The Stepfather (2009)
This fall, daddy's home.
Director: Nelson McCormick · Writers: Brian Garfield, Carolyn Lefcourt, J.S. Cardone, Donald E. Westlake
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?
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Trailer
Director
Nelson McCormick
Cast
Dylan Walsh
David Harris 
Sela Ward
Susan Harding 
Penn Badgley
Michael Harding 
Amber Heard
Kelly Porter 
Sherry Stringfield
Leah 
Paige Turco
Jackie Kerns 
Jon Tenney
Jay 
Nancy Linehan Charles
Mrs. Cutter 
Marcuis Harris
Detective Shay 
Braeden Lemasters
Sean Harding 
Deirdre Lovejoy
Detective Tylar 
Skyler Samuels
Beth Harding User Reviews (1)
***What if your stepfather is a psycho?*** After an amiable man (Dylan Walsh) slays his family he starts a new one under a different identity in Portland, Oregon, but his discerning stepson (Penn Badgley) picks up on his dark side. Sela Ward plays the psycho’s new fiancé while Amber Heard is on hand as the stepson’s girlfriend. "The Stepfather" (2009) is a solid crime drama/thriller with a bit o' slasher horror, a combination of the original film (1987) and its sequel (1989). All of the Stepfather flicks are loosely based on mass murderer John List. They contain elements of movies like "Psycho" (1960/1998) mixed with coming-of-age drama, like “Fright Night” (1985) and “Disturbia” (2007). Walsh effectively portrays the delusional titular character while Badgley is competent as the teen protagonist. Meanwhile the director takes every opportunity to show Heard in a bi…
