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FilmPG-132009
The Stepfather
Directed by Nelson McCormick
Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side? From TMDB
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The Stepfather is a 2009 horror thriller film, directed by Nelson McCormick, starring Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward and Penn Badgley.
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60 of 127 · most liked firstDon't ask me why, but this is a Thanksgiving movie. #NowWatching The Stepfather (1987) #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stepfather |1987 www.imdb.com/title/tt0094035 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies #slashers ·after murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again·
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight we’re seeing MIKEY, the 1992 DTV horror film that asks “what if THE STEPFATHER was about a kid?”
neutral · AI labelView post →This week on #MovieCrypt: It’s one of our favorite Scream Queens,Jill Schoelen (THE STEPFATHER, POPCORN) joins us for a funny & heartfelt episode discussing her genre journey and more! Enjoy this great episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stepfather|1987 www.imdb.com/title/tt0094... 📽️ #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies #slashers ·after murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again·
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stepfather (2025 Movie Thread, #135), #Horror365Challenge (#113) #filmsky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Posting a couple of original drawings of Terry O'Quinn to celebrate tonight's FFB Movie Night presentation of The Stepfather! #FFBMovieNight #MutantFam #TheStepfather #HorrorArt #Art #HorrorCommunity
neutral · AI labelView post →#Horror365Challenge 298/365 #NowWatching The Stepfather (1987) Dir-Joeseph Ruhben The heartwarming tale of a loving man and his complicated family life.🥲 Hallmark channel stuff. This tearjerker of a film tends to be overlooked amongst all the other great horror films that came out during the 80s.
positive · AI labelView post →The one that gets me, John List murdered his children, wife, and mother and went off and adopted a new identity and life. He was finally caught cuz a nosy neighbor in his new life called into Unsolved Mysteries. This case inspired the film The Stepfather. #FrightClub
neutral · AI labelView post →Given our antagonist's whole shithead, middle class white dude aura, this movie is kind of how I would imagine The Stepfather would have turned out if Terry O'Quinn were an incel ... . #FrightClub #Shiver
neutral · AI labelView post →Top 5 White Guy Performances in a Horror Movie: Anthony Perkins - Psycho Brad Dourif - Exorcist III Terry O'Quinn - The Stepfather George C. Scott - The Changeling Peter Cushing - Horror of Dracula
neutral · AI labelView post →Obscure Cannon film of the day: 1985's THUNDER ALLEY, about a band trying to make it big! Jill Schoelen (THE STEPFATHER), Roger Wilson (PORKY'S) and Leif Garrett star! Directed by J.S. Cardone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Y...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stepfather ! That makes perfect sense. It’s an awful reality but a really good movie. #frightclub
positive · AI labelView post →Also, if this movie were The Stepfather, that car would have exploded instantly when it went off the road, and Straight Jeffrey Dahmer would have wandered into the Day-For-Night darkness whistling "Camptown Races ..." . #FrightClub #Shiver
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #TheLastDrivein Hubs Birthday Long-Weekend 🤠 The Changeling 1980 | Peter Medak 🎂 The Stepfather 1987 | Joseph Ruben 🤠 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II 1987 | Bruce Pittman Hubs long-birthday begins with Thai takeout & his favorite three Joe Bob & Darcy hosted films! @j60660.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I've always been curious about this one, and Plex has The Stepfather right now, which is a movie I liked a lot in HS in which Terry O'Quinn sort of has a hairline. I'll check for it.
positive · AI labelView post →If you want a horror movie to watch today and don't want the usual suspects of CREEPSHOW or THE STEPFATHER, don't forget that FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE becomes a Father's Day film in the last two minutes.
neutral · AI labelView post →I must insist on reminding people who aren't aware of Joseph Ruben's 1987 thriller THE STEPFATHER that the future Alex McSween and John Locke gave one of the best horror movie performances of the decade.
neutral · AI labelView post →For the “greatest start to a movie where we just missed Wild Wild shit happening” Award I nominate The Stepfather. He unalives kids The fuck So so good #filmaky #horrorsky #moviesky
positive · AI labelView post →Didn't get to join for long but enjoyed the last half of #Bit. Thanks again! I'll be joining in to watch The Stepfather with #FrightClub #AfterHours. Can't promise I can watch the whole film but could use the laughs! 😆
neutral · AI labelView post →Missed yesterday's anniversary of the release date of 1987's THE STEPFATHER, one of the best horror films of the decade. Get me drunk and I'll tell you the story of how drinking with Terry O'Quinn's brother Tom and listening to him make music led to my 17 years as a film critic.
positive · AI labelView post →1987's scathing satire on Reagan’s family values #TheStepfather was released #OTD Erroneously marketed as a #slasher, the #movie featured a brilliant performance from Terry O'Quinn as a chameleonic serial killer Here's a deep dive👇 #80s #movies vhsrevival.com/2021/04/09/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight UK channel Talking Pictures TV are showing The Stepfather, one of the best but least celebrated B-movie thrillers of the 80s. A pre-Lost Terry O'Quinn gives an incredible and deeply unnerving performance as a serial killer looking for the perfect family... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUG...
neutral · AI labelView post →Next week on the pod: @amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social talk about the first John List adaptation with the 1987 film THE STEPFATHER
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #FilmSky #Rewatch The Stepfather (1987) Dir. Joseph Ruben Starring: Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen & Shelley Hack *I forgot that there's male full frontal nudity within the first five minutes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to the lovely Jill Schoelen, underrated film & TV actress and celebrated horror final girl, popular for her roles in CHILLER, BABES IN TOYLAND, THE STEPFATHER, CUTTING CLASS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, POPCORN, and WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK, and more. She was #BOTD on 3/21/1963
neutral · AI labelView post →"The Stepfather" (1987) is an incredible film, easily one of the best 'hidden gems' I've seen in some time. Long before "Lost", Terry O'Quinn gives a frightening performance. Well worth a watch. #MovieSky #HorrorSky
positive · AI labelView post →I love that Shelley Hack's next movie after this was The Stepfather. #horrorwatch
neutral · AI labelView post →THE STEPFATHER definitely counts as a Thanksgiving movie. God, this movie rules! If anyone's ever feeling generous and wants to write a part for me to play in something, make him Jerry Blake-ish.
positive · AI labelView post →Fake Movie Facts: The Stepfather was initally supposed to have a crossover cameo with Bette Davis as the shape-shifting, chain-smoking black cat in Wicked Stepmother (1989), but the director felt it didn’t fit the film's darker mood. #FFBMovieNight #TheStepfather #MutantFam #Art
neutral · AI labelView post →A lesser-known gem from the late ’80s. Released around the same time as Fatal Attraction, but unfairly overlooked. Terry O’Quinn is terrific—menacing, nuanced, unforgettable. Worth seeking out. Just steer clear of the 2009 remake. #AdmitOneDaily #TheStepfather #1980s
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching📽️💀 The Stepfather (1987) #thriller
neutral · AI labelView post →Pick a Movie or TV series for each season! Here are mine: 🍂 Autumn - The Stepfather (1987). ❄️ Winter - A Simple Plan. ☔ Spring - Long Weekend (1978). ☀️ Summer - Phantasm.
neutral · AI labelView post →Downgrade a movie The StepFather The Last Ten Taters of Christ Star Arguments Raiders of the mis-classified Ark Blade Jogger
neutral · AI labelView post →We talked about the DeFeo family murders and how John List was the inspiration for the movie The Stepfather. The Morbid podcast is literally covering John List this week. #FrightClub #TrueCrime #TheStepfather #AmittyvilleHorror
neutral · AI labelView post →@amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off John List month with THE STEPFATHER (1987) Starring a magnetic Terry O'Quinn, this Reagan-era slasher film is the perfect takedown of outdated "father knows best" patriarchal beliefs.
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW REVIEW: The Stepfather (1987) I took a break from slashers for more of a thriller(/slasher adjacent) film. The Stepfather's not an amazing movie, but it's carried by a superb lead performance by Terry O'Quinn thespookyindex.substack.com/p/the-stepfa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Question Time: #HorrorMovies that wouldnt be nearly as good with a different actor, the lead actor’s performance makes the movie: - Terry O’Quinn, The Stepfather - Brandon Maggart, Christmas Evil - Doug Bradley, Hellraiser - David Howard Thornton, Terrifier What else ya got? #HorrorSky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stepfather is a fantastic, horrifying movie! #Letterboxd
positive · AI labelView post →#100HorrorMoviesin92Days Film no. 99: The Stepfather (1987) dir. Joseph Ruben
neutral · AI labelView post →THE STEPFATHER is a really good spooky season movie, all timer villain performance by Terry O’Quinn
positive · AI labelView post →Who’s ready to talk about the origin of THE STEPFATHER movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★★ review of The Stepfather #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween. Day 14: The Stepfather (1987, d. Joseph Ruben).
neutral · AI labelView post →I like when my Facebook memories remind of movies I had seen but completely forgot I had seen them. What? I watched "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie" 13 years ago? What do you mean I was up until 5:30am watching "The Stepfather" on this day 15 years ago?
neutral · AI labelView post →I got to see it at the USA Film Festival/Dallas as part of a Westlake tribute (they also screened The Stepfather) and couldn't believe that nobody here picked it up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thirty Day Horror Challenge Day 29 - The Best Horror Film Opening Scene The Stepfather (1987) #30DayFilmChallenge #Horror #filmsky #moviesky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →#FirstTimeWatching The Stepfather (1987)
neutral · AI labelView post →A film poster from Yugoslavia for THE STEPFATHER (1987 - Dir. Joseph Ruben) Cast: Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yup. The guy they based The Stepfather movie off of. He’s kind of the boogeyman of the town my fiancé is from
neutral · AI labelView post →If you’ve never seen the #horror film series The Stepfather, this thread is a good introduction. Yikes on bikes!
neutral · AI labelView post →Working on the design for the movie The Stepfather (1987) but I’m not too confident on the colours. I was thinking of making his top half colourful to “showboat” his attributes whereas his post parts would be darker to show off his true colours if you will. I’m not 100% on the idea but we’ll see!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →this movie KICKS ASS. said woah at least 7 times. The Stepfather 2009
positive · AI labelView post →Netflix for #Firstborn1984 here for #FrightClub for Peak '80s content, a la THE STEPFATHER, with young Peter Weller, Teri Garr, Sarah Jessica Parker, Corey Haim, and Robert Downey Jr. Movie poster in Spanish: They were all happy, until their mother accepted... A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE 👀 🤣
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s much creepier stuff in your film, like the root baby and the child eater or THE STEPFATHER 😳🫣
neutral · AI labelView post →THE STEPFATHER 1987 I already despise estate agents, I don't mind seeing a horror movie about one. This horror works partially because we are indeed day-to-day expected to handwave off men's violence.
positive · AI labelView post →Halloween-a-thon Movie #55: Title: The Stepfather Year: 1987 Format: Blu-ray One of my favorite movies, I rarely hear people talk bout. Terry O'Quinn really balance a fine line between psychopath and mild-manner loving husband. I honestly don’t know anyone else that could’ve pulled that off.
positive · AI labelView post →152. The Stepfather terry o'quinn is fucking actormogging every other deadfaced troglodyte in this movie
positive · AI labelView post →This week on the Bad Movie Roast... It's been a long time coming but Korey, Martin and Billy celebrate the return of TUBI ORIGINAL TUESDAY as Chris Stokes' remake of THE STEPFATHER gets Double Toasted!
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're in the mood for a terrible Tubi movie watch The Stepfather with Tamar and Taye Diggs. Absolute foolishness 💀
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