Last month, Scream Factory started taking pre-orders for their Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release of Wes Craven’s troubled and compromised 1986 film Deadly Friend (watch it HERE). The release date for the Blu-ray is October 12th, and you can secure your copy HERE. If you’ve been waiting to hear the list of bonus features that will be included on the disc, Scream Factory has now announced those:
NEW 2K scan of the interpositive
NEW Hey Sam, Nice Shot – an interview with actress Kristy Swanson
NEW Written in Blood – an interview with screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin
NEW Robots, Ramsey and Revenge – an interview with special makeup effects artist Lance Anderson
NEW Samantha’s Symphony – an interview with composer Charles Bernstein
Theatrical Trailer (in English, Spanish and German)
TV Spots
This will be presented as a Collector’s Edition and will come guaranteed with a slipcover in its first three months of release. The newly commissioned artwork pictured comes to us from artist Colin Murdoch. This art will be front-facing, and the reverse side of the wrap will feature the original theatrical artwork.
Scream Factory previously released the following statement:
We anticipate being asked if we found any alternate footage from the film (as seen in the original theatrical trailer) or Craven’s more milder original feature-length cut. Unfortunately, we could not locate any lost footage after investigating. Sorry, we tried. As fans of the film ourselves we wanted to see that too!
Based on the novel Friend by Diana Henstell, Deadly Friend was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and has the following synopsis:
Lonely teenage genius Paul, a specialist in brain research, has two best friends: his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door. When tragedy strikes both of his friends, he desperately tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its mortal limits into a terrifying new realm. Like a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein, Paul discovers too late that he has created a rampaging monster!
Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, and Anne Ramsey star.