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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 psychos new fiancé while Amber Heard is on hand as the stepsons 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 "Psycho" (1960/1998) mixed with coming-of-age drama, like Fright Night (1985) and Disturbia (2007).
Walsh effectively portrays the delusional titular...