Wuchak
What if your stepfather is a psycho?
After an amiable man (Terry O'Quinn) in the Seattle area slays his family he starts a new one under a different identity, but his discerning stepdaughter (Jill Schoelen) picks up on his questionable morality.
The Stepfather (1987) is a solid crime drama/thriller with a bit o horror. Movies like Psycho (1960), Play Misty for Me (1971), Halloween (1978), The Shining (1980) and Fatal Attraction (1987) come to mind, but this is equal parts coming-of-age drama in the mold of The Crush (1993) with a sort of inverted story. OQuinn effectively portrays the delusional titular character while Schoelen is reminiscent of a young Demi Moore. The decidedly 80s score is quaint.
The film runs 1 hour, ...