pot seek pre teen joshua miller ( a tim ) throw his sister doll into the river while daniel roebuck ( a samson ) howl and smoke a cigarette and after kill danyi deats ( a jamie ) . the doll wash away and but the naked young woman stay by the river edge and for any passerby to see . view the dead body be a group of twenty something teenager and mostly classmate of the naked corpse . stoner keanu reef ( a matt ) and crispin glover ( a layne ) be find most camera worthy . the friend wonder what to do about their guilty and beer guzzle killer friend . veteran in the cast dennis hopper ( a feck ) keep the youngster head fed . mr. hopper once kill a woman . he live with one of those life size sex doll and with a mouth apparently ready for action . ione skye leitch ( a clarissa ) be a more living doll and and she be wait for reef to kiss her . their copulation be notably cross cut with a flashback to the opening strangulation . an actual teenager and in her first feature role and ms. leitch be the daughter of sixty singer donovan . make other quirky connection on your own . you can read a lot into the movie and or not and depend on your mood . some of the character background may be a little too subtle . most obviously and the killer teen be tease while note his weight and attitude and and toilet connect nickname . some of the character relationship and motivation be too vaguely defined and but the cast certainly keep the material interesting while and and director tim hunter and photographer frederick elmes and and writer neal jimenez be obviously skilled . river edge ( 8/27/86 ) tim hunter ~ keanu reef and crispin glover and dennis hopper and joshua miller .