After murdering his entire family, a man remarries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Terry O'Quinn | ... | Jerry Blake | |
| Jill Schoelen | ... | Stephanie Maine | |
| Shelley Hack | ... | Susan | |
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Charles Lanyer | ... | Dr. Bondurant |
| Stephen Shellen | ... | Jim Ogilvie | |
| Stephen E. Miller | ... | Al Brennan | |
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Robyn Stevan | ... | Karen |
| Jeff Schultz | ... | Paul Baker | |
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Lindsay Bourne | ... | Art Teacher |
| Anna Hagan | ... | Mrs. Leitner | |
| Gillian Barber | ... | Annie Barnes | |
| Blu Mankuma | ... | Lt. Jack Wall | |
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Jackson Davies | ... | Mr. Chesterton |
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Sandra Head | ... | Receptionist |
| Gabrielle Rose | ... | Dorothy Rinehard | |
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A family-values man named Jerry Blake marries widows and divorcées with children in search of the perfect family. As soon as his new family members show signs of being human and not robots who will march unquestioningly to his tune, his dreams of domestic bliss begin to crumble, and he kills them. Then he alters his appearance, assumes a new identity, and skips to another town to begin the deadly ritual all over again. He marries Susan Maine, who sees him as the ideal surrogate father for her teenage daughter Stephanie, and he is soon up to his old tricks when she proves to be too much of a troublesome teen to handle. Written by alfiehitchie
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shower | serial killer | murder of family | looking at oneself in a mirror | new identity |Taglines:
Jerry Blake loves taking care of the family. Any family. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 June 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$260,587, 25 January 1987, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$2,488,740Company Credits
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(1984)
Performed by Patrick Moraz and John McBurnie
Music by Patrick Moraz
Lyrics by John McBurnie
Published by Zoram Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Passport Records (JEM)
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Loosely based on the story of John List, the New Jersey man who killed his family in 1971, and was on the run until 1989, when his profile on the television show America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988) resulted in his capture. The episode is: America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back: John Emil List/John Riccardi (1989). See more »Goofs
When the film first opens, we see a paperboy toss the newspaper onto Jerry's lawn. It lands close to the perimeter of the lawn. But when Jerry emerges later and stops to pick up the newspaper, it is closer to the house. See more »Soundtracks
I Want You(1984)
Performed by Patrick Moraz and John McBurnie
Music by Patrick Moraz
Lyrics by John McBurnie
Published by Zoram Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Passport Records (JEM)
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The Stepfather has many memorable scenes. Terry O`Quinn portraits a very sick man, and this madness is made clear from the very start of the movie, when the (step)father has just killed his family and we are introduced to him as he removes his beard and in other ways alters his appearence to allow him to find another family and again become THE STEPFATHER. The most memorable scene for me is when he interrupts his step daughter on the porch kissing her date for the evening good night. The stepfather snaps, because he wants the family to remain static for ever, he is crazy. So then his wife comes down and she yells at the stepfather saying that he has ruined what they had built up. The expression on his face when hearing that is one of sheere terror. The stepfather is so fragile. The basement scene where the step daugther is getting something in the freezer and the stepfather rushes into the basement to let off some steem, not knowing she is there. It is all very scary.