Character mistake: Given how smart the lead is he doesn't seem to know the proper dosage of sleeping meds he put into his mother's coffee. He placed in enough to possibly cause an overdose.
Deadly Friend (1986)
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Directed by: Wes Craven
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Anne Twomey, Matthew Labyorteaux, Michael Sharrett
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9.7/10. I loved this movie. It's my favorite of Wes Craven's and one of the most underrated of his. I loved Kristy Swanson's acting, felt she owned the movie. Sure the ending's weak but that doesn't detract too much from the movie. It's well done and though out, shows what how far someone would go for someone they loved. It's like Frankenstein mixed with love and real life. I feel this movie was perfect and thankfully keeps the gore down for a unique experience because sometimes we need less gore in horror and I'm still a big horror fan. Kristy Swanson's magnificent here, she's another actress of the 80's who, like Lea Thompson, Helen Slater, Daphne Zuniga, and Amy Steel who never went anywhere despite putting out some great acting performances. Give this another chance folks if you've watched it before, watch again with an open mind.
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Tom: 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.
Trivia: Wes Craven has stated that he was surprised that the film was even watchable, citing that he was going through a nasty divorce, being hit with a false plagiarism lawsuit and had just lost several major directing gigs (including "Beetlejuice") during production, impacting his mental state. He also was dealing with studio-mandated rewrites and reshoots that changed the story drastically from his original vision.