The Stepfather (2009)


Penn Badgley            Michael Harding
Dylan Walsh             David Harris
Sela Ward               Susan Harding
Amber Heard             Kelly Porter
Sherry Stringfield      Leah
Paige Turco             Jackie Kerns
Jon Tenney              Jay
Nancy Linehan Charles   Mrs Cutter
Marcuis Harris          Detective Shay
Deirdre Lovejoy         Detective Tylar
Blue Deckert            Captain Mackie
Jason Wiles             Dylan Bennet
Jessalyn Gilsig         Julie King

Directed by:            Nelson McCormick
Produced by:            Mark Morgan, Guy Oseary, Robert O. Green


Michael returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with 
her new boyfriend. As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious 
of the man who is always there with a helpful hand.

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When troubled teen Michael returns home after a year at military school, he finds his mother, 
Susan, in love and his soon-to-be stepfather, David, has moved into their home. David says he 
wants them to become the perfect family. But as they get to know each other, Michael quickly 
becomes convinced that David himself is far from perfect. Trying to verify what he knows of 
David's past, Michael finds things that don't add up. As strange events and David's bursts of 
malevolence become more frequent, Michael tells his mother and girlfriend of his suspicions, 
but they just think he's being paranoid. Eventually, as Michael searches for proof that his 
suspicions are well-founded, cracks begin to show in David's perfect facade and it becomes 
apparent he will stop at nothing to keep his secrets. For David has a history of trying to 
create the perfect family. And each time, when it becomes apparent that perfection is impossible, 
David has a terrifying way of clearing the slate and starting over.