The Stepfather (1987) Synopsis & Summary

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 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

Movie Info

Starring:
Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Stephen Shellen, Charles Lanyer
Theatrical Release Date:
01/23/1987
DVD Release Date:
10/13/2009
Rating:
R
Run Time:
89 min.
Distributor(s):
New Century-Vista
Production Co.:
Incorporated Television Company, New Century Productions, Vista Organization
Director(s):
Joseph Ruben
Genre(s):
Horror
Themes:
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Serial Killers, Treacherous Spouses, Woman In Jeopardy, Assumed Identities
Tone:
Menacing, Ominous, Tense, Creepy, Deliberate
Keywords:
assumed-identity, daughter, dysfunctional, family, investigation, investigator, killing, maniac, murder, psychiatry, psychopath, rebel, scheme, search, serial-killer, stepfather, widow/widower, wife
Country of Origin:
USA (01-23-1987)
Language:
English
Status:
DVD

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