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Deadly Friend (1986)
Director: Wes Craven
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From Time Out Film Guide
Teenage boffin Paul has developed a robot, BB, that can think for itself but it still has a silly voice. It suddenly starts seeing red, but no matter - Elvira, a paranoid neighbour, blows it away. Samantha, though, is a nice neighbour, and Paul is off his rocker when her kooky father kills her. But love will find a way: Paul implants BB's brain into Samantha's. She jerks into action. She is set on revenge... Although the prevailing tone is comic, there is plenty of grue and gore; the heart stops several times. This may be Craven at his crummiest, but the resulting sick still ranks higher than anything his imitators can come up with.Author: MS
Cast & crew
Director: Wes Craven
Producer: Robert M Sherman
Cast: Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Anne Ramsey, Richard Marcus full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 90 mins
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