Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 01/23/1987(USA)
Release Date: 10/13/2009
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Watch With Your Teen
Distributor/Studio: Shout Factory
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
O'Quinn's latest wife and stepdaughter, who prove to be yet another disappointment to him. An adroit witches' blend of
Ozzie & Harriet and
Psycho,
The Stepfather was scripted by
suspense veteran
Donald E. Westlake. A lesser sequel,
Stepfather 2, followed in 1989.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
