The Stepfather

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R,1hr 29min
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1987
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Shout Factory
Synopsis: Terry O'Quinn plays The Stepfather in this intelligent, unsettling chiller. We'd tell you O'Quinn's character name, but he has so many. You see, O'Quinn has been a stepfather many times over, romancing and marrying widowed women in several different states. After each wedding, everything is blissful -- at least, until O'Quinn's new wife and kids fail to measure up to his notions of perfection. Then he kills them en masse, and moves on to his next victims. Shelley Hack and Jill Schoelen co-star as ... Full Synopsis
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A surprisingly well-crafted and frightening tale unhampered by its B-movie mise-en-scène, The Stepfather manages to upend some established horror-movie conventions as it entertains. Joseph Ruben's loopy direction fits the eerie, slimy feel of the picture perfectly. As the psychopathic titular character, Terry O'Quinn seethes with a duplicitous Norman Bates quality. O'Quinn plays the "sickopath" role ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Jerry Blake/Henry Morrison/Bill Hodgkins
Stephanie Maine, Jerry's Step-Daughter
Susan Blake, Jerry's Wife
Jim Ogilvie
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Penn Badgley in "The Stepfather"
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Sela Ward in "The Stepfather"
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Penn Badgley in "The Stepfather"
Penn Badgley in "The Stepfather"
Penn Badgley in "The Stepfather"
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