Horror remakes are the kind of subgenre that appear to be greenlit with reckless abandon but are approached, by everyone but a select lobotomised few, with nothing but sheer trepidation. They?re a scary prospect, these days.
At least The Stepfather has the decency to eliminate the inconvenience of having to guess who the killer is ? not that it is usually hard to workout in these types of films. The stepfather of the title is played by Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck) and he actually does a pretty good job of coming over all maniacal, with a rubbery phizog that gurns with sadistic glee.
He desperately wants to become a happy family with his new partner Susan, but her son and his girlfriend seem intent on uncovering his bloody past. Honestly, he would?ve got away with it as well, if it weren't for those pesky kids? or if he stopped killing everyone.