After escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son ... Read allAfter escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son (Jonathan Brandis).After escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son (Jonathan Brandis).
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- TriviaSeveral additional moments of gore were filmed after principal shooting on the movie had wrapped. That is because the Weinsteins, after a test screening of this movie, complained about the lack of blood and demanded re-shoots. Jeff Burr refused, and another director was hired to do the re-shoots. In an interview, Burr commented, "they cut a little bit of (the film) out and they added some badly done blood effects. Badly done, because Terry O'Quinn refused to do it. Really, they were meaningless, so that was irritating."
- GoofsWhen The Stepfather is arranging a victim's house and body to look like a suicide, the victim's dead body, hanging from a noose, blinks.
- Quotes
[TV edited without profanity]
Gene Clifford: You're gonna be late for your own wedding, if you don't hurry up.
Carol Grayland: Gene, there's something that I have to ask you.
Gene Clifford: Go ahead, Sweetheart.
Carol Grayland: The first night that we were together. You came back with a bottle of wine like this. Where did you get it?
Gene Clifford: I don't remember, why?
Carol Grayland: This is the same one that Matty had.
Gene Clifford: So what? What's this all about?
Carol Grayland: Answer the question, where did you get it?
Gene Clifford: What's the difference?
Carol Grayland: The difference is that you taught my son the same song that Sam heard the night that Matty died. That's difference! Now answer the question. Where did you get the wine?
Gene Clifford: [Growling] What do I have to do? Why is this so hard? Haven't I said that I love you? Haven't I been like a father to that boy? I even had sex with you, for God's sake!
[Grabs the bottle of wine]
Gene Clifford: You will never--
[thudding]
Gene Clifford: Find a better family man than me, pumpkin.
[Gene is strangely whispered]
Gene Clifford: Not in this lifetime.
[Carol is looking up the door to walk away]
Gene Clifford: Oh no. You can't just walk away from me. Not now. Not ever.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Video View: Episode #2.9 (1991)
- SoundtracksSunshine Capitol
Written by Cole Coonce and T.J. Murphy
Performed by Hank Kimball's Daughter
Published by Brain Dead Muzick
In the present, Jerry has somehow survived his wounds, and sits in a psychiatric hospital. Needless to say, Jerry wants out, so he can find that perfect family he so fervently seeks. Through his own cunning and some boneheaded security lapses by hospital staff, Jerry -his name is Gene Clifford now- escapes, and gets busy locating his next target.
Carol Grayland (Meg Foster) and her son, Todd (Jonathan Brandis) live across the street from Jerry / Gene's new abode, where he's set himself up as a family counselor (!!). Super conveniently, Carol needs the "doctor's" help. As fate -and Gene- would have it, love is in the air, and wedding bells are soon about to ring. That is, once Gene takes care of Carol's pesky ex-husband, before he ruins everything! Oh, and that nosy, mail-carrying friend of hers, Matty (Caroline Williams)! Time for Dr. Clifford to get to work. Will Carol ever wake up and smell the madness?
As sequels go, this is a good one, though it isn't quite as stellar as the first film. O'Quinn shines with the same repressed lunacy, and Ms. Foster's character is just as clueless as Shelley Hack before her. The church / wedding finale is breathtaking!...
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- Aug 8, 2018
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Stepfather 2: Make Room for Daddy
- Filming locations
- Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA(asylum scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,519,796
- Gross worldwide
- $1,519,796
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1