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The Stepfather

Name: The Stepfather
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2009
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard, Deirdre Lovejoy

Taste attributes: horrorthrillermysteryfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateenclosedfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"Daddy's home"

Boxlist takeA fantastical, unsavoury horror film: fresh and weighty. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.8 /10

TMDB · 608 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

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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