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The Stepfather
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Stepfather is a 1987 thriller film, written by esteemed crime novelist Donald Westlake and directed by Joseph Ruben. The film tells the story of an unnamed bluebeard Serial Killer (played by Terry O'Quinn) obsessed with being a part of the perfect family, to such an extent that if his current family doesn't live up to expectations, he kills them and moves onto another.The first film was famous for putting O'Quinn on the map, with even Roger Ebert raving about his acting.The film was followed by two sequels, the first direct-to-video and the second made for television and replacing O'Quinn with Robert Wightman. A remake of the first film was released in 2009. | |
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Cool Old Guy | |
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Cool Old Guy: Father Brennan, who shares Andy's interest in solving mysteries, and even starts helping him to find info on his stepfather. | |
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The Sociopath | |
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The Sociopath: The stepfather can easily be considered this. | |
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They Look Just Like Everyone Else! | |
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They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: One of the scariest things about the Stepfather is that he looks and acts like a normal guy. | |
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Soft Glass | |
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Soft Glass: Averted. The stepfather punches through a car window to get at a victim, cutting his hand up pretty badly and necessitating a bandage for the rest of the film. | |
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Bloodier and Gorier | |
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Bloodier and Gorier: Much more emphasis is put on the kills, the highlights being the shovel, rake and woodchipper deaths. | |
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Sinister Whistling | |
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Sinister Whistling: The titular Stepfather often whistles the tune of "Camp Down Races" to himself, usually after he commits a murder. | |
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Death of a Child | |
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Death of a Child: Right in the first few minutes of the film, the butchered body of a little girl is shown. | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Happens to James "Jim" Ogilvie, who spends the bulk of the film trying to find his sister's killer. When he finally does, he... gets knifed before he can even pull his gun out. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: The Stepfather does not take it well whenever something does not go his way, or whenever someone threatens his marital bliss (even if that someone is his wife or stepchild). | |
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Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress | |
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Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress: Carol Grayland at the end of the film. | |
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Five-Second Foreshadowing | |
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Five-Second Foreshadowing: Susan's line about how the receptionist "probably just... got the name wrong, or something...", right before Jerry mixes up his identities. | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto: The stepfather pushes Father Brennan's car over a cliff, and it explodes on impact. | |
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Make It Look Like an Accident | |
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Make It Look Like an Accident: The stepfather makes Father Brennan's death seem like he had a car accident. | |
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Mysterious Past | |
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Mysterious Past: Four films and the stepfather still doesn't have an origin... or even a real name. Closest we get is Doctor Danvers calling him "Bill Krieger" in the second film, though they don't actually outright state if that's his real name, or an old alias. The stepfather also apparently tells Danvers about his past... offscreen... he also could have been lying. | |
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Overprotective Dad | |
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Overprotective Dad: When the stepfather sees his stepdaughter Stephanie kissing a boy named Paul he completely freaks out, claiming Paul was going to try and rape Stephanie. | |
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Dropped a Bridge on Him | |
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Dropped a Bridge on Him: James "Jim" Ogilvie, who's been treated as a major character in the first film, gets killed off unceremoniously in the climax and treated as another Red Shirt on the Stepfather's bodycount following that. | |
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Guess Who I'm Marrying? | |
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Guess Who I'm Marrying?: The Stepfather is introduced as a mass murderer, and when we next see him, he and Susan are together. | |
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Flashback Nightmare | |
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Flashback Nightmare: The stepfather himself has one. | |
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Drop the Hammer | |
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Drop the Hammer: Annoyed with his wife, the stepfather moves in to bash her brains with one, but is stopped by the last minute by two potential witnesses. | |
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Archnemesis Dad | |
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Archnemesis Dad / Wicked Stepfather: zigzagged. Sometimes he bonds with the child, sometimes he doesn’t. In all three films it’s the child, not the wife who finishes him off. | |
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Improvised Weapon | |
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Improvised Weapon: The Stepfather now works at a greenhouse, so most of the victims are dispatched with gardening equipment. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: "'Hodgkins', what's to get wrong?!" | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: The Stepfather, in the first two films, at least. He legitimately does want to make his brides and their children happy and to be apart of an idyllic family unit with them, and throughout the series he's shown partaking in and genuinely enjoying social gatherings, counselling, church and charity work, etc. Unfortunately, he's a borderline-psychotic perfectionist with Uncontrollable Rage (which he is aware of, going by scenes like the one in II where he asks if his new home has a basement) that makes him prone to violent overreactions and Crime After Crime. He Took a Level in Jerkass in III, and is more overtly sociopathic and a much harsher Control Freak in the remake, which also did away with his implied Freudian Excuse (during a few of his aforementioned freak outs, he's seemingly reliving some kind of abuse, an element absent from the remake, where his freak outs are just plain old tantrums). | |
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Back-Alley Doctor | |
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Back-Alley Doctor: The stepfather visits one at the beginning of the film, to get a new face after his escape from the institution. | |
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Nosy Neighbor | |
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Nosy Neighbor: Maddie, Carol's neighbor and the local postwoman. Her digging through the mail and unearthing his secrets annoys the Stepfather to the extent that he garrotes her. | |
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He Knows Too Much | |
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He Knows Too Much: Aside from killing those who acts as competition (like Phil in the second film), or do not fit with his values like the families he butchered, or simply just get in the way, the stepfather also kill those who suspects him of being not what he initially appeared to be to tie up loose ends, such as Dr. A. Bondurant and James "Jim" Ogilvie in the first film. Susan in the first film, aside from being targeted for not living up to the stepfather's standards, nearly got offed early when she suspects something's wrong when she discovered the stepfather quit his job several days ago without informing her and witnessed the stepfather mixed up his identities. The protagonists of films finds themselves in this predicament as well once they discovered what the stepfather's truly is. | |
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Grievous Bottley Harm | |
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Grievous Bottley Harm: Phil's death involves him being smashed and stabbed with a champagne bottle. | |
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Master Actor | |
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Master Actor: The stepfather is almost supernaturally talented at reinventing himself. | |
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Big Word Shout | |
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Big Word Shout: Christine does this to Keith when saving Andy in the climax before Keith is killed in the woodchipper. | |
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The Shrink | |
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The Shrink: Stephanie’s psychiatrist Dr. Bondurant, who is of the Awesome Shrink variety. | |
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Standard '50s Father | |
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Standard '50s Father: The stepfather seems to think of himself as this, and at one point is explicitly compared to Ward Cleaver from Leave It to Beaver. | |
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Arc Words | |
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Arc Words: "Who am I here?" | |
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Slashed Throat | |
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Slashed Throat: The stepfather kills the backalley plastic surgeon by cutting his throat open with a bonesaw. | |
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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds | |
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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: The stepfather, in the original at least. The man desperately wants a family of his own. | |
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Shower Scene | |
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Shower Scene: A pretty random one near the end involving Jill Schoelen, whose character wasn't a Ms. Fanservice up until then, and in fact, was established as being only 16. The Stepfather himself is shown showering the gore off after disposing of his previous family. | |
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Freak Out | |
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Freak Out: Happens frequently when something or someone upsets the stepfather. | |
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Stepford Smiler | |
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Stepford Smiler: The stepfather is a very cheerful individual, unless someone makes him angry. | |
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Villain Protagonist | |
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Villain Protagonist: The stepfather is the real main focal point of the films, while anyone out to stop him actually qualifies as a Hero Antagonist. | |
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Shovel Strike | |
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Shovel Strike: A particularly gory example of this. | |
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Pop-Star Composer | |
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Pop-Star Composer: The film's score was composed by former Yes and Moody Blues keyboardist Patrick Moraz. | |
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness | |
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The trope that does not involve any henchmen in this series of films. The stepfather would kill the last family for not living up to his expectations before moving to the next one until a point they fatally don't live up to his standards as well. This is at least one of the motives behind his mass-murders of families. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: The unnamed stepfather, who keeps marrying into families and killing them when they fail to meet expectations. | |
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Black Dude Dies First | |
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Black Dude Dies First: Doctor Joseph Danvers (who gets shivved in the neck). | |
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Ironic Nursery Tune | |
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Ironic Nursery Tune: The stepfather often whistles "Camptown Races" after his murders. | |
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Continuity Nod | |
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Continuity Nod: The stepfather mentioning he once worked in real estate, and later, during a Freak Out, he starts screaming "Who am I here?! WHO AM I HERE?!" The asylum he was placed in Stepfather II is also mentioned in a news broadcast. | |
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday | |
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday: Not counting the prologue, Stepfather III begins on Easter, and ends on Father's Day. | |
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Scars are Forever | |
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Scars are Forever: But its pretty easy to lie about how you got them. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
| The Stepfather / int_b032e4ed | comment |
A pretty random one near the end involving Jill Schoelen, whose character wasn't a Ms. Fanservice up until then, and in fact, was established as being only 16. | |
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The Bluebeard | |
| The Stepfather / int_b9f6cc0a | comment |
The Bluebeard: The Stepfather specifically seeks out women, them having children is merely a bonus. | |
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You're Not My Father | |
| The Stepfather / int_bdf0640e | comment |
You're Not My Father: At least Once an Episode, there'll be a scene where a stepchild says this. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_ca87e3ec | type |
No Name Given | |
| The Stepfather / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: It's never stated what the stepfather's real name is. He even wonders which man is supposed to be towards the end of the film. This is what ultimately causes him to kill his current family. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_cb9aeb6a | type |
Vigilante Man | |
| The Stepfather / int_cb9aeb6a | comment |
Vigilante Man: James "Jim" Ogilvie is an Amateur Sleuth example; he even arms himself with a revolver with an intent, under the advice of a police detective he met, to blow him away upon confronting him rather then just simply apprehend him. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_cda501da | type |
Killed Off for Real | |
| The Stepfather / int_cda501da | comment |
Killed Off for Real: The stepfather finally dies for good, by being pushed into a wood chipper. | |
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Numbered Sequels | |
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Numbered Sequels | |
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Wood Chipper of Doom | |
| The Stepfather / int_d56df5df | comment |
Wood Chipper of Doom: The stepfather dies when he's pushed into a wood chipper at the end of the film. | |
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I Have Many Names | |
| The Stepfather / int_d5d976dd | comment |
I Have Many Names: There is no way of telling what The Stepfather's real name is, or which one of them he believes it to be. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
| The Stepfather / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: Mark Wraynal. We're briefly lead to believe he's the stepfather, but it turns out to be Keith, who kills him via... | |
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| The Stepfather / int_dda12cb3 | type |
Cat Scare | |
| The Stepfather / int_dda12cb3 | comment |
Cat Scare: Happens right before Maddy's death. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_e3048d1b | type |
Amateur Sleuth | |
| The Stepfather / int_e3048d1b | comment |
Amateur Sleuth: James "Jim" Ogilvie has no formal law enforcement or investigation training, but spent a good chunk of the first movie following the stepfather's trail from town to town to apprehend his sister's killer outside of the law. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_e4b69188 | type |
Very Loosely Based on a True Story | |
| The Stepfather / int_e4b69188 | comment |
Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The inspiration for the series was mass murderer John Emil List, who killed his family, fled to Virginia, assumed another identity, remarried and wasn't caught for eighteen years. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_e5d8460d | type |
Unexplained Recovery | |
| The Stepfather / int_e5d8460d | comment |
Unexplained Recovery: Stepfather II ends with the Family Killer getting a claw hammer in the chest, which he somehow survived. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_eef90616 | type |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
| The Stepfather / int_eef90616 | comment |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Non-verbal example. Both the original 1987 film and the 2009 remake, begin with the stepfather going about his daily routine... then it reveals he's murdered his current family. | |
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Murder Is the Best Solution | |
| The Stepfather / int_f6b30338 | comment |
Murder Is the Best Solution: Family problems? Get the knife. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_f8035cdd | type |
An Axe to Grind | |
| The Stepfather / int_f8035cdd | comment |
An Axe to Grind: The stepfather comes close to killing his current family with one, but relents at the last minute. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_f8df38e6 | type |
Pater Familicide | |
| The Stepfather / int_f8df38e6 | comment |
Pater Familicide: When he snaps, the Stepfather wipes out everyone, from wife to children to any other relatives unfortunate enough to be in the house at the time. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_fd7267dd | type |
Master of Disguise | |
| The Stepfather / int_fd7267dd | comment |
Master of Disguise: The stepfather has the tendency to alter his appearance and change his name when it comes to finding a new family after killing the last one. | |
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| The Stepfather / int_ff7f34c5 | type |
Pet the Dog | |
| The Stepfather / int_ff7f34c5 | comment |
Pet the Dog: Literally. When the stepfather loses it at the end and prepares to kill his new family, he takes some time to hug the little dog that he bought for his stepdaughter before, as he just couldn't kill the thing. Earlier in the movie, he also fondly remembers a previous dog he had. | |
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The Stepfather |
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