The Stepfather

Movie

1987

1h 29m

English

Horror, Thriller

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6.6

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A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.

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The Stepfather

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1987

1h 29m

English

Horror, Thriller

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Cast

Jerry Blake

Stephanie Maine

Susan

Dr. Bondurant

Jim Ogilvie

Al Brennan

Karen

Paul Baker

Art Teacher

Mrs. Leitner

Anne Barnes

Lt. Jack Wall

Mr. Chesterton

Receptionist

Dorothy Rinehard

Mr. Anderson

Mrs. Anderson

Cindy Anderson

Mr. Stark

Joe

Frank

Herb

Mr. Grace

Mrs. Fairfax

Mr. Fairfax

Directed By: Joseph Ruben

Written By: Donald E. Westlake (Screenplay), Brian Garfield (Story), + 1 more

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moonkodi says...

8 years ago

Average. Underwhelming. Thriller? More a slasher in thriller clothes. It's not terrible but I think it's overrated. Terry O'Quinn is good but the script doesn't let him shine. Things are relieved in the script in very obvious ways, which is more suitable for dumb horror movies. The charcaters just are not deep enough for this to be a thriller. The idea was great.

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MySunflower says...

3 years ago

Clearly this is better than the remake. Why? Because its the original. Im saying this without ever having seen the remake. & I will never watch the remake. Stephanie the "16 year old" was actually 23/24 when this was filmed. So lowering your rating for a Non underaged tit scene is clearly dumb. Imaging watching Fast Times At Ridgemount High for the first time & giving it a low rating due to Phoebe Cates & Jennifer Jason Leigh getting their tits out for a couple of scenes. Even tho they were 19 & 20 years old when it was filmed.

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arcelivez says...

3 years ago

Just watch the remake - that one is way better. Saw them both - this one sucks...

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arresbc says...

2 years ago

Best part is when O’Quinn is trying to recall which identity he’s portraying at the moment, followed by a swift slap across his wife’s face with a corded phone :sweat_smile:. Really not the smartest of plans — start a new family and career within a 60 mile radius of your slaughterhouse, Rinse, repeat, a year later?

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Wuchak

5 years ago

***What if your stepfather is a psycho?***

After an amiable man (Terry O'Quinn) in the Seattle area slays his family he starts a new one under a different identity, but his discerning stepdaughter (Jill Schoelen) picks up on his questionable morality.

“The Stepfather” (1987) is a solid c More

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Betharoni

CONTAINS SPOILERS3/10 4 years ago

I just reviewed the 2009 remake, which I did see first, before realizing that this one existed. This original I _kind of_ regret watching.

==**2009 rating of 7 vs 1987 rating of 3.**==

Both movies have the same basic premise of [spoiler]"dude slaughters the family he married into, changes More

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