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The Stepfather (2009)

PG-13 10/16/2009 (US) Horror, Thriller 1h 41m

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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?

Nelson McCormick

Director
J.S. Cardone

Screenplay
Carolyn Lefcourt

Story
Donald E. Westlake

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Brian Garfield

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Dylan Walsh

David Harris
Sela Ward

Susan Harding
Penn Badgley

Michael Harding
Amber Heard

Kelly Porter
Sherry Stringfield

Leah
Paige Turco

Jackie Kerns
Jon Tenney

Jay
Nancy Linehan Charles

Mrs. Cutter
Marcuis Harris

Detective Shay
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A review by Wuchak

70%

Written by Wuchak on October 17, 2019

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 "P... read the rest.

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