The Stepfather

2009

Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller

42
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 14% · 63 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 34% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 42697 42.7K

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Plot summary

Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?

Director

Nelson McCormick Photo
Nelson McCormick

Top cast

Sela Ward Photo
Sela Ward as Susan Harding
Jessalyn Gilsig Photo
Jessalyn Gilsig as Julie King
Sean Moran Photo
Sean Moran as Gus / Hardware Clerk
Amber Heard Photo
Amber Heard as Kelly Porter
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
748.58 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
TV-14
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 4
1.55 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
TV-14
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 7 / 10

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

***What if your stepfather is a psycho?*** After an amiable man (Dylan Walsh) slays his family he starts a new one under a different identity in Portland, Oregon, but his discerning stepson (Penn Badgley) picks up on his dark side. Sela Ward plays the psycho’s new fiancé while Amber Heard is on hand as the stepson’s girlfriend. "The Stepfather" (2009) is a solid crime drama/thriller with a bit o' slasher horror, a combination of the original film (1987) and its sequel (1989). All of the Stepfather flicks are loosely based on mass murderer John List. They contain elements of movies like "Psycho" (1960/1998) mixed with coming-of-age drama, like “Fright Night” (1985) and “Disturbia” (2007). Walsh effectively portrays the delusional titular character while Badgley is competent as the teen protagonist. Meanwhile the director takes every opportunity to show Heard in a bikini or underwear, but she’s way too thin to stir much interest despite her obvious attractiveness. She’s more appealing after she acquired some curves, e.g. as Mera in “Aquaman” (2018). At the end of the day this is an updated, slightly more compelling version of the first film and its sequel. There are just enough changes to make it worthwhile if you’re familiar with the prior flicks. On the downside, it’s a little predictable, but what else is new? The film runs 1 hour, 40 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles & Santa Clarita, California (with studio work done in Culver City). GRADE: B+
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Reviewed by barrynewblood 5 / 10

Would Be Fine for Lifetime TV

Dylan Walsh is a strong actor, but the material he's been given doesn't help him attempt to go toe to toe with Terry O'Quinn's iconic performance in the original. The stepchild's gender has been switched and Penn Badgley brings a lot of welcome vulnerability to the role while Sela Ward's concerned wife and mother doesn't get as much to do nor does Amber Heard as the concerned girlfriend.

The script has more cliches and bad scares than the original which hurts it a lot, but it's entertaining enough if you just want to decompress and watch something that doesn't require you to do much thinking.

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