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Actors: Terry O'Quinn, Shelley Hack, Jill Schoelen, Stephen Shellen
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Stepfather |
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The Stepfather stars Terry O'Quinn as Jerry Blake, an insurance/real estate salesman who likes to move in with single mothers with children. After killing the last family he was with, Blake moves in with Susan Maine. But there is strife as Susan's daughter Stephanie (Jill Schoelen) doesn't like Jerry at all. Meanwhile, the brother of the woman Jerry last killed, Jim Ogilvie (Stephen Shellen) is out to find Jerry by asking a newspaper reporter to print his picture in the local paper. The reporter can't get the story printed with the picture and Jim heads out on his own. At this point Jerry starts getting pictures of the way he looked in the past. He starts to freak out, wondering how someone caught on to him. Jim starts getting closer and closer to finding Jerry when he gets some marriage liscense information. Towards the end, Jerry has a slip of the tongue as Susan finds out he hasn't been at work for the last few days. The mystery unravels as Susan, Stephanie, and Jim all meet in a bloody ending with Jerry.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Stepfather |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
Criminal enemy is...
- crazed boy/girlfriend/spouse
If this is a criminal POV story...
- killing innocent people
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest and buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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