Review of Deadly Friend (1986) by Dave M — 06 Dec 2006

A midding Wes Craven effort, half ingenious Frankenstein re-hash, half-silly teen horror.

This review of Deadly Friend (1986) was written by Dave M on 06 Dec 2006.

Deadly Friend has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Rod E (628) on 17 Mar 2013

Deadly Friend is Wes Craven's attempt at Bride of Frankenstein…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 04 Apr 2015

This has to be one of Wes Craven's worst films. It is laughably bad, yet somehow occasionally interesting…

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By Tom M (1,308) on 11 May 2011

80's Wes Craven horror twist on frankenstein featuring a death scene you don't want to be eating spaghetti or a meatball sandwich when it comes up…

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By Ms Amanda J (191) on 06 Feb 2011

The intro of this movie, starting from the Warner Bros. frame contained an inexplicably creepy vibe…

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By Richard L (950) on 01 Aug 2013

While reviews of this movie have been consistently bad, it seems to me that this horror-science-fiction-comedy flick is standard 80's stuff…

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By Mark N (906) on 03 May 2012

Le scénario est pas mal pour l'époque. Wes Craven est un vrai p'tit bout-en-train…

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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 03 Jul 2022

I understand that Wes Craven couldn't make of this film what he had envisioned in the first instance, but in reality that ends up being irrelevant…

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By Tim M (3,013) on 07 Mar 2011

Not a bad film but not completely bad horrible. I have to admit some of it was creepy…

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By Andrea Q (2) on 14 Apr 2014

Decent soundtrack and gore looks like a kids film with horror added which is exactly what it is…

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By David S (4,459) on 17 Nov 2015

Small Wonder, on steroids. 1980's fun. Best (maybe only) death-by-basketball scene in movie history…

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