DEADLY FRIEND (1986)

OVERLOOKED HORROR MOVIES PART 3

Deadly Friend is based on Diana Henstell novel of the same title, then was made into a movie by Wes Craven in 1986. Haven't read the book, so I don't know how closely it follows the book.

This is considered by many critics and fans alike to be Wes Craven's worst movie ever. Couldn't disagree more. How could anyone say that after seeing Scream or Scream 2? C'mon guys. I know it's not his best and yeah, it's fuckin' cheesy as hell, but it's great fun so it shouldn't be taken so seriously. Accompanied by a 6-pack and a few good friends, you'll get into it so give it chance. Horror movies are supposed to be dumb sometimes. The CHEESE has to be understood and appreciated. Has to be.

All that aside, this is a very enjoyable movie to me with plenty of scares, a good dose of gore thrown in where it's needed and a pretty good story that's paced pretty well.

The plot? Teenage genius geek, Paul is obsessed with science and artificial intelligence. He even received a college scholarship thanks to the robot he build called BeeBee. But a bit later after he goes off to college he gets a boner for the blond next door. Then the blond and BeeBee are both killed and Paul secretly uses a chip from the ronot, BeeBee's brain to bring the blond back to life which proves to be a shitty idea.

Kristy Swanson plays the girl that Sam resurrects into a zombie and she's pretty hot but she can't act her way out of paper bag but it doesn't matter. She kills people, causes trouble, she blows the neighbor's head off with a basketball! Heads explode, faces get burned off. The basics for a classic Horror movie. Even though this lacks the focus of films like NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, it's still worth looking at and it has more gore than any of the aforementioned films. Pretty weak plot, but horror fans will still find something in the film I think. Check it out.