Watch: The Stepfather 1987 123movies, Full Movie Online – A family-values man named Jerry Blake (Terry O’Quinn) marries widows and divorcées with children in search of the perfect family. As soon as his new family members show signs of being human and not robots who will march unquestioningly to his tune, his dreams of domestic bliss begin to crumble, and he kills them. Then he alters his appearance, assumes a new identity, and skips to another town to begin the deadly ritual all over again. He marries Susan Maine (Shelley Hack), who sees him as the ideal surrogate father for her teenage daughter Stephanie (Jill Schoelen), and he is soon up to his old tricks when she proves to be too much of a troublesome teen to handle..
Plot: A seemingly mild mannered man — who has just murdered his entire family — quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.
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Great Performance, Bad Script
Terry O’Quinn is excellent here. He has a definite menacing presence, and his subdued behavior around people only heightens the shock of his raging outbursts. However, the mediocre script ruins what could have been a great film. As a character study of O’Quinn, this would have been chilling and effective. But it makes for a mediocre thriller. O’Quinn plays a psychotic man obsessed with perfection, and the ideal “American Dream”. Inevitably, his family disappoints him, so he creates a new identity, kills them and moves on. The scenes with Jerry are strong and frightening, but the film becomes formulaic when we’re introduced to Jim, who amazingly discovers a vital clue to his whereabouts in a few minutes of poking around. The police missed this? Too many dumb plot points and the predictable finale spoil it. O’Quinn’s performance deserved a better film.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror, Thriller
Director Joseph Ruben
Writer Carolyn Lefcourt, Brian Garfield, Donald E. Westlake
Actors Terry O’Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack
Country United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Awards 2 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Ultra Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Cameras and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm