Deadly Friend is a 1986 science fiction horror film directed by Wes Craven. It is based on the novel entitled Friend by Diana Henstell, which was adapted for the screen by Bruce Joel Rubin. College student and science genius Paul Conway and his mother, Jeannie , have just moved into a new city. Paul is studying neurology and artificial intelligence at the local college, and has built a remote-controlled robot named BB , which occasionally shows signs of autonomy. Paul befriends fellow college student Tom , and a girl named Samantha who lives next door to the Conways. Another neighbor to the... Conways is a reclusive harridan named Elvira Parker . On Halloween night as a prank, Paul, Tom and Samantha have BB crack the combination lock on her gate so that they can ring Elvira's doorbell to scare her. When Samantha rings the doorbell, an alarm sounds and all three take cover beside Elvira's porch. As Elvira appears on the porch, wielding a shotgun, BB reactivates himself and starts coming through the fence. Elvira opens fire on the robot, destroying it.
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| Release date: | October 10, 1986 |
| Directed by: | Wes Craven |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert L. Crawford, Patrick Kelley, Robert M. Sherman, Patrick H. Kelley |
| Editor: | Michael Eliot, Michael Elliott |
| Music by: | Charles Bernstein |
| Cinematography: | Philip H. Lathop |
| Screenplay by: | Bruce Joel Rubin |
| Adapted from: | Friend |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Thriller |