Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward

A seemingly normal man wants the perfect family. When they don't measure up, he eliminates them and moves on to find his next perfect family.

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11% liked it

55 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Nelson McCormick

Release Date: October 16, 2009

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DVD Release Date: February 9, 2010

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  • January 24, 2010
    Pretty good for a cast of nobodys, I was expecting a really low budget remake so expectations were low, so when you get soemthing quite strong its a nice suprise, think now Ill have to see the original which Im told is even better
  • January 17, 2010
    Yet another crap remake from the stables of screen gems who have given us, When a stranger call, Prom Night and this!!! Made for the under 13 this really has nothing good in it at all.Dylan Walsh is badly cast has the main lead,the problem is that hes not scary or sinster.Penn Ba...( read more)dgley is ok nothing special and the rest are just filling in the blanks.I really can not be bother to say anymore about this time waster. Just walk pass it and find something better.
  • January 14, 2010
    A retarded film filled with retarded characters. It starts off showing us the murder of a family, removing all suspense as to whether the stepfather is guilty of anything. This just leaves us to sit open mouthed in amazement at the annoying spastics stumbling around the screen. W...( read more)alsh may turn in a decent performance, but his character is so obvious I'm surprised the victims didn't see it coming. They deserved to die really. Frustrating, predidtable and painfully obvious. This is a film to file under 'pointless'.
  • November 2, 2009
    It made me fall asleep.
  • February 9, 2010
    In this remake from the 80's thriller Dylan Walsh plays a nut that's looking for the perfect family. If they aren't perfect....he kills them. He sets his sites on a recently divorced mother (Sela Ward) of 3. She thinks he's perfect, but the oldest son (Penn Bendgley) suspects the...( read more)re's something not so right about the man.

    If you seen any of the original films, then you know how the film goes. Anyone that is an un-important side character that doesn't trust the guy will be his victims. Which made the movie predictable to me since I saw the Stepfather 1 and 2 from the 80's. Walsh handles the role well, but Terry O'Quinn was so believable at being a nice guy in the original that you almost forgot that he was a killer. Through-out this remake, it's as if Walsh is always ready to snap and he lacks the charm that O'Quinn had. There was never a moment where I got caught up in the nice guy act and forgot that he was a murderer.
  • February 9, 2010
    Kuzim cemu losa kritika, ali moja subjektivna ocjena je pak veca. Jako mi je dobar glavni glumac i svida mi se kako je napravljen koncept filma.
  • February 9, 2010
    What do you think about this movie?
  • February 9, 2010
    was not all that i had expected....still it was ok
  • February 9, 2010
    another thrilling stories....love tha cast
  • February 9, 2010
    I'm interested to see movies like this

Critic Reviews


October 18, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Better to honor history and rent the original. full review

October 16, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

a shabby substitute for its original. full review

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  • Muktidaya
    February 6, 2010
    Ok Was Good.
  • rebbecca20
    December 2, 2009
    super awesome movie one of he biggest hit of all time .i have watched it alread you can watch it here http://tiny4.us/kde2ck

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