Lack of good storyline.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

It's an odd one. At times it feels like a spooky film for teenagers, being itself about teenagers and a cute robot, but it was still strangely watchable. Kristy Swanson's plight is very moving and touching, and you know it's never going to end well. A young love that never has the chance to blossom, and through the young man's desire to keep her alive, it makes things worse. Even though it has dated in it's style, it's a nice adaptation of Frankenstein, bringing it into a contemporary setting, and the whole idea is a damn good one. Unfortunately the ending which should be reflective and downbeat is replaced by a shocker/scare, and it feels cheap and out of context with the movie we have just seen. This film was not about big scary moments and sudden shocks. It was more a dark romance that was never to be, and the ending jars, as well as not really making any sense. Overall, a good idea, with some nice moments, extremely watchabl, but somehow there's a sense that they missed a trick somewhere and it could have been even better.

Paul Conway (Matthew Labyorteaux) and his mother Jeannie Conway (Anne Twomey) travel to a new town where Paul will join the local university invited by Dr. Johanson (Russ Marin). They bring the robot BB that was developed by Paul, who is a genius in robotic. Paul befriends the paperboy Tom Toomey (Michael Sharrett) and has a crush on his next door neighbor Samantha Pringle (Kristy Swanson), whose abusive alcoholic father Harry Pringle (Richard Marcus) frequently hurts her. One day, Paul, Sam, Tom and BB are playing basketball and the ball fall in the field of their paranoid grumpy neighbor Elvira Parker (Anne Ramsey) that does not give it back to the teenagers. In Halloween, Tom convinces Paul to let BB open the padlock of the entrance to her house. However, there is an alarm system and Elvira blows up BB with her shotgun. Then Harry pushes her daughter down the stairs and the doctors let her brain-dead connected to the life support. However Paul convinces Tom to go to the hospital to rescue Sam and then he implants BB's chip into her brain resurrecting Samantha. But will she come back to life normal?"Deadly Friend" is an underrated cult movie from the 80's directed by Wes Craven in the beginning of his successful career. The story of friendship begins as a drama, with Samantha receiving bad treatment from he abusive father, and sci-fi with BB, maybe with one of the first artificial intelligence of the cinema. When Samantha becomes a zombie- robot, the plot becomes terror, but without gore, in the style of Franklenstein. Kristy Swanson is gorgeous and has a great chemistry with Matthew Labyorteaux. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "A Maldição de Samantha" ("The Samantha's Course")Note: On 28 Nov 2016, I saw this film again.

Being a genius can be a plus, and/or it can be a minus. For this movie, it goes both ways. "Deadly Friend" is one horror classic in the making. In this here sci-fi/horror, you got a young genius name Paul (Matthew Laborteaux, "Little House on the Prairie") who have a robot friend named BB. He lives with his single mother (Anne Twomey) who relocated to a small town where Paul can study neurology. Next door there's a girl named Sam (Kristy Swanson) who lives with her drunken, abusive father. Other than that there's a reclusive old woman (Anne Ramsey, 1929-88), who keeps her house locked tighter than Fort Knox. After befriending Sam and Tom, all three have a great time. Until when the mean Elvira take her shotgun to BB, and blow him away, after she refuses to return the basketball. Later, Sam is attacked by her monster of a father, and is left brain dead. When they bring Sam's body out of the hospital, Paul takes BB's chip and put it in her brain. When she is revived, Paul wanted to further study more on artificial intelligence. However, the side effect happens when memories from BB and Sam merges, the inevitable happens. When BB had a disdain of both Sam's father and Elvira the recluse, the rage ensures. Sam confronts and kills her abusive father, and after entering Elvira's house, Sam grabbed the basketball, and crushed her head with it. Paul couldn't believe this is happening he wanted to help a friend, but the consequences follows along when you turn it into a killing machine. This movie could have gone further, it could have had more to the plot. It's too subtle. 2 out of 5 stars.

Stupid movie. It's about a teenage genius Paul (Matthew Laborteaux) who falls in love with sweet Sam (Kristy Swanson). He also has a cute lovable robot he invented called BB. No, I'm not kidding. Sam accidentally dies and he steals her body from the hospital (just like real life huh?) and brings her back to life (kind of) by inserting a robot brain in HER brain. No, I'm not kidding. Unfortunately she has this pesky little habit of roaming about and killing people. This all leads to a bewildering and dumb (even for this film) finale that will have you either laughing or rolling your eyes (or both).Sheesh! Wes Craven did THIS??? I knew this was going to be bad when they introduce, right off the bat, an "adorable" robot called BB. Is this supposed to be a horror film or a Disney film? The plot is, to put it mildly, stupid and it fails completely as a horror film. It isn't scary and the murders are more stupid than horrifying. Would you believe someone is beheaded by a BASKETBALL???? The logic in here is bewildering. Sam is bought back to life--but why does she suddenly have super strength like the Hulk? And why exactly does Paul bring her back to life? For what reason? Those are just the beginning of the glaring lapses in logic here. Aside from everything else this is pretty dull stuff. And wait till you hear the end title music which uses "BB" in it again and again and AGAIN! To make it worse Laborteaux is a very annoying actor. It's easy to see why he never hit it big. The only good acting is by Swanson (LOVE how she acts like the robot when she comes back to life), Michael Sharrett (very funny playing Tom) and Anne Ramsey having a whale of a time. But this is a boring and stupid film that is best left forgotten. Avoid.