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Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy

Original title: Stepfather II
  • 19891989
  • RR
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
After escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son (Jonathan Brandis).
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After escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son ... Read allAfter escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son (Jonathan Brandis).After escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son (Jonathan Brandis).
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4.4K
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    • Jeff Burr
  • Writers
    • Carolyn Lefcourt(characters)
    • Brian Garfield(characters)
    • Donald E. Westlake(characters)
  • Stars
    • Terry O'Quinn
    • Meg Foster
    • Caroline Williams
    • Jeff Burr
  • Writers
    • Carolyn Lefcourt(characters)
    • Brian Garfield(characters)
    • Donald E. Westlake(characters)
  • Stars
    • Terry O'Quinn
    • Meg Foster
    • Caroline Williams
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 57User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
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    Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Meg Foster and Terry O'Quinn in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Meg Foster and Terry O'Quinn in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Jonathan Brandis in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Terry O'Quinn and Caroline Williams in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Jonathan Brandis and Meg Foster in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Henry Brown and Terry O'Quinn in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Mitchell Laurance and Terry O'Quinn in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Meg Foster and Terry O'Quinn in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
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    Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
    Terry O'Quinn in Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)

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    Terry O'Quinn
    Terry O'Quinn
    • Jerry Blake…
    Meg Foster
    Meg Foster
    • Carol Grayland
    Caroline Williams
    Caroline Williams
    • Matty Crimmins
    Jonathan Brandis
    Jonathan Brandis
    • Todd Grayland
    Henry Brown
    Henry Brown
    • Dr. Joseph Danvers
    Mitchell Laurance
    Mitchell Laurance
    • Phil Grayland
    Miriam Byrd-Nethery
    Miriam Byrd-Nethery
    • Sally Jenkins
    Leon Martell
    • Walt 'Smitty' Smith
    Renata Scott
    • Betty Willis
    John O'Leary
    • Sam Watkins
    Glen Adams
    • Salesman
    Eric Brown
    Eric Brown
    • Hotel Attendant
    Bob Eubanks
    Bob Eubanks
    • TV Television Host
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Gray
    • Choir Singer
    • (uncredited)
    Shelley Hack
    Shelley Hack
    • Susan
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Rosemary Welden
    • Video Date
    • (uncredited)
      • Jeff Burr
    • Writers
      • Carolyn Lefcourt(characters)
      • Brian Garfield(characters)
      • Donald E. Westlake(characters)
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    • Trivia
      Several additional moments of gore were filmed after principal shooting on the movie had wrapped. That is because the Weinsteins, after a test screening of this movie, complained about the lack of blood and demanded re-shoots. Jeff Burr refused, and another director was hired to do the re-shoots. In an interview, Burr commented, "they cut a little bit of (the film) out and they added some badly done blood effects. Badly done, because Terry O'Quinn refused to do it. Really, they were meaningless, so that was irritating."
    • Goofs
      When The Stepfather is arranging a victim's house and body to look like a suicide, the victim's dead body, hanging from a noose, blinks.
    • Quotes

      [TV edited without profanity]

      Gene Clifford: You're gonna be late for your own wedding, if you don't hurry up.

      Carol Grayland: Gene, there's something that I have to ask you.

      Gene Clifford: Go ahead, Sweetheart.

      Carol Grayland: The first night that we were together. You came back with a bottle of wine like this. Where did you get it?

      Gene Clifford: I don't remember, why?

      Carol Grayland: This is the same one that Matty had.

      Gene Clifford: So what? What's this all about?

      Carol Grayland: Answer the question, where did you get it?

      Gene Clifford: What's the difference?

      Carol Grayland: The difference is that you taught my son the same song that Sam heard the night that Matty died. That's difference! Now answer the question. Where did you get the wine?

      Gene Clifford: [Growling] What do I have to do? Why is this so hard? Haven't I said that I love you? Haven't I been like a father to that boy? I even had sex with you, for God's sake!

      [Grabs the bottle of wine]

      Gene Clifford: You will never--

      [thudding]

      Gene Clifford: Find a better family man than me, pumpkin.

      [Gene is strangely whispered]

      Gene Clifford: Not in this lifetime.

      [Carol is looking up the door to walk away]

      Gene Clifford: Oh no. You can't just walk away from me. Not now. Not ever.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Stepfather Chronicles: Daddy's New Home (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Sunshine Capitol
      Written by Cole Coonce and T.J. Murphy

      Performed by Hank Kimball's Daughter

      Published by Brain Dead Muzick

    User reviews57

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    5/10
    Stepfather II: Passable sequel
    The Stepfather (1987) was an enjoyable thriller telling the story of an unhinged man who joins family's, devotes himself to them but does whatever it takes to keep the family together and living by his rules.

    Lost star Terry O'Quinn was fantastic and I'd only just discovered that sequels were spawned.

    Following our antagonist as he breaks from an asylum and attaches himself to another single mother.

    Once again O'Quinn is great, as is the always enchanting Meg Foster and the late Jonathan Brandis.

    Stepfather II does not match its predecessor but is still watchable. You'll know everything that's going to happen, but that's okay.

    The Good:

    Terry O'Quinn

    Meg Foster

    Direct sequel

    The Bad:

    Predictable

    Shadowed by the superior first movie

    Things I Learnt From This Movie:

    Even psychos appreciate the snaps, crackles and pops
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    • Platypuschow
    • Nov 27, 2017

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    • Release date
      • November 3, 1989 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
      • Part II Productions
      • Millimeter Films
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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