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
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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
The plot = Not all that different from before, The Stepfather now sitting comfortably in an insane asylum, breaks loose and sets his sights on a new family.
"Stepfather II" is a mixed bag in my opinion, although it is fun but could have been better, The plot is somewhat thin and follows too closely at times along the same path as the original film and the pacing is a little off at times, but this movie still manages to be interesting at the same time and boasts a decent cast with strong supporting performances from Meg Foster who plays the new would be wife with her stunning blue eyes and is always a delight to watch and Caroline Williams as the best friend, giving a really likable performance and has great chemistry with the cast and even the late Jonathan Brandis who plays the sun really shines in one of his early Roles, but off course is Terry O-Quinn who steals the show yet again.
Another aspect I liked that this time round the body count is upped, But unfortunately lacks anything stands out and the pacing is drawn out Too much and the plot wasn't developed as well as it could have been. It Did face production constraints, but it's too similar to the original Film, but the ending was interesting, the wedding scene is definitely a Stand out and had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
All in all a decent follow up not quite on the level of the first one but overall a decent follow up, could have been a lot worse.
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- Apr 10, 2012
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- 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