FilmPG-13Psychological Slasher Survival

The Stepfather2009

Name: The Stepfather
Genre: Psychological, Slasher, Survival
Released: 2009-10-16
Rating: 5.1

“This fall, daddy's home.”

Directed by Nelson McCormick

5.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.6Rotten Tomatoes 13%Metacritic 33TMDB 5.8

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Year

2009

Runtime

101 min

Box Office

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$31,198,531

Domestic

$29,062,561

🏆 2 nominations total

The premise

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?

Horror Vault's take

When teenager Michael returns home from military school, he finds his mother swept up in a whirlwind romance with the polished and seemingly perfect David. Something about the new man of the house doesn't sit right with Michael, and the harder he looks, the more cracks appear in David's carefully constructed persona. What unfolds is a taut domestic thriller where normalcy itself becomes a mask for something far more dangerous. Trust is the most perishable thing in this household.

Content: Violence, Disturbing Behavior, Threat To Family Members