http://www.li-reviews.com/2007/10/16/dvd-review-deadly-friend/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:38:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.li-reviews.com/2007/10/16/dvd-review-deadly-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-17075 Literary Illusions News & Reviews Blog Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:03:10 +0000 http://www.li-reviews.com/2007/10/16/dvd-review-deadly-friend/#comment-17075 [...] Before there was Pet Semetary there was Deadly Friend. In Pet Semetary dead animals and humans could be brought back to life by burying them in sacred Native American grounds. In Deadly Friend, all you need is a robotic chip, which is implanted into the human brain. Sounds similar, right? Well…maybe not, but the zombie-like behavior of the “un-dead” in Deadly Friend is quite similar to that of the “un-dead” in one of Stephen King’s most famous book to movie adaptations. There are a few pluses to Deadly Friend. First, Kristy Swason is in it. I like Kristy. She’s an okay actress. Second, her co-stars include the late, great Anne Ramsey (Throw Momma from the Train, The Goonies) and Matthew Laborteaux (Albert from Little House on the Prarie). Unfortunately, this fairly decent cast can’t save even the most preposterous of storylines. To make this even more surprising is the fact that this film was directed by Wes Craven. Craven was just coming off the success of A Nightmare on Elm Street when Deadly Friend was released in 1986. Why he directed this film is anyone’s guess. (more…) [...] [...] Before there was Pet Semetary there was Deadly Friend. In Pet Semetary dead animals and humans could be brought back to life by burying them in sacred Native American grounds. In Deadly Friend, all you need is a robotic chip, which is implanted into the human brain. Sounds similar, right? Well…maybe not, but the zombie-like behavior of the “un-dead” in Deadly Friend is quite similar to that of the “un-dead” in one of Stephen King’s most famous book to movie adaptations. There are a few pluses to Deadly Friend. First, Kristy Swason is in it. I like Kristy. She’s an okay actress. Second, her co-stars include the late, great Anne Ramsey (Throw Momma from the Train, The Goonies) and Matthew Laborteaux (Albert from Little House on the Prarie). Unfortunately, this fairly decent cast can’t save even the most preposterous of storylines. To make this even more surprising is the fact that this film was directed by Wes Craven. Craven was just coming off the success of A Nightmare on Elm Street when Deadly Friend was released in 1986. Why he directed this film is anyone’s guess. (more…) [...]

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