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Rating: 7 stars

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Amazon Prime Family Seattle small town mother daughter high school psychologist murder serial killer

All movies seen on 06/17/2018

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The Stepfather (1987)

Directed by Joseph Ruben

Thriller | Horror

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Terry O'Quinn | Jill Schoelen | Shelley Hack | Charles Lanyer | Stephen Shellen | Stephen E. Miller | Robyn Stevan | Jeff Schultz | Lindsay Bourne | Anna Hagan | Gillian Barber | Blu Mankuma | Jackson Davies | Sandra Head | Gabrielle Rose | Richard Sargent | Margot Pinvidic | Rochelle Greenwood | Don S. Williams | Don MacKay | Dale Wilson | Gary Hetherington | Andrew Snider | Marie Stillin | Paul Batten | Sheila Paterson

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Learned today that Stepfather 1, 2 & 3 are on Prime so I decided to spin up the first one again bc I was wondering how it set up a sequel w/the same main character. Plus I’m always down for Jill Schoelen flicks.

I wonder if they hadn’t opened with the murder scene conceit would it change how the movie worked the audience… the viewer knows up front this is a bad dude so you know things will go south. But what if you didn’t know he was bad but just doing all these strange things leading up to it along w/the clues about the previous murder scene.

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