Michael Harding (Penn Badgely) torna a casa e trova sua madre Susan (Sela Ward) convivere con il suo nuovo fidanzato David (Dylan Walsh). Michael diventa sempre più sospettoso nei confronti ... Leggi tuttoMichael Harding (Penn Badgely) torna a casa e trova sua madre Susan (Sela Ward) convivere con il suo nuovo fidanzato David (Dylan Walsh). Michael diventa sempre più sospettoso nei confronti dell'uomo sempre presente.Michael Harding (Penn Badgely) torna a casa e trova sua madre Susan (Sela Ward) convivere con il suo nuovo fidanzato David (Dylan Walsh). Michael diventa sempre più sospettoso nei confronti dell'uomo sempre presente.
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- QuizThe Stepfather (1987) was loosely based on John List, a New Jersey accountant who murdered his family in November 1971 and disappeared. He was found nearly eighteen years later living under an alias when his neighbor recognized him on America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988) and reported it to the Police.
- BlooperThere is a large storm that the son and his girlfriend are seen sitting in the car and he finally runs into the house and she is left in the car watching him enter. In the background of the neighbors circular driveway you can see where the "rain" has a nice arc on the driveway and the area farther away from this arc is dry.
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David Harris: I thought I could make this work. But I can't! This isn't the right family for me. The boy is a problem. He has no respect for me. You haven't been hard enough on him. You've got to make a boy understand! You've got to break him if necessary! You're too weak to do that.
Susan Harding: What are you talking about?
David Harris: I thought it could work, but it can't! I thought you could be Mrs. Grady Edwards, but you can't!
Susan Harding: What did you say? Who is Grady Edwards?
David Harris: Wait, wait... it just... wait a minute. I... uh...
[there is a long tense pause as David/The Stepfather, too late, realizes his slip]
David Harris: Who am I here?
- Versioni alternativeUnrated version was released on Region 1 DVD and Region A Blu-ray.
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Written by Paul Meany
Performed by Mutemath (as Mute Math)
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Dylan Walsh plays the stepfather in a role that was actually likable for the first part of the film. He meets a single mom played by Sela Ward and all is picture perfect until her bad boy son comes home from military school. We only know he's bad by the way because someone tells us. He's a pretty normal, well adjusted kid considering that his dad is no longer around and his mother has engaged herself to a stranger in the span of 6 months. Far as I could tell, his behavior is still within normal range. It might have made for a more interesting film though if he really was a wild child.
So past that everyone knows what follows with the story. There is not a lot of gratuitous violence; even the killing scenes are low key which I don't really mind. If anyone is looking for lots of gore and clever death shots, this is not the film for them. The excitement is in the buildup, the experience of the characters finding out for themselves who the stepfather really is; especially when you have the one obligatory character, in this case the wayward son, who seems to intuit everything about the man from the first time he sets eyes on him. That standard plot device, a character who has it all figured out and NO ONE will believe him, well it's beyond old but it's moderately effective here.
The mindless and unnecessary adolescent dialogue, together with the many gratuitous bikini shots of the son's pale and too skinny girlfriend, tend to bring the quality of the film down. They were neither necessary nor helpful. But if you can look past that and the lack of originality (is it fair to expect that in this film really?) then you'll find an adequate film that's worth a couple hours of your time. I've seen much worse in the horror/thrillers in the past few years.
6/10
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- 8 apr 2010
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- The Stepfather
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- Budget
- 20.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 29.062.561 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 11.581.586 USD
- 18 ott 2009
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 31.198.531 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 41 minuti
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- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1