DVD M.I.A. - The Stepfather
Some of you may think in this day and age that pretty much every great horror film that could be available on DVD is already out there. Not so. There are plenty of primo top-quality genre flicks that have yet to see there day on disc and I'd like to start with the one that I consider to be the holy grail of all the missing classics, Joseph Ruben's The Stepfather.
Loosely based on the story of John List, a NJ man who murdered his family and then disappeared, The Stepfather came with a lot of talent behind it; producer Brian Garfield was the author of Death Wish, director Ruben was fresh off of 1984's Dreamscape and, more importantly, genius crime author Donald Westlake wrote the script. The film took the List story and spun it off into a great "What if?" scenario: What if a man murdered his family, remarried into a new one and then history repeated itself? Casting was key to everything and they got really lucky with character actor Terry O'Quinn (now one of the starts of Lost), who knocked it out of the park. This performance is one of the best in horror film history, and O'Quinn was even nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his work.
I have no doubt The Stepfather would make a great DVD, since the story behind it gets even more complex. In 1990, List was discovered to be living in Virginia, and just like in the film, had remarried and become a pillar of his community. In a very ironic twist, his story was eventually turned into a TV movie starring Robert Blake! Because of this, The Stepfather deserves to be seen and appreciated like the classic it is.
So are there any classic horror films not on DVD that you'd like to see? Let us know!
Whenever I see that guy in whatever he's in, I always think, "Hey, it's the stepfather." It had that kind of impact!
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hay nk!1 nka2bwist talga kc ung life ko parng gulong ng bangka lagi nlang nsa tubig at hndi umaahon super lunod na!! alam nio ba na addik ung ta2y koh ciraulo un eh parang tanga lam nio ba na giwa lang ako sa mundo para ipahya sa maraming tao gulphin sa kalsada isama moh sa jeep!! taddyakan cpain suntukin kulang na nga lang lu2in ako at ipakain sa aso biruin moh!! nghwly cla ng mom koh kc bukod sa adik na xa ba2ero pa xa ang kulit ng buhy ko takbo ng takbo ang hirap habulin at alam nio ba itong ta2y koh super ybng ewan koh ba svi nya baliw daw akoh baka nga dahil sa kagu2lpi nya di ko na nga mbilang kung gano karami un . . hbang bniblang koh parami ng parmi kung nka2maty lang ang sobrang hiya baka syamnaput lbong taon na koh sa libingan pero ok lang kasi khit pano nhawaan nia koh ng kapl ng muka nia ok nrin yun!! ang mom koh namn medyo ala ring kwenta maskinakamphan nia pa ung step father koh kesa akin hmMmMmMm xa nga ung nagpa2lamun samin pero khit ganon sobra sobra na ung byad namin sa kanya kc inagaw nia atensyon ng mom koh db??pero kht ganon mas guzto ko pang ksama mom koh kesa sa ta2y kong walang insip kundi magpa2nsin wan koh ba bt nbulag dun step mom ko !!elang beses na ding muntik ma2tay ung pa2ncin kong ta2y svi nga db pagmasamng damo mhirap ma2tay!! mga kasabhan ng mata2ndang wlang maisaing!! sana baguhin nayan masmganda kung pagmasamang damo pinapakain sa kabayo!!kasabhan ng mga btang walng pangyosi!!hay nko layo na ng nrating natin kumbaga sa mindanao nkarating tayo sa poso negro ng kubeta namin !!!kung sana maulit muli sana pwede ng pumili ng ta2y noh!!