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SOURCE-Screen Gems DVD
Having seen the original back in the day when this remake was announced I wondered why? I get remaking films that were good but had flaws. The Stepfather had no flaws. Decided to wait till I could get the DVD in thru Netflix by mail,remember that? Got it in,watched it and it was decent. Totally forgot about it until I found the above pictured copy at a junkstore cheap.
So this is an ex-rental DVD. Which means a great super tough case,these Blockbuster cases are great and much better than the eco-cases we get now with most releases. And yea I gotta get the "$9.99 sale" sticker residue on the bottom right corner.
The film starts off with our lead having just killed another family. He targets widowed or freshly divorced women with kids. Ends up married to them and as the family disappoints him he kills them and then moves to another state and starts up again.
After moving the Stepfather meets Sela Ward in a grocery store. They start talking and 6 months later when Sela's oldest son is coming back from reform school and learns he has a new step dad.
The new Stepfather starts cracking,like when the younger son is told to turn the TV down and doesn't. So Stepfather gets a bit rough with the kid. More and more cracks are showing, with the oldest son and his girlfriend noticing them.
Decent remake. Still wasn't needed. Good cast with Sela Ward standing out as the best in the film. Still it's a film I doubt I watch again for a long time. Glad I paid a buck or less for this.
The Stepfather Remake gets a C+
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