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
Terry Quinn I thought 'Stepfather II' was really interesting in the sense that it separated itself from the other two films. In parts one and three, the stepchildren (Stephanie in 1 and Andy in 3) disliked the stepfather a lot. They could see that something was off with him, and it never really clicked. In this sequel, the son Todd really liked Gene the stepfather and looked up to him as a role model of sorts. His father just up and left him and his mom, so the writers did a great job of establishing Todd's need for a male figure. It kind of makes it all the more sad when it's revealed how sick Gene really is.
Terry Quinn puts in an amazing performance yet again as the deranged man who would kill for a perfect family unit. Meg Foster did really well as the mother Carol as did Jonathan Brandis as Todd. I liked the friend Maddie that they gave Carol, played by Caroline Williams. She was really good too. It lacked the intensity of the original film, but 'Stepfather II' is still very well done. The finale at the church as Gene prepares for his wedding is also very creepy.. and perhaps very bloody. I recommend this one!
7/10
- Toronto85
- Jan 12, 2014
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- 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
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1