Paul is a new kid in town with a robot named "BB". He befriends Samantha (Kristy Swanson) 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.Whether you like this movie or not really comes down to how seriously you take it. Kristy Swanson walking and swinging her arms like a robot? Pretty silly. The acting is rather spotty at times. Some of the science and plot do not really add up. Calling this a "B" movie might be giving it too much credit.There is a lot of dispute about what aspects were Craven, what came from the studio and what was from different producers. Craven did not want the movie to be as dark or gory as it became. Respectfully, I would have to disagree with Craven on that. The gore effects (especially the burned father) look incredible, and by far the highlight of the film is the death of the neighbor woman (death by basketball!).This is a fun picture that seems to have been largely forgotten. Of course it is does not reach the status of "Last House", "Nightmare" or "Scream", but there is a lot to like about this one.

Stupid movie. It's about a teenage genius Paul (Matthew Laborteaux) who falls in love with sweet Sam (Kristy Swanson). He also has a cute lovable robot he invented called BB. No, I'm not kidding. Sam accidentally dies and he steals her body from the hospital (just like real life huh?) and brings her back to life (kind of) by inserting a robot brain in HER brain. No, I'm not kidding. Unfortunately she has this pesky little habit of roaming about and killing people. This all leads to a bewildering and dumb (even for this film) finale that will have you either laughing or rolling your eyes (or both).Sheesh! Wes Craven did THIS??? I knew this was going to be bad when they introduce, right off the bat, an "adorable" robot called BB. Is this supposed to be a horror film or a Disney film? The plot is, to put it mildly, stupid and it fails completely as a horror film. It isn't scary and the murders are more stupid than horrifying. Would you believe someone is beheaded by a BASKETBALL???? The logic in here is bewildering. Sam is bought back to life--but why does she suddenly have super strength like the Hulk? And why exactly does Paul bring her back to life? For what reason? Those are just the beginning of the glaring lapses in logic here. Aside from everything else this is pretty dull stuff. And wait till you hear the end title music which uses "BB" in it again and again and AGAIN! To make it worse Laborteaux is a very annoying actor. It's easy to see why he never hit it big. The only good acting is by Swanson (LOVE how she acts like the robot when she comes back to life), Michael Sharrett (very funny playing Tom) and Anne Ramsey having a whale of a time. But this is a boring and stupid film that is best left forgotten. Avoid.

beautiful film. As to the usual one, the usual negative comments which talk about a classical film some years 80 which everyone does not like it to the nostalgic ones are met.Sure Heros that this film had to have a judgment in this site. In fact reviewers' good part has put a high vote to the previous episodes. Because this contrast? I know the reason. Since assumptive reviewers' good part favorably sees the past and as the past is "better" than the present they have given several credit to the preceding episodes being still the last episode more explosive and spectacular. At this point should reject also the old episodes but there are here two weights and two measure.In fact also cinema masterpieces have been criticized and denigrated. Good part some reviewers of this site belong to the very bad reviewers. Better think separately with its head. I was sure that the god fun old episode did not like it. Who has to be withdrawn is not george lucas but the last reviewer SAMPAT GO AWAY. Cary Guffey

An brilliant but lonely teenager Paul (Matthew Laborteaux) and his mother (Anne Twomey) moved in a small town for Paul's education at College. Paul becomes close friends with an abused neighbor named Sam (Kristy Swanson) and a neighborhood teen named Tom (Michael Sharrett). Both kids are impressive with Paul's robot named BB (Voiced by Charles Fletcher). Paul's life turns upside down, when BB got destroyed by a paranoid old lady (Anne Rasmey) and Sam's father (Richard Marcus) accidentally killed his daughter by pushing her down the stairs. When the doctors can't save Sam. Paul decides to save Sam by using Artificial Intelligence Marco-chip brain from BB to put on Sam's brain. Which the operation turns out to be a success but Sam also shares the memories of BB. Now both minds are going to have their personal revenge.Directed by Wes Craven (Scream Trilogy, Music of the Heart, Red Eye) made an entertaining although very flawed horror film. Which is based on a novel by Diana Henstell titled "Friend". Reportely director Craven and Oscar-Winning screenwriter:Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Jacob's Ladder, My Life) were unhappy with the final product of the feature. Craven said that the studio wanted to be more like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" type scares. Which Craven wanted to do something completely different. Only actress Swanson is somewhat proud of the feature, especially in the infamous sequence... where she's beheaded her nasty neighbor with a Basketball! DVD has an fine anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an decent Dolby 2.0 Mono Sound. DVD's only special feature is the original theatrical trailer. "Deadly Friend" is actually one of the few movies of Craven that actually offers more Heart than expected. What nearly ruined the impact of the picture is the silly, outrageous conclusion. Warner Bros probably forced Craven to filmed that ending. What most of Craven's endings in movies were always satisfying, which this one isn't. Overall... for a horror film is pretty entertaining. This is worth a look but this certainly deserved to be remade. (*** 1/2 out of *****).