Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

hellholehorror This is a very predictable and slightly bland horror film. It is not amazingly gory but it does have some violence. You can predict exactly where this is going long before it happens. I found it quite easy going to watch and the climax was suitably exciting to make it feel like it was worthwhile watching. There is nothing that you can take away from this film except the happy knowledge that he survives and there is a sequel. This takes itself seriously and there is no knowing comedy about the slightly tacky setup. There are better films than this but the relative blandness works in its favour giving you a slow ride to oblivion on the psychotic stepfather's path to ultimate annihilation.

edwagreen What a change of pace for Dylan Walsh, seen as Poppy Montgomery's love-interest and strong minded cop Al.In this film he plays a murderous psychopath who marries widows or divorcees and then proceeds to kill families.One woman in Portland, Oregon immediately falls for him and he moves in. Her eldest son, who has been a problem, immediately suspects that something is amiss, and of course we have the younger son being hit by Walsh.Walsh seeing that various people are suspicious, begins his murderous rampage with a nosy neighbor, the woman's ex-husband and her sister becoming victims.The fighting finale on the roof is tense, but with all Life-time films, these culprits seem to get away and as the film ends, they are ready to continue their mayhem.

Davis P The stepfather is just a bad movie. I mean that's basically the majority of my review haha, it is a poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly filmed movie that does nothing to thrill, excite, and interest the audience at all. I have not seen the 1980s movie that this one remakes, but I'm sure it's better than this mess. The only thing I really liked about this film was Penn Badgley, and his many shirtless scenes haha. Penn wasn't horrible in his character, he just wasn't that great either. He was good eye candy though, especially since the rest of the movie was crap. Dylan Walsh was just so so, nothing special, and I personally didn't think he was nearly creepy or threatening enough. The dialogue is just a bunch of recycled extremely clichéd lines thrown together. The action scenes are not that thrilling or scary. 2/10, would've had a 1 without Penn Badgley lol.

SnoopyStyle David Harris (Dylan Walsh) is the stepfather from hell. He kills his stepkids and new wife. It's not even be his first kills, and each time, he gets a new identity. His next target is Susan Harding (Sela Ward) and her kids. Six months later, her oldest son Michael (Penn Badgley) returns home after military school to find David living with the family. Michael's longtime girlfriend is Kelly Porter (Amber Heard), and he doesn't get along with his father Jay (Jon Tenney). David gets a job at Susan's friend Jackie Kerns (Paige Turco)'s realty company. Things work relatively well at first. When an elderly neighbor notices the resemblance between David and a police wanted sketch, David starts killing once again.This is a relatively professionally made B-movie. Dylan Walsh does a good creepy guy while still has that leading man look. Sela Ward is protesting too much at all the evidence. These are cookie cutter characters and not really that well thought out. Penn Badgley is not the most likable actor. And for some reason, Amber Heard is always wearing a bikini. I'm not complaining but it becomes very noticeable. In the end, this movie lacks something compelling to interest me. There is no mystery since the stepfather is shown as a serial killer right away. The movie is mapped out right from the start. The family isn't likable enough to maintain rooting interest. This is professionally made but not much more than that.