A new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show has just arrived online, and in this one hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek are taking a look back at director Wes Craven’s troubled and compromised 1986 film Deadly Friend (watch it Here). To find out what The Arrow and Lance think of the film, check out the video embedded above!
Based on the novel Friend by Diana Henstell, Deadly Friend was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and has the following synopsis: Lonely teenage genius Paul, a specialist in brain research, has two best friends: his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door. When tragedy strikes both of his friends, he desperately tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its mortal limits into a terrifying new realm. Like a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein, Paul discovers too late that he has created a rampaging monster!
Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson,...
Based on the novel Friend by Diana Henstell, Deadly Friend was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and has the following synopsis: Lonely teenage genius Paul, a specialist in brain research, has two best friends: his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door. When tragedy strikes both of his friends, he desperately tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its mortal limits into a terrifying new realm. Like a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein, Paul discovers too late that he has created a rampaging monster!
Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson,...
- 1/14/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Gerard Johnstone's "M3GAN" became an internet sensation after the trailer showed an android doll dancing in a hallway, but when critics finally saw the whole film they recognized it as much more than a meme. Gerard Johnstone's "M3GAN" is a smart and emotionally mature motion picture about a young person trying to avoid dealing with the realities of death by glomming onto high-tech robotics and artificial intelligence in the form of an automaton that, before long, goes on a killing spree and obliterating the annoying people that get in her way.
Yes, "M3GAN" has earned rave reviews for both its entertainment value and its narrative ambition. And that's all well and good for "M3GAN," but it was not the first film to match that extremely specific criteria, but critics — and the harsh realities of the studio system — weren't as kind to horror icon Wes Craven when he tried to...
Yes, "M3GAN" has earned rave reviews for both its entertainment value and its narrative ambition. And that's all well and good for "M3GAN," but it was not the first film to match that extremely specific criteria, but critics — and the harsh realities of the studio system — weren't as kind to horror icon Wes Craven when he tried to...
- 1/5/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
When Wes Craven directed the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street, no one could have predicted what a success it’d become. The horror genre from that point onward was changed, just as Halloween had impacted it a few years earlier and films like Psycho even before that. With Craven’s name having such a new meaning in the industry, fans were eager for his next effort. They craved something with blood-curdling terror and violence and while his next project entitled Deadly Friend was indeed violent, it sure wasn’t another Elm Street.
Released in 1986 and based on a novel titled Friend by Diana Henstell, the script for the film was written by Bruce Joel Rubin, who intended with Craven to produce a dark romance with less emphasis on gore and a larger focus on character development.
For those unfamiliar, it follows a young teenager named Paul who befriends girl next door Samantha.
Released in 1986 and based on a novel titled Friend by Diana Henstell, the script for the film was written by Bruce Joel Rubin, who intended with Craven to produce a dark romance with less emphasis on gore and a larger focus on character development.
For those unfamiliar, it follows a young teenager named Paul who befriends girl next door Samantha.
- 11/11/2017
- by Jacob Dressler
- We Got This Covered
[Editor's Note: In this special guest post, Joseph Maddrey, author of Beyond Fear, reflects on Deadly Friend as part of our Wes Craven tribute week.]
"For horror fans, Deadly Friend is a film that seems to have everything going for it. It’s a modern-day reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein, directed by A Nightmare on Elm Street creator Wes Craven, written by Bruce Joel Rubin (the future Oscar-winner behind Ghost and Jacob’s Ladder), and starring Kristy Swanson (the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer). But while the film has its admirers, it was a critical and commercial failure in 1986, quickly disowned by its creators and leaving viewers to wonder what went wrong....
...Deadly Friend began its life as a popular novel by Diana Henstell, simply called Friend. The story revolves around an emotionally disturbed 13-year-old boy named Paul “Piggy” Conway. Piggy is cursed with a lack of social grace, troubled over his parents’ recent divorce, and haunted by daydreams and nightmares about a violent “accident” that resulted in the fiery death of a classmate.
"For horror fans, Deadly Friend is a film that seems to have everything going for it. It’s a modern-day reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein, directed by A Nightmare on Elm Street creator Wes Craven, written by Bruce Joel Rubin (the future Oscar-winner behind Ghost and Jacob’s Ladder), and starring Kristy Swanson (the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer). But while the film has its admirers, it was a critical and commercial failure in 1986, quickly disowned by its creators and leaving viewers to wonder what went wrong....
...Deadly Friend began its life as a popular novel by Diana Henstell, simply called Friend. The story revolves around an emotionally disturbed 13-year-old boy named Paul “Piggy” Conway. Piggy is cursed with a lack of social grace, troubled over his parents’ recent divorce, and haunted by daydreams and nightmares about a violent “accident” that resulted in the fiery death of a classmate.
- 9/8/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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