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''Deadly Friend'' is an American 1986 cult science fiction horror film directed by Wes Craven. It is based on the novel ''Friend'' by Diana Henstell, which was adapted for the screen by Bruce Joel Rubin. Originally, the film was a sci-fi thriller without any graphic scenes, with a bigger focus on plot and character development, and a dark love story centering on the two main characters, which were not typical aspects of Craven's previous films. After Craven's original director's cut was shown to a test audience, the audience criticized the lack of graphic, bloody violence and gore that Craven's films included. Warner Bros. vice president Mark Canton and the film's producers then demanded script re-writes and re-shoots, which included filming gorier death scenes and nightmare sequences, similar to the ones from Craven's previous horror film, ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''. Due to studio imposed re-shoots and re-editing, the film was drastically altered in post-production, losing much of the original plot and more scenes between characters, while other scenes, including bloodier deaths and a new ending, were added. Although fans have been clamoring for the release of Craven's original version in a special edition, Warner Bros. currently has no plans to release a director's cut of ''Deadly Friend''. In April 2014, an online petition for the release of the original cut was made. Fans suggested that both versions (the theatrical cut and the original director's cut) should be released in a special edition by Shout!/Scream Factory.〔Deadly Friend: An Autopsy by Joseph Maddrey, Page 10〕〔"Release 'Deadly Friend' Director's Cut on Blu-Ray/DVD", Change org.〕 ==Plot== In a parking lot, a thief tries to steal from a van, but a robot named BB (voiced by Charles Fleischer) stops him by grabbing this throat. BB lets go of the dazed thief as soon as Paul Conway (Matthew Laborteaux) and his mother Jeannie (Anne Twomey) return from shopping and drive away in the van. Paul is the owner of BB, whom he built. They arrive at their new house in the town of Welling the next day. Paul soon become friends with newspaper delivery boy Tom Toomey (Michael Sharrett). Paul has a university scholarship at Polytech due to his intelligence and interests in neurology and artificial intelligence. BB, who occasionally shows signs of autonomy, plugs himself into an electrical socket to charge up. At the university, Paul, Jeannie, and BB meet Paul's professor, Dr. Johanson (Russ Marin), who gives them a tour of Paul's new laboratory. A few days later, Paul and BB are cleaning the yard. Paul meets his next-door neighbor, Samantha Pringle (Kristy Swanson). Paul notices some bruises on her arm but Samantha tries to hide them. Harry (Richard Marcus), Samantha's alcoholic and abusive father, soon comes outside and stares at her menacingly. Samantha is frightened and returns to her father. That night, Samantha visits Paul and Jeannie to give them a housewarming gift. Her father soon drags Samantha home and beats her. Tom helps Paul teach BB to deliver newspapers. They stop at the house of reclusive harridan Elvira Parker (Anne Ramsey), who threatens the boys with a double-barreled shotgun and expresses dislike for BB. As the three three walk away, Tom reveals that his father is a security guard at the university hospital. Walking further, they encounter a motorcycle gang led by biker punk bully Carl (Andrew Roperto). After Carl pushes Paul onto garbage bags, BB grabs Carl's crotch. The gang rides away, with Carl vowing revenge. Paul, Samantha, Tom, and BB develop a close friendship. One day, they play basketball in the neighborhood. BB accidentally tosses the ball onto Elvira's porch. She stomps out of her house and takes the ball, refusing to give it back. BB's eyes freeze on Elvira as if he will never forget the insult. On Halloween night, Samantha comes over with a bloody nose and asks for ice. Paul and Jeannie believe that her father is abusing her. Samantha goes out with Paul, Tom, and BB. Tom decides to pull a prank on Elvira. BB unlocks her gate and Samantha rings her doorbell. Alarms go off and they hide in the shrubbery. Elvira finds BB standing near her porch and shoots the robot. Paul is devastated by the loss of his friend. On Thanksgiving Day, Paul and Jeannie eat dinner with Samantha. Afterwards, Paul and Samantha share their first kiss. Samantha returns home late at night, outraging her father, who punches her and pushes her down the stairs, causing her to be rushed to the hospital and is left brain-dead. Dr. Johanson tells Paul that she will be put on life support for twenty-four hours and then the plug will be pulled. Paul remembers how BB's microchip links artificial intelligence with the human brain, and runs to Tom's house. Since he owes him one for BB getting shot because of his prank on Elvira having gone wrong, he asks him for his father's keys to the hospital to sneak into Samantha's room and bring her back to life when the plug is pulled. They get the keys, and enter the hospital as Tom deactivates hospital power from the basement, Dr. Johanson pulls the plug on Samantha. When the hospital goes dark, Paul enters Samantha's room and drags her to his lab. Paul's inserts the microchip into Samantha's brain and brandishes his remote control, attempting to activate Samantha. Samantha's foot moves, causing Tom to faint. Paul takes Samantha to the shed at his house and activates her. She opens her eyes mechanically and starts to breathe, with her hands in the position of BB's pincers as Paul teaches her to sit up. The police arrive at Samantha's home and inform Harry that her body has disappeared. In the middle of the night, Paul finds Samantha staring at the window, looking at her father, in which Paul deactivates her. The next morning, Paul awakens and sees that Samantha is gone. He searches for her in the street, but there is no sign of her. Samantha is at her house, avenging herself upon her father. Harry finds the cellar door open and goes downstairs, causing Samantha to grab her father's feet and drag him to the furnace. She breaks his wrist and finally snaps his neck, killing him. Paul finds her in the cellar and sees her father's corpse. Horrified, he hides the body in a pile of coal. He goes home with Samantha and locks her in his bedroom. That night, Samantha breaks free again. This time, she avenges herself upon Elvira for shooting BB. Elvira calls the police, but she hang ups after waiting too long. A basketball bounces ominously in her living room, indicating that Samantha has broken in. Samantha appears and throws her at the wall of her living room. As Elvira screams, Samantha throws the basketball at her head, causing the head to explode. Elvira's headless body stumbles around until it finally lays dead on the floor. When Tom learns that Samantha is killing people, he and Paul get into a fight. Samantha jumps out a window and attacks Tom. Paul and Jeannie save him, but Samantha runs away. As Paul runs after her, Carl confronts him. As a police car arrives, Samantha throws Carl into the car's windshield, the impact killing him. As she runs off, she is confronted by the police. She makes her way back to Paul's shed, where Paul meets her there and tries to comfort her. He realizes that Samantha is becoming more human. The police arrive and point at Paul. Samantha yells Paul's name and the police shoot, hitting Samantha, who was defending Paul. Samantha then dies in his arms. Later, Paul visits Samantha in the morgue and tries to escape with her. Suddenly, Samantha's arms grabs Paul's neck and her face rips apart, only to reveal a terrifying variant of BB with Samantha's voice. Her arms rips apart, revealing skeletal-like arms as Paul struggles to break free from her grip. She tells him to come with her, which he refuses, at which point she snaps his neck, killing him. The film ends by showing the morgue's doors and then fading to black, as the credits roll with a chant by BB. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deadly Friend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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