Directed by:
Joseph RubenScreenplay:
Donald E. WestlakeCinematography:
John LindleyComposer:
Patrick MorazCast:
Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Lanyer, Stephen Shellen, Stephen E. Miller, Robyn Stevan, Blu Mankuma, Jackson Davies, Gabrielle Rose (more)Plots(1)
Jerry Blake (Terry O Quinn) is a man obsessed with having the perfect American Dream life: including the house with the white picket fence in the suburbs, an adoring wife and loving children. He believes he has found it when he marries Susan Maine and becomes the stepfather to her 16-year-old daughter, Stephanie. But Stephanie gets an uneasy feeling when she is around Jerry with his Father Knows Best attitude: she can see that there is a darker side behind his cheerful exterior. Could she just be going through the typical teenager rebellion against her new stepfather, or is he actually the same man who brutally murdered his family just one year earlier? (official distributor synopsis)
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A solo performance by dad Terry O'Quinn, who, often dressed in colors matching Freddy Krueger's sweater, must pass on fatherly love, or you'll be Lost. Inspired by mass murderer John List, with colorful autumn leaves adorning the suburbs of Seattle, the psychological layer isn't particularly sophisticated, and there's quite aggressive gore during the expected dead list. The ending, despite the clichés, is interesting. The presence of Jerry Blake (or whatever name he'll go by) in the sequel two years later can only be explained by the fact that he doesn't have a heart.
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