According to MovieHole, Wes Craven’s DEADLY FRIEND is in talks of being remade. Actually, what they say is this: Why hasn’t “Deadly Friend” been announced yet? Truth is, they are actually – I’ve just been waiting for the opportunity to report it. “Deadly Friend” is in the works – writers are toying with the concept now, producers are raking their brains trying to think who’d be an ideal proxy for Kristy Swanson (Hmmm… pretty robot girl… Kristen Stewart!?) and Warner Bros are likely hoping their “Re-Animator”-esque horror redo lends itself to a shitty 3D overlay.
DEADLY FRIEND isn’t the kind of movie I can see studios fighting over to be remade… then again, for films that probably should be remade, DEADLY FRIEND is one of them. For starters, the majority of the public haven’t heard of it (they could try and play it off as an original), and who knows, with today’s technology, maybe they could improve on it in some ways.
The original DEADLY FRIEND went a bit like this: Paul Conway is the new kid in town, who has his own invention, a robot named BeeBee. Paul becomes friends with Samantha, the girl next door, but his efforts to see her are frequently thwarted by her abusive and jealous father Harry. On Halloween, Paul plays a prank on his sinister neighbor, Elvira a mean evil old woman who lives across the street from him. However in a fury, Elvira destroys Paul’s robot BeeBee. Several weeks later, Samantha is murdered by her father. In a desperate attempt to save his new love, Paul implants BeeBee’s microchips into Samantha’s corpse and successfully brings her to life, but he doesn’t realize that his friend has become an unstoppable monster bent only on murder and destruction.
Yes, it’s cheesy sci-fi / horror fun, and who knows… a remake might actually be warranted here, although in 3D would be absolutely ridiculous. There’s nothing 3D about this shit! Of course, this isn’t an official announcement by all means, so it could simply be a pipe dream, but you never know.
Anyway, to check out the full scoop, click HERE and stick around as we wait and see whether this remake news is confirmed or debunked.