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Deadly Friend is a 1986 American film directed by Wes Craven and written by Bruce Joel Rubin. The movie stars Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Anne Twomey, and Richard Marcus, with music composed by Charles Bernstein. It is categorized as a horror, science fiction, comedy, and drama film. The production involves companies such as Pan Arts, Layton, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
The narrative centers on themes including a mad scientist, artificial intelligence, ethics in science, and resurrection. Additional keywords associated with the plot include child abuse and revenge. The film has a runtime of 91 minutes and was originally released in the United States of America in English. Distribution has been handled by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, including via video on demand.
Critical reception includes a review score of 3.9 out of 10 and a 20% rating. Other metrics list a rating of 5.6 and a vote average of 6.181. The film generated revenue of 8988731. It has been assessed using the Bechdel test.
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6.2When tragedy strikes his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door, lonely teenage genius Paul tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its known limits into a terrifying new realm.
Cast
- Matthew Labyorteaux as Paul
- Kristy Swanson as Samantha
- Michael Sharrett as Tom
- Anne Twomey as Jeannie
- Anne Ramsey as Elvira
- Richard Marcus as Harry
Themes
- child abuse
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- based on novel or book
- resurrection
- revenge
- robot
- exploding head
- alcoholic
- brawl
- circuit board
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- resurrection
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Screenwriter
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Cast member
- Charles Fleischer
- Composer
- Charles Bernstein
- Producer
- Patrick H. Kelley
- Cinematographer
- Philip H. Lathrop
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 597157
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-02-12
- title
- Deadly Friend
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 20%
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