# Deadly Friend

Deadly Friend is a 1986 film about the new kid in town who, after his friend is killed by her abusive father, attempts to save her by implanting robotic microchips into her brain.
    Directed by Wes Craven. Written by Bruce Joel Rubin, based on the 1985 novel Friend by Diana Henstell.

## Tom Toomey

* Hey, she's dead? Hey, what the hell are you doing, you didn't say anything about a dead body, we were supposed to save her life!

## Dialogue

    Paul Conway: [Elvira rolls the basketball inside her house] Hey, you can't do that.
    Elvira Parker: Oh yes, I can. My property. My house. My ball.
    Tom: What a witch!
    Samantha Pringle: [Samantha has a nosebleed] Do you have some ice?
    Jeannie Conway: Oh my God. Come on in. Sit down. Paul, get some ice. [to Samantha] Hold your head back, back. [to Paul] Hurry. [to Samantha] What happened?
    Samantha Pringle: Nothing. I just get them sometimes.
    Paul Conway: Here you go.
    Jeannie Conway: Listen, sweetheart, this may be butting in where I don't belong, but don't you think someone should say something?
    Samantha Pringle: For what, a nosebleed? Come on, I've had them since I was a kid. Ice will take care of it. I just forgot to fill the tray.
    Jeannie Conway: Oh, Sam, I don't like this.
    Samantha Pringle: I hate them.
    Jeannie Conway: C'mon you know what I mean. It's criminal. He could go to jail.
    Samantha Pringle: He's my father. Sometimes I want to roll a truck over his face but he's still my father.
    Samantha Pringle: Daddy? Are you in my room?
    Harry Pringle: [Harry grabs her from behind] Where have you been?
    [he slaps her]
    Samantha Pringle: I was studying Daddy, I had homework.
    Harry Pringle: You lying little bitch!
    [he hits her and she falls down the stairs and hits her head]
    Harry Pringle: Okay, come on, now. None of this shit. You get the hell up. Samantha. I'm not joking. You wanna know what real trouble is? I mean it. You get the hell up and get in your room.
    Paul Conway: [yelling at Tom as they're getting ready to flee the hospital, with Sam's body, in the VW bus] Goddammit! There's still a chance! Things we can do! We've gotta' go now - sit down!
    Tom Toomey: I want out. I mean it... I'm gonna' throw up.
    Paul Conway: Throw up later.
    [they speed off]
    Tom Toomey: [as Paul starts to operate on Sam's brain] Are you sure you know what you're doing?
    Paul Conway: How do you think I built BB? I studied brain physiology and cognitive theory till it's coming out of my ears. I have ideas no one's ever thought of.
    Tom Toomey: I'll buy that.
    Neighbor: Old man Pringle and Mrs. Parker, both dead. His face was burned off.
    Paul Conway: Elvira Parker?
    Neighbor: Yeah, I heard somebody say she called the police. Said she saw Sam in her bedroom window. From what I hear, Elvira's head's all over the walls in there.
    [Sam emerges into an evil version of BB and chokes Paul to his death, talking in a evil, whispering voice]
    Samantha Pringle: Paul. Come with me, Paul.
    Paul Conway: [screaming] NOOOOOOOO!
    [Sam snaps Paul's neck]
    Samantha Pringle: BB.

## Taglines

* She can't live without you.
* Some people are just better off dead.
* If you're not afraid of the unknown...
* There's no one alive who'll play with the girl next door!
* Grab A Friend before someone in the audience grabs you!
* Not all nightmares happen on Elm Street.

## Cast

* Matthew Laborteaux - Paul Conway
* Michael Sharrett - Tom Toomey
* Anne Twomey - Jeannie Conway
* Charles Fleischer - BB (voice)
* Kristy Swanson - Samantha Pringle
* Richard Marcus - Harry Pringle
* Anne Ramsey - Elvira Parker
* Lee Paul - Sergeant Volchek
* Russ Marin - Dr. Johanson (final film role)

## External links

* Deadly Friend quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Deadly Friend at Allmovie
* Deadly Friend at Mojo
* Deadly Friend at Rotten Tomatoes