great job with this movie. It's really worth watching.

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