THE STEPFATHER
1 out of 5 stars

this one gets categorized in the “come on, hollywood! WTF is this?” pile of movies because it just doesn’t do anything for us... so, there’s this guy who creepily inserts himself in divorced/widowed families, and then kills them? why...? soooo many questions! none of them answered... :(



i feel like this is one of those movies where the trailer can basically tell you what it’s about. michael aka dan humphrey from gossip girl (who plays the EXACT SAME CHARACTER) finds out that his mom (sela ward) is dating a guy named david harris. (aka dr. mcnamara from nip/tuck) at first, he’s OK with it thinking the guy is cool, but david starts to do some weird shit and starts acting really weird around the family... it also doesn’t help david’s case that michael’s real father and aunt are suspicious because david only pays in cash, demands his pay be in cash, has no education history, etc. etc.... plus, he doesn’t like to have his picture taken... and, oh yeah... he has these weird locked cabinets in the basement where he likes to keep his stuff “secure.” all in all, the guy is sketchy with a capital S. (this made me realize... NOTE TO SELF: ALWAYS do a background check on sketchy ppl before letting them into your family...even if they're handsome. :P)


i wasn’t exactly sure where they were going with this: was it suppose to be scary? didn’t do that... was it suppose to be psychologically thrilling? didn’t do that either... thus, my point exactly. it would have helped if we knew the why behind these killings because this psychopath certainly had problems worth exploring on the cinematic screen. or, was it suppose to be sort of a slasher movie? see! this left me all confused... anyway, i had truly hoped that terry o’quinn AKA john locke from LOST (the original stepfather from the 1987 version) agreed to do a cameo in this one... i know there were rumors of it, but he backed out... at least, that in itself would have earned itself an extra star! ;)