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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@TirarADeguello]

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

[@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.

[@BernardBerserker]

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

[@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

[@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 👌

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@sockmonkey22]

Why didn’t the cruel dad go to jail for murder? The neighbors noticed her face was bloody.

[@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 😄

[@oompie815]

Bad movie but very well directed in my opinion.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

You can't blame Wes Craven for this

[@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 .

[@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.

[@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.

[@Emulous79]

This is what modern horror films get wrong. They're mostly all for gore but the characters are boring nonentities. Even older "bad" films had some interesting people in them.

[@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.

[@variaphora]

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

[@enak413]

poor Elvira ... man, the mistress of the dark really let herself go !

[@spankynater4242]

What are you talking about? That was the best I’ve ever seen her look.

[@michaellaplant8659]

😅😂😝🥴👍👍👍

[@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!

[@Leo_Mauro]

Yeah, right. A 80' s kid programed a woman robot to do random stuff. C'mom. We all know what kind of "programing" he'll have done.

[@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.

[@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. 😊

[@GoADHDGo]

Remember when Paul got addicted to morphine and Charles Ingalls cried and played the fiddle?

[@ericjefferson6249]

Yes, I understood that reference! 😂

[@GoADHDGo]

@@ericjefferson6249 LHOTP was awesome. Willie Oleson was a prairie bad ass.

[@bleeneo101]

GOLD 😅

[@charitysghost1207]

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

[@spacemanspiralcatzero]

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

[@firefly44220]

Same

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@blacknapalm2131]

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

[@DiGiTyDarKMaN]

I sure do love Weird Mark With Movies. 😉

[@jonreid7957]

The abusive dad gets eaten by a giant worm in Tremors so… karma 😂

[@ericburns469]

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

[@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! 😅

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@chris55529]

Is this the one with Vin Diesel? If so, it reminds me of something that happened a few years ago, when I went to see one of those stupid "Fast and Furious" movies with my girlfriend Cassandra. She had a thing for Vin Diesel, which didn't bother me much, because although I would never have muscles like his, I did have something called "hair" located on my head. So I kinda felt sorry for the guy. When we got home, Cassandra wouldn't shut up about the fact that she went to high school with him. According to her, he was actually a really nice guy, and she dated him briefly. When I asked her why they broke up, she suddenly got all sad and told me that once, at his house, she saw something that "couldn't be unseen". So obviously I figured it was something pervy, but it turns out I was wrong. It was just a book called (and I hope I'm spelling this right) the "Necronomicon". Anyway, long story short, they broke up. So, as you can imagine, I've always been a Wes Craven fan.

[@bottnetbottner5366]

WTF?...

[@caucasoidape8838]

Are you implying that Vin Diesel is a deadite?

[@charminglady2011]

I might have missed something, but thanks for sharing.

[@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 :).

[@davidhouston6475]

If the Terminator was your girlfriend.

[@BarrySlisk]

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

[@Kurtsg10]

Did anyone get the Scream Factory Blu Ray? It's a shame that the directors' cut footage has been lost, and Wes Craven never recorded a commentary or interview retrospective on the movie. I do like it, despite the silly ending (the product of a "very senior executive's" demands).

[@marktomlin5818]

Weird movie but good nonetheless

[@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.

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

I for one will welcome our Robot overlords !!

[@JosephSalone]

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

[@knmlover]

Kristy Swanson was in Flowers in the Attic not long after this. That'd be a good "bad" movie to review.

[@kungfew1396]

She stabs a guy through the heart in this too lol, early Buffy days, and I'm shocked Mark didn't mention that was Mama Fratelli from The Goonies with the shotgun. 😂

[@g.shumway5925]

I actually saw that in the theatre when I was perhaps 8 years old. My dad took my older sister and I (she was 14 at the time and was big into VC Andrews, who was getting pretty famous at that point).

[@knightrcer]

Both this film and flowers in tbe attic are movies I'll never forget from my childhood. Each instilled fear in me as a kid for different reasons.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

@@knightrcer I wish Kristy Swanson was my slightly-older sister that I had to share an attic with as an adolescent. 🤔

[@knightrcer]

@@Fluoride_Jones It was such a sad dramatic movie. I think I was 6 when I first saw it. I never remembered the ending, nust that the family lived in the room then found the attic but were never allowed to leave. It had such an impact that I remembered it as an adult and finally found the name of the movie to watch. I never even knew she was the same actress in Buffy the vampire slayer or another awesome movie I loved as a kid Deadly Friend.

[@GL4SS_20]

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

[@Fazerockzz]

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

[@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.

[@nickMpizza]

So, when Sam explodes Elvira's head with the basketball, does that count as a 3-pointer?

[@g.shumway5925]

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

[@juliocesarcastillosoni9331]

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

[@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.

[@themusicactor]

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

[@charlesbullghost5491]

She probably watch the revenge crazy clown horror movie! I scream for ice cream! I probably laugh about that later.🤣😂😆😅😄💀🤣😂😆😅hahahahaha

[@thomasencinas6458]

Is that really the same Kristy Swanson from the original "Buffy the Vampire slayer" movie, because she looks really different in this movie. That's why I thought it might be another actress with the same name, but I'll take Mark's word for it... She was a lot hotter in "Buffy" lol

[@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!

[@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.

[@coffeegator6033]

Dude you gotta see "Sword of the Valliant: The Legend of..." I didn't trail off their, that's really the title of the movie lol. Sean Connery in 1984 cringe fantasy glory

[@CREATERpl]

I like this movie very much. But I'm sure I have seen a different ending - during the shooting with the police, Sam starts to getting consciousness and becoming herself again, while realizing what is happening, but the cops still kill her. And there wasn't any scene after. Are there more cuts of the movie? Maybe an edit just for tv?

[@herbiehopkins]

Its actually quite an enjoyable film 😂

[@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

[@kanojo1969]

Is the guy who played Paul the same guy who was in the cheesy '80s tv show about nerdy kids who solved crimes with their home computers? It was called 'whiz kids' or something like that. It was huge for a couple seasons. Poor guy apparently got typecast right out of the gate.

[@kaiserschnitzel89]

But WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DIRT BIKE DIRTBAGS? Very unsatisfying.

[@planescaped]

"To any of you young people who win the lottery and are actually able to afford a house" I mean, that's not even a joke... that's just reality now.

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

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

[@664chrisman]

I always wondered what Albert got up to after he kicked his morphine habit and Walnut Grove blew up. Now I know. Thanks!

[@heidifedor]

The biggest disappointment o this movie were Almost Home cookies. Talk about a food product that didn’t live up to the name.

[@mattscott2664]

This movie crosses too many moral boundaries. It’s common knowledge that the only reason to put a computer chip in a young girls brain is to make her a complaint sex slave.

[@MrTheMighty]

...Huh. There's a little scoop of Frankenstein Created Woman in this film.

[@supersaiyanbino]

Think the basketball thing would just hurt really bad.... Definitely a headache

[@andrew12bravo21]

Yeah..she keeps bumping into her dads closed fist!! Clumsy indeed...

[@DarthPerkins]

Maybe the real treasure was the half-human, half-robot psychotic zombie we made along the way.

[@jeremychapman1560]

What if the whole movie was a dream from a Nightmare On Elm St movie.... Would make more sense.

[@Highice007]

Kristy Swanson was so beautiful in this, and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer

[@Soledoubt]

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

[@trevorlambert4226]

This movie ended Matthew Labyorteaux's film career.

[@SnarkierThan-U-R]

Old Lady is from Throw Mama from The Train

[@spankynater4242]

He should have programmed Sam to be a pleasure model rather than a murder model.

[@eduardopena5893]

Wes Craven's "My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic," is something I would pay good money to go see.

[@spirituallyconscious7774]

This movie scared me as a kid but yrs later watching this movie it doesn’t hold up to well at all lol 😂.

[@gdprsn]

Note that in the original book this is based from the main characters are just 12yrs Olds.

[@GrindhouseCinemaLLC]

LMFAO he has many that shouldve been disowned. This movie was boss and made even better by Joe Bob Briggs Monstervision

[@FStheforevermachine]

Same as in Nightmare on Elm Street 2, the kid enters his friend's bedroom while friend is in bed.

[@zork2001]

I wanted to like that movie as a kid because I liked that Kristy Swanson girl but there was never any humanity or friendship once she turned… It reminded me of that Species movie it had the same problem with the main character.

[@icecreamzzstaxxxx2743]

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

[@xavierdraco33]

That robot looks a lot like Johnny-5 from Short Circuit with a lot of shit thrown on top. ..

[@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).