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
Even though it seemed as if O'Quinn's Jerry Blake was killed off at the end of the first film, the magic of the movies brings him back for yet another round of slashings in the sake of the American Dream. Jerry's now stuck in a mental hospital. He, of course, escapes and forms a new identity - this time, a psychiatrist(named Gene) specializing in suburban women, which gives him a nice group of gals to choose from for his next dream wife.
Unfortunately for Carol (the beautiful Meg Foster), Jerry fixates on her and her son (Jonathan Brandis) and wants them to become his new family. Jerry's soon up to his own tricks, dispatching of anyone that gets in his way.
This is a movie that doesn't need to exist, so it's to director Jeff Burr's credit that he's able to make it seem as if this movie has a right for being here. Bringing Terry O'Quinn back is a huge plus and he's pitch perfect here. Joining him are genre faves Meg Foster and Caroline Williams who are equally game and ground a rather ridiculous story in reality. There's a nice dose of playful, dark humor throughout and the murder set pieces will please gore fiends without turning off those in the mood for more traditional thriller stylings.
Stepfather II might not reinvent the genre, but it's a worthy and fun sequel.
- molemandavid
- Jul 26, 2017
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- 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
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1