Wes Craven DISOWNED this movie! - Deadly Friend (1986)

[@admiraart797]

Please don't ever stop doin' what you're doin' Mark! For some of us, your videos are therapy 🙏

[@michaelfields7088]

I have bad cancer so it helps me. Currently I have a hospital waiting for me and I know I need to go before I get worse. It sucks. Dying completely alone.

[@maxmizer002]

Totaly agree it helps me aswell....luv this dude and his work

[@Rosko311]

@@michaelfields7088 dang thats terrible, hang in there & dont ever stop fighting. Several years ago doctors told my Aunt she was eat up with lung cancer & that she had about a year left. She reluctantly took the chemo & it didn't appear to help, but a few months later she was in remission. To this day she'll tell you it was a miracle, & I can't disagree. I'm gonna pray for you. 🙏🙏 Get Well Soon!

[@DrunkDadsWatch]

I agree , if I’m having a bad day and a new video drops it instantly makes my day cause I know for 20min or so I’m gonna laugh with a huge smile on my face

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

Ditto! =)

[@chipchippahson]

I don't care what anyone says, this movie ruled. Elvira's head getting exploded by the basketball was awesome.

[@spacemanspiralcatzero]

Like a giant fruit pie!

[@CorbCorbin]

“Their trying to kill me!” She had some of my favorite moments, from Goonies and Throw Momma From the Train.

[@donnellwilliams3988]

Oh shit I remember seeing this bag of shit lmmfaooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielwilliams7562]

It was unexpected and glorious

[@deeconstruction8163]

Her body stumbling around with blood shooting out of the stump afterward is quite the image.

[@rcblazer]

Elvira's head exploding when Sam throws the Basketball is easily one of the most hilarious moments I have ever seen in any horror movie, and I've seen Troll 2 and The Happening.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

"Dawn of the Dead" (1978) shotgun blast head explosion in opening apartment segment was pretty funny also.

[@TinaLouise73]

Troll the original 1987 movie is 👌

[@skyesfury8511]

15:45 The phone skit in this is awesome. Mark, you have some actual talent. You could actually play an interesting sociopath in a movie. Would be really cool if you got a chance to do a movie sometime.

[@thesame4076]

His dreams tell me he wouldn't be acting but it does explain some things. Just kidding Mark (please don't kill me)

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

⁠ Mark actually did make his own movie. It’s called _Serial Santa._ Much like James Rolfe did when he was very young (from early teens into his twenties, I believe), Mark had family members costar in it. You can find it here on Mark’s Channel. He also uploaded a review on his own, as he himself puts it, “Bad Movie.” It’s a lot of fun to watch him give his own movie the same fair, honest and funny treatment he gives to every film he reviews!

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

@@thesame4076 KZbin’s being weird... Shocker, I know! 😅 I originally wrote my first comment as a reply to you (and thankfully copied it, just in case…), but it wouldn’t post because _“An Error Occurred.”_ This reply is merely a test to see if it happens again

[@skyesfury8511]

@@Lesley_RedRhody I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up! I'll have to check it out!

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

@@skyesfury8511 No problem! 😁 Mark certainly doesn’t cut himself any slack just because he wrote, directed and starred in the film. But I give him credit for what he was able to do with less than a shoestring budget! Also I’m glad KZbin didn’t delete my response for no reason this time!

[@newdefsys]

Elvira is played by Anne Ramsey-Mobley who appeared in 38 films and more than a dozen tv shows in the 70s and 80s. She was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress, for Throw Momma from the Train, opposite Dany DeVito and Billy Crystal. She mastered the comedic villainess role and perfected the art of setting up gags for the main character to knock them down. In real life she was smart, witty, humble and caring and she loved her craft. She passed away in 1988, just 2 years after appearing in this film.

[@asamusicdude]

Throw mama is a classic. "You don't have a cousin patty!!!!"

[@h.a.9880]

She was also in the Goonies and boy what a great performance she put out in that movie!

[@thedys70]

@@asamusicdude OWEN!!!!

[@leonardsalinas2002]

I loved her in The Goonies, she really knocked it out of the park with that movie

[@homelesshannah50]

She was "momma" in The Goonies and fun fact: Robert Davi can actually sing opera.

[@retroboomer3197]

9:01 I had a friend who came over and walked into my bedroom, got into my bed with me and woke me up and asked me if I had any weed. Needless to say, that was the last day of our friendship.

[@ManWhorse]

But did you have any weed?

[@Mick2K]

This movie scared me as a little kid. The scene when the girl is throwing the basketball and the head of the old lady exploded shocked me. I was totally to young to watch this movie.

[@johnnythewalrus]

100% with you. I was too young and that scene scarred me for life.

[@mrs.conscious]

Same I was 5 and I ONLY remember that

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

To me, it was depressing. The guy lost his girlfriend, tried everything, but could never really get her back. Right before she got shot, it seemed like her human side was coming back, but that was snuffed out. This movie put me in a sad mood for a couple of days. I was around 10 when I saw it.

[@BernardBerserker]

Dr Mark is one of the best Skits. 5 Star Review for sure.

[@slyaspie4934]

Mark you're on fire this episode, absolutely brilliant stuff, the humour comes out of left field and is hilarious, and all the effort you're clearly putting in with the editing to put yourself into the movie is getting better and better every video it's almost seamless, just fantastic all round keep up the good work

[@nicks1451]

The head exploding basketball in this movie, the corn cob stabbing in Sleepwalkers. Sometimes a horror movie is totally worth watching merely for the spectacle.

[@maplebob23]

For me, the whole movie is worth it just for the basketball scene.

[@lolopotatoes9397]

Hell yes!!!!

[@CorbCorbin]

The way Kristy Swanson bounces it at first, ya just know what’s about to happen. Yet it’s still so fulfilling, when it happens. 🤣

[@KoolKeithProductions]

@@CorbCorbin Bruh I saw this movie ONCE as a kid, and all I remembered about it was that a machine that looked like a chick blew up an old broad's head with a basketball. Took me 20 years to find out the name of it lol

[@CorbCorbin]

@@brianbabin6333 Bee Bee! 🤖

[@daxmiller35]

Like at 5:18….apparently he IS a nerd. Look how he dribbles

[@johnnythewalrus]

I stumbled across this movie on TV when I was a kid. It played late at night and kept the head exploding scene in and I swear that affected me for life. I've watched it recently and sure, it looks terrible and ridiculous but when I was like 7 years old, it gave me nightmares.

[@bootz8775]

This is one of those movies I saw all the time as a kid. I will always remember that basketball scene, killing the lady from the Goonies. Didn't know Wes did this tho...his legend lives on

[@jkincaid582]

I remember this constantly being shown on like TBS or TNT late at night when I was a kid, but somehow I never actually made it all the way through to the end. Then finally my buddy and I watched once in the summer when we were bored, and when we got to that ending, we stared in silent confusion for like 10 minutes.

[@TirarADeguello]

"Deadly Friend" and "People Under the Stairs" are two forgotten 1980's gems.

[@Stephen-to7jx]

And Shocker

[@1down4upworkshop61]

Not for nothing, but when I was a teenager, my house was the one where everyone hung out at. My mom would welcome everyone and a few of my close friends felt comfortable enough to just walk in and make themselves at home. Even sometimes waking me up on a Saturday morning... we'd then just chill and drink coffee till we figured out what we were going to do that day lol

[@targaghjj]

This was such a depressing movie. The gore was fun but by that time I was too sad to enjoy it 🥺

[@planescaped]

I call it GoT/TWD syndrome when a show/movie is too unpleasant to be able to enjoy it.

[@xhappybunnyx]

@@planescaped Interesting! I've considered GoT/TWD on very different pages regarding unpleasantness; with GoT it's pretty raw but I need to see some storylines through before giving up on the series, whereas TWD is unpleasant in that it makes me roll my eyes before giving up on the series

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

It left the same impression on me back in '86. Guy gets a girlfriend, loses her tragically, does everything imaginable to get her back, but never really can. It has vibes of "Frankenstein" and "Pet Sematary" in it.

[@Freakinger81]

Mark knows a lot about the coming A.I Wars... we should keep an Eye on him, he could be some kind of Machine himself.

[@caucasoidape8838]

I'm rooting for the machines at this point.

[@TemperedMedia]

Machines don't have a sense of humor... yet.

[@Freakinger81]

@@TemperedMedia He could be an advanced Prototype.

[@applegal3058]

He would be helpful in finding ways to outsmart our robot overlords lol

[@icecreamzzstaxxxx2743]

This was one of my favorite movies in my childhood.... it rocked

[@Fazerockzz]

When you mention "Artificial Intelligence", that always makes me think of Neil Breen "Twisted Pair"

[@Nicole-em9yo]

I remember watching Buffy as a kid and being so mesmerized by Kristy Swanson; I recognized her right away in this video. I always thought she should've had a bigger career.

[@ManWhorse]

Original Buffy is underrated

[@josh24441]

Anne Ramsey was a pretty good actress though. Who else got scared of her after watching the goonies as a kid?

[@YeaiMeanYeah]

I thought she looked familiar

[@wesleydesot4904]

No

[@douggale5962]

I think of "Throw Momma from the Train".

[@josh24441]

@@douggale5962 that’s a funny one too

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

To me, she wasn't scary, but I _love_ the movie "Throw Mama from the train".

[@mladenkulic446]

Weird movies with Mark is a comfort food that everyone craves for. Maybe even famous people watch his videos before their shift starts. I hope they do that would be funny lol.

[@moxiemaxie3543]

Famous ppl having to do "a shift" is funny.

[@LABOUMDECADANCE]

@@moxiemaxie3543 It's not funny at all.. It's hilarious! 😅

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The movie that gave us the absolutely classic basketball to the head exploding scene. I can completely understand why Craven disavowed this movie, but at the same time that scene is an absolute classic. A very memorable scene in an otherwise completely forgettable movie .

[@davidsheriff9274]

That's the kid from Little House on the Prairie, he was homless and Michael Landon adopted him. I remember the episode where he got addicted to opioids.

[@mikeweber3685]

Albert barfed MORPHINE in that ep!

[@endlessnoise9173]

Funny and entertaining review as always, but you totally missed two glaring continuity errors: 8:10 they completely switch out the doctor for another actor. They even did it again at 15:43 with the main character. And it’s the same actor! Handsome fellow, btw.

[@spacemanspiralcatzero]

I’m glad this crazy movie is finally getting some recognition. I’ve always love it.

[@firefly44220]

Same

[@variaphora]

Mark, thank you so much for this. This is just what I needed right now.

[@thomasfranche6770]

Love Kristy Swanson, especially in Flowers in the Attic.

[@jeremyn2626]

I'm sure it's a lot of effort to film your skits/inserts in these but they make me laugh SO hard every time.

[@C.L.Hinton]

What great timing! I was coming to the channel to find a video to re-watch. But, lo and behold! Here's a new one. You're a funny and talented guy, Mark. 😊

[@LABOUMDECADANCE]

Don't know why Wes disowned it, but I've always considered it as a fun '80s cult classic.

[@alienboy1322]

Because he was forced to make the film not how he intended it to be. I'm really curious to see what the original film was like.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@alienboy1322 It was supposed to be a sci-fi/supernatural /dark love story/ thriller! 🤗🎥🎬👍

[@alienboy1322]

@@SuperMarioBrosIII Exactly. I'm really curious to read the original screenplay.

[@skylx0812]

Am I the only one thinking, "Now thats a dodgeball incident we all wished would have happened at school?"

[@davidl570]

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

[@drewgeraci8434]

I really missed you, Mark, but your vids are ALWAYS worth the wait. I bet Wes Craven fans were furious when this came out, not knowing it was tampered with over and over.

[@juliocesarcastillosoni9331]

I rented this at my local VHS store when I was a kid and I really love it

[@GL4SS_20]

Buffy was my first crush … I rented that movie at least 20 times.

[@Green_Playdoh]

I'm sad you didn't point out around 14:53 about the exploding heads that the bodybag containing the old lady had an intact head when they brought her body out of the house.

[@yadabub]

They picked up all of the pieces, and put them together like a puzzle.

[@skitkjell85]

I couldn't help but smile when you mentioned "Have any of your friends ever brought you back to life?" Actually... yes, Mark. Yes, they have ^_^ Not going into details, but it involved a car crash. Love your videos! :D Huge fan from Sweden.

[@DrunkDadsWatch]

Yes!!!! We reacted to this movie and we absolutely loved it. You are definitely our inspiration. Thank you for all your hard work on these videos.

[@charitysghost1207]

I was at the perfect age at the time to really appreciate this as one of the scary movies in my childhood.

[@NovaandthePastapup]

I cannot stop watching your videos 😂 your dry humor is killing me, I love it!!!!!!

[@Devious_Reviews]

That self-insert telephone conversation during 'Tom the Rat' segment was very funny. I always look forward to Mark being a character in his own reviews. :)

[@Schlockaholic]

Hey! I just wanted to comment and say thank so much for doing this show. It has brought me so much joy. I’ve shown it to many of my friends and we’ve had hangouts where we just have a few drinks and watch some episodes. My wife was also a big fan. She passed away two months ago. Thank so much for the memories.

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

The robot is pretty cool for 1986. So it’s got THAT going for it………….which is nice.

[@pothatuu]

My favourite part in the whole movie is when Tom says "Do you know what time it is?", and holds up his alarm clock and points at it.

[@tmarieJ81]

Intially I had a few eye rolls, but by midway I was in tears, this was the best commentary. Great job!

[@Soledoubt]

Marc ecoute I watch your reviews multiple times because your reviews are pure gold 🥇

[@GKitz211]

Marks videos are the only ones which get a "like", before I start them. And after enjoying his reviews I never change that. You're a KZbin-legend!

[@skylx0812]

Happy and gratified to know you infused your being exhausted into your snarky delivery. Suffering is good for the artist, lousy for everything else, but works wonders for the art.

[@nignamedmutt7270]

My opinion on "so bad it's good" movies is that the key ingredient is suffering. If nobody is suffering, and making a genuine effort the movie just comes across as a lazy insult to the viewer's intelligence. Fuck sharknado, and all of it's ilk because they're the epitome of suffering's absence. Sharknado is made by some multimillion dollar studio, but no effort or care is put into it. If they want to make a movie, they need to at least put it all out there, and have some sort of risk/gamble for me to care. I actually respect Tommy Wiseau for this. Idk how much he's worth, but he absolutely put everything on the line in making the room and that takes balls for anyone to do.

[@Aeon2Flux]

Jeez I didn't even see this in my notifications...I've missed Mark and his inventive weird movies..Finally something to get me out of the pool of bitterness for a bit..Thanks Mark..

[@Maggerama]

I'm so happy to see this channel growing by the day.

[@TemperedMedia]

It's a shame the footage was lost. Another film of wasted potential, although I *will* say she did a pretty good job acting as Sam-Bot 5000. Great edits as always, and I could tell you were a bit tired. I can empathize 😄

[@thewanderingtomato7674]

"she is the one who cancelled Jerry" omg!! hahahahhaha I knew I recognized her from somewhere! Brilliant 😂😂

[@JsscRchlDrsy]

I think I saw an interview where it was stated the ending was a nightmare sequence..

[@wondercub]

Paul was on Little House on the Prairie. Great video as usual.

[@ericburns469]

Heck yes, and the irony of Mark’s creation (the channel) somehow killing him is now inevitable.

[@DiGiTyDarKMaN]

I sure do love Weird Mark With Movies. 😉

[@g.shumway5925]

I was obsessed with the original movie cover/poster as a kid (not the one Mark showed on screen though, that looked new).

[@JosephSalone]

Really enjoyed this movie back in the day. Scared me a lot too! I watch it once a year.

[@ronanjenkins2323]

Best movie review channel of all time imo. Top 3 channels for me, so ridiculously funny, love the movie choices too!

[@regib1992]

Damn I completely forgot about this childhood gym!

[@garinsparks7041]

Mark. You ARE the gift that keeps giving!!!!!

[@jimdwyer8607]

"I could figure this out...in fact I'm pretty sure I had a dream where I did this." What in the flip was that comment?! Hahahahahahaaaaaa! Keep up the with the flippin' amazing content! FMITGA! (For the kids, a reference to an Adam Sandler skit from one of his 90s comedy albums.)

[@g.shumway5925]

Anne Ramsey actually got an Oscar nomination a year after this movie (supporting actress in “Throw Mamma from the Train”, 1987).

[@themusicactor]

The people under the stairs .... Best Wes Craven film hands down

[@Matthew.Wade27]

Love the content as always Mark. Keep it up. Criminally underrated channel. I always look for your videos if I’m having a bad day.

[@Bag-Of-Hammers]

Great episode. The inserts had me rolling. Best channel on youtube.

[@YamiVT]

Mark, this one has some of your all time best bits. I love it!

[@jamesstewart3771]

The MPAA where a bunch of prudes in the 80’s . I used to wonder if it was some church in California that submitted it to.

[@stevenclapp2622]

Thanks for this one! I'll never forget watching this movie in the 80s while I was working in a bowling alley. I was in the back watching and my friend was watching at the front desk. We thought this movie was pretty good then the lady getting her head blown up w/a basketball was a WTF moment. I think the movie MEGAN was inspired by this movie.

[@BarrySlisk]

Love that movie. Bought it recently on blu-ray!

[@xliquidflames]

You're absolutely right. I fell asleep with this video playing and had a dream that one of those new robots that Elon Musk and Tesla are building broke into my house and was strangling my cat. So I jumped up and grabbed a knife from the kitchen and started stabbing it. It screamed and when it turned around, it had _your_ face, Mark. I woke up in a cold sweat, my cat is missing, and I found a bloody knife with fur on it laying on the living room floor. I'll never eat ice cream before bed again.

[@AyshRowland]

Head/Brain/Robot explosion=Good movie Wes CRAVEN!!!

[@mikedinunzio1]

Mark I truly love binge watching you with a hand full of others on the KZbin, red letter, mista gg, deckor shadow,dead meat and so on. always enjoy being welcomed back TO the show! 🙂 I hope you’re able to keep entertaining us dingus’s for long time to come because regular t.v. Can fuck right off lol Going to figure out this Patreon thing so you can. Take care bro 👊

[@brandonbishop1529]

To this day the final scene creeps me out, the gurgle-speak and then crunch.

[@stephenvelez9710]

Dude you are not wrong. The very underappreciated “My Soul to Take” is indeed ALL about friendship. I would add grief and the dissolution of the nuclear family to his most prevalent themes.

[@jollyolly34]

I'm always happy when I see you uploaded a new video!!

[@mozzie2729]

I'd say that the robot brain knows how to turn off the inhibitors that keep humans from over-strengthening parts of the body. You see oftentimes when people are in danger, their adrenaline kicks in and they can do some superhuman feats but we can't go full throttle all the time since our bodies would start to give out. But I'm pretty sure the writers didn't even think about that when making this movie.

[@vryusvin3905]

We have the same sense of humor. I can't tell who does at my job, so I have to keep quiet. These videos are such a nice release for me. Thank you!

[@charlesthepariah7600]

Awesome! Wanted you to review this masterpiece for a long time. Thank You!

[@guybrush1701]

The ONLY thing I've ever seen Kristy Swanson in is Dude, Where's My Car? but at the same time she did look a little familiar. Thanks, Mark!

[@deeconstruction8163]

Just a year or two after this movie came out, my local UHF channel's weekend Creature Feature show somehow got away with showing this R rated movie over the air uncensored on a Saturday afternoon, exploding head and all.

[@pyromaniac709]

So that means there still copies around

[@adambell9188]

Love this content, gonna subscribe now. You and Brandon Tenold are my Canadian B-Movie reviews of choice

[@robertsyrett1992]

15:49 good job matching the film grain for the insert shots!

[@eaaivazian]

I can't believe I've never seen this channel before. Subscribed. This video is freaking hilarious.

[@davidl570]

This movie really wasn't THAT bad! Surprised to hear that Wes disowned this---and Kristy Swanson was really good in it. He's certainly done worse than this!

[@shoutingstone]

I was about 12 when I watched this and was utterly besotted with Kirsty Swanson in the lead role. I remember being crushed when she died at the end :).

[@EddyJonez]

Dude, it is always a treat when you post a video. Thank you for the laughs brother.

[@wszechmocnyoz]

Those reviews keep getting better and better XD.

[@GabrielMartins-rn3bm]

Here in Brazil, we call this movie Maldição de Samantha (Samantha's Curse). I remember shittin my pants when It shows on the tv.

[@mikeweber3685]

I sure hope that second sentence was supposed to be in the past tense! 🤣😉

[@izidororaziel4918]

Sim, A Maldição de Samantha. Clássico

[@BADD1ONE]

I remember renting this movie from Erols video in the late 80s

[@blacknapalm2131]

*What's the first thing you would do with a remote control teenage Kristy Swanson?* EXACTLY

[@SnarkierThan-U-R]

Old Lady is from Throw Mama from The Train

[@TimeHunter2305]

This was one of the best reviews so far.

[@rambo4war]

When I saw this in the 80s on some random cable channel I was young enough not to care about the silliness of the plot. But the 40-50 year old me can’t sit thru this and rewatch with a straight face today…..as a kid it was a favorite.

[@soapybsuds]

this, the original 'wishmaster' and 'shocker' are the wes craven movies that really make me question the man's sanity

[@BrentStarling]

Wishmaster is a MASTERPIECE what are TALKING ABOUT

[@RobbieSkyeHamilton]

Shocker rips and Craven didn’t direct Wishmaster

[@soapybsuds]

@@RobbieSkyeHamilton no but he was the executive producer

[@pamelqtaylor8335]

Shocker rocks!

[@pyromaniac709]

Why?

[@davidcurry332]

Love ❤️ your channel , Mark !!🤘

[@jeffpearljam1976]

4:05 holy crap, I live in this neighborhood

[@IceColder]

YOU are the best Mark ! a great huge THANK you for uploading another superb video ! ♥:')

[@frimports]

Oh man its a good day when Marc posts a horror review, Thanks for keeping us entertained bro.