The Stepfather

“Engrossing thriller… Thoughtful screenplay by Donald E. Westlake and taut direction by Joseph Ruben highlight this sleeper.” — Leonard Maltin, 2007 Movie Guide

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE YEAR’S TOP 10 MOVIES BY VANITY FAIR, VILLAGE VOICE AND LA WEEKLY

Jerry Blake (Terry O’Quinn, Lost) is a man obsessed with having the perfect “American Dream” life — including the house with the white picket fence in the suburbs, an adoring wife and loving children. He believes he’s found it when he marries Susan Maine and becomes the stepfather to Susan’s 16-year-old daughter, Stephanie. But Stephanie gets an uneasy feeling when she is around Jerry with his “Father Knows Best” attitude — she can see that there is a darker side behind his cheerful exterior. Could she just be going through the typical teenage rebellion against her new stepfather, or is he actually the same man who brutally murdered his family just one year earlier?