Jerry Blake semble mener une vie sans histoire. Un travail satisfaisant, une famille soudée, il a tout. Mais quand un grain de sable vient enrayer la machine, l'homme change radicalement de ... Tout lireJerry Blake semble mener une vie sans histoire. Un travail satisfaisant, une famille soudée, il a tout. Mais quand un grain de sable vient enrayer la machine, l'homme change radicalement de comportement. La perfection est son obsession.Jerry Blake semble mener une vie sans histoire. Un travail satisfaisant, une famille soudée, il a tout. Mais quand un grain de sable vient enrayer la machine, l'homme change radicalement de comportement. La perfection est son obsession.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Récompenses
- 2 victoires et 8 nominations au total
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Revisited it recently.
A psychotic serial killer and a master of disguise, Jerry Blake is obsessed with having an ideal family. He changes his identity and job and is always on the lookout for a new widow so that he can start a new family. Whenever any new family members do not comport with his expectations, he spirals into a spell of madness and attempts to brutally murder them. Inspite of being aware that his new stepdaughter doesn't like him, he tries hard to make it look like a complete happy family in front of neighbors. Blake is unaware that his last victim's/wife's brother is on his trail.
The brother of the last victim who is on the trail looks like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Terry O'Quinn's acting is the highlight.
The direction n script is also well done.
The film moves at a good pace and it has ample amount of tension, suspense n creepiness. Am i the only one who found the movie a bit darkly comical too.
The scene where Jerry Blake puts one anonymous innocent moustachioed fella's photo in the envelope. I laughed out loud.
Jerry Blake's facial expressions aft seein his own photo in the mail.
The time Blake is caught off guard in the basement venting out some steam.
The way the doctor gives him a fake call as a prospective buyer jus to meet him.
I found all these darkly comical.
Jill Schoelen was 24 at the time, but she's playing a 16 year old in this movie and her nudity was a put off n uncalled for.
The lovely Jill Schoelen plays troubled teen Stephanie, who has every right to be disturbed: her father died a year ago, and she suspects that her new stepfather, the seemingly perfect Jerry (O'Quinn), is a serial killer. Of course, Stephanie is right—Jerry IS a complete nutter: desperate to become part of a perfect American family, he marries widows and divorcées with children, but kills them when they fail to measure up to his exacting standards.
Jim Ogilvie, the brother of one of Jerry's past victims, is hot on the psycho's trail, but with Jerry becoming increasingly disappointed with his new stepdaughter, will Jim catch up with the maniac before another family is slaughtered?
Sharply written, with excellent direction from Joseph Ruben, and a brilliant central performance from O'Quinn, The Stepfather rarely puts a foot wrong. At a push, one might argue that Jerry's ability to adopt a new persona after each massacre is a touch too easy, but this is a minor quibble and doesn't affect the power of the film in any way. Schoelen is also superb, offering just the right balance of vulnerability and spunky bravado (plus we get to see her in the shower–hurrah!).
The Stepfather proved to be a minor success on it's original release, and inevitably spawned a sequel, but over the past two decades, it seems to have been forgotten by many (no-one at my place of work seemed to know anything about it). Now that a remake is in the pipeline, perhaps more people will choose to investigate the original; it's a film that certainly deserves to be rediscovered by the masses.
Terry O'Quinn is fantastic as Jerry Blake - his performance is amazing. He "MADE" this film - and made it scary. This one rates fairly high on my personal scare factor scale. The character Jerry Blake is one twisted, cunning, evil and vile man. This guy is definitely off his rocker - not a man you would ever want to be around.
The story is not all that bad, interesting, but this film is worth watching for Terry O'Quinn alone. The rest of the cast is good as well. Generally speaking, horror movie fans should like this film - it is creepy slasher thriller.
7/10
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesScreenwriter Donald E. Westlake based the character of Stephanie on his real-life teenage stepdaughter, who he was having difficulty getting along with at the time.
- GaffesJerry hits Susan in the face with the telephone. Her face is bloodied as she stands up. After she rolls down the stairs into the basement, her face is back to normal.
- Citations
Jerry Blake: Wait a minute, who am I here?
Sue: Jerry?
Jerry Blake: That's right. Jerry Blake. Thanks, honey.
- Bandes originalesRun Between the Raindrops
(1985)
Performed by Pat Benatar
Music and Lyrics by Myron Grombacher (as M. Grombacher) and Neil Giraldo (as N. Geraldo)
Published by Tyreach Music/Neil Geraldo Music Co./Rare Blue Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records, Inc.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Locura sangrienta
- Lieux de tournage
- Kerrisdale, Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique, Canada(establishing shots)
- Société de production
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Box-office
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 2 488 740 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 260 587 $US
- 25 janv. 1987
- Montant brut mondial
- 2 488 740 $US
- Durée
- 1h 29min(89 min)
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1