It’s time to crack open The VHS Vault for one of the strangest movies in Wes Craven’s filmography: DEADLY FRIEND.
Released in 1986, Deadly Friend stars Matthew Labyorteaux as teenage robotics prodigy Paul Conway and Kristy Swanson as Samantha, the girl next door. When tragedy strikes, Paul decides the obvious solution is to combine experimental brain surgery with technology from his homemade robot, BB.
This goes about as well as you would expect in a Wes Craven movie.
The result is a bizarre collision of teenage romance, science fiction, domestic horror, killer robots, and some gloriously excessive 1980s violence. And yes, we absolutely have to talk about THAT basketball scene.
Join us as we head back to 1986 to see whether Deadly Friend deserves another life or should have stayed buried in the VHS Vault.
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