Deadly Friend
1986 · 91 min · Director: Wes Craven
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Paul Conway and his mother Jeannie Conway travel to a new town where Paul will join the local university invited by Dr. Johanson. They bring the robot BB that was developed by Paul, who is a genius in robotics. Paul befriends the paperboy, Tom Toomey, and has a crush on his next door neighbor, Samantha Pringle, whose abusive alcoholic father Harry Pringle frequently hurts her. One day, Paul, Sam, Tom and BB are playing basketball and the ball falls in the field of their paranoid grumpy neighbor Elvira Parker who won't give it back to the teenagers. On Halloween, Tom convinces Paul to let BB open the padlock of the entrance to Elvira's house. However, there is an alarm system and Elvira blows up BB with her shotgun. Then Harry pushes his daughter down the stairs, and the doctors leave her brain-dead connected to 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?
Emotional fingerprint
Deadly Friend (1986) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Sadness 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Fear30%
- Sadness25%
- Anxiety20%
- Empathy15%
- Disturbing10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Sadness, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Sadness and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Sadness
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Curiosity | 37 % | 11 % | 6 % | 2 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Curiosity | 43 % | 15 % | 6 % | 2 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Curiosity | 47 % | 27 % | 16 % | 11 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Disturbing | 49 % | 36 % | 31 % | 26 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Sadness | 56 % | 45 % | 37 % | 37 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Tension | 72 % | 63 % | 49 % | 52 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Sadness | 81 % | 64 % | 54 % | 72 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Sadness | 77 % | 54 % | 39 % | 69 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Tension | 72 % | 60 % | 34 % | 50 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Curiosity | 68 % | 63 % | 41 % | 34 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 53 % | 38 % | 20 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Curiosity | 62 % | 55 % | 46 % | 12 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Disturbing | 69 % | 64 % | 58 % | 15 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Tension | 70 % | 66 % | 60 % | 16 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Disturbing | 74 % | 66 % | 68 % | 19 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Disturbing | 71 % | 62 % | 63 % | 31 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Tension | 69 % | 66 % | 52 % | 33 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Tension | 80 % | 79 % | 55 % | 41 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Tension | 87 % | 80 % | 64 % | 55 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Disturbing | 86 % | 72 % | 73 % | 55 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Harry
Dr. Johanson
Sgt. Volchek
Carl
Thief
Angry resident
CAT scan technician
Dr. in Sam's room
Deputy
Neighbor
Details
- Directed by
- Wes Craven
- Written by
- Diana Henstell, Bruce Joel Rubin
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1986
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
Where to watch
Rent
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