There’s no one alive who’ll play with the girl next door!
Paul Conway is new in town. A teenage computer genius who built his own robot helper, BB, he lives alone with his mother, but is soon settling in, making new friends and falling in love with the girl next door, Samantha. But Samantha’s father is an abusive alcoholic who one night loses control, leaving his daughter in a coma. Unable to accept the loss, Paul turns his genius toward bringing her back, with deadly results.
Fresh from creating an all-time horror icon when he introduced the world to Freddy Krueger, director Wes Craven once again returned to the world of sinister suburban secrets with Deadly Friend, a tragic tale of teen love and technological terror. Nightmares don’t just happen on Elm Street!
With a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, who would later write Jacob’s Ladder and Ghost, Deadly Friend stars Kristy Swanson (the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as the titular deadly friend and Matthew Laborteaux as the twisted teenage Frankenstein who cannot let her go.
With a host of archival interviews, brand new video essays, this release also features a reversible sleeve and a collector’s booklet.
❉ LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by film critics Stacie Ponder and Alexandra West
- Hey Sam, Nice Shot, an archival interview with actress Kristy Swanson
- Written in Blood, an archival interview with screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin
- Samantha’s Symphony, an archival interview with composer Charles Bernstein
- Robots, Ramsey, and Revenge, an archival interview with special make-up effects artist Lance Anderson
- The Tragedy of Samantha Pringle, a brand new visual essay by film critic BJ Colangelo
- March of the Pigs, a brand new visual essay by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Trailers and TV spots
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Robert Hack
- Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by author and critic Guy Adams
❉ Deadly Friend – Arrow Video Limited Edition Blu-ray, RRP: 24.99. UK Release date: 17 November 2025.
❉ News source: Fetch Publicity.
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