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5.4/10 • 43

1992-06-041h 50m

HorrorThrillerTV Movie

Daddy's been working in the garden... again!

After escaping a Puget Sound institution, "Stepfather" Gene Clifford alters his appearance with plastic surgery and takes on another new identity: Keith Grant. Moving to Deer View, California, Keith falls for a divorced school principal, arousing the suspicions of her wheelchair-bound, computer-savvy son.

Directors
Guy Magar
Writters
Guy Magar, Marc B. Ray
Characters
Guy Magar, Marc B. Ray, Donald E. Westlake
Editors
Guy Magar, Marc B. Ray, Patrick Gregston

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  1. Robert Wightman

    Robert Wightman

    Keith Grant / The Stepfather

  2. Priscilla Barnes

    Priscilla Barnes

    Christine Ann Davis

  3. Season Hubley

    Season Hubley

    Jennifer Ashley

  4. David Tom

    David Tom

    Andy Davis

  5. John Ingle

    John Ingle

    Father Ernest Thomas Brennan

  6. Dennis Paladino

    Dennis Paladino

    Mr. Thompson

  7. Stephen Mendel

    Stephen Mendel

    Mark Wraynal

  8. Jay Acovone

    Jay Acovone

    Steve Davis

  9. Christa Miller

    Christa Miller

    Beth Davis

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CinemaSerf

Feb 8, 2025

By now we must know this man isn’t going to die! Only this time, well he has - sort of. Terry Quinn clearly read the script and decided to sit this out, ergo “Jerry” now becomes “Keith” (Robert Wightman). He has escaped from a not so high-security institution, had some plastic surgery and headed for the unsuspecting “Davis” family. That’s mom “Christine” (Priscilla Barnes) and her wheelchair-bound, terrapin-keeping, young son “Andy” (David Tom). It’s actually the latter character who begins to smell a rat as his new father makes a few slip ups which he confides to local priest (John Ingle). Sadly, though, his dog-collar proves little protection as the growing body count takes us nicely to a finale in a nursery equipped with loads of shears, pitch-forks, hoes and one those industrial-scale tree shredders. Sadly, nobody thought to put the script in there first, and/or the notes from the casting session as for almost two hours we are subjected to something feeble and predictable. For horror to work, I think, it has to be vaguely plausible but here the whole scenario is nonsense from start to finish. This wasn’t a very strong franchise to start with, but by now we are well and truly squeezing the dregs from an idea that should never have got off the (very small) drawing board. The denouement is actually not just ridiculous but I also think quite philosophically dangerous too, but to be honest I can’t recommend that you ever get anywhere near that far.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,800,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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