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November 2, 2009 at 6:11 pm by Curt Holman in Uncategorized , movies & tv , review John Lithgow as "Trinity" : Killer knows best A side effect of the Trinity plot on this season of "Dexter" is that it makes the new remake of The Stepfather , starring Dylan Walsh, seem even more superfluous than it already was.

Halloween films scream volumes In The Stepfather, Sela Ward plays a woman whose new husband plays on her need for a liitle TLC -- and feels entitled to eliminate her when she lets him down.

The hills are running red, Anna Paquin is out trick or treating and the Jersey Devil is on the prowl again in this year's batch of scary DVDs.

SOMETHING happened to horror movies as the 1960s bled into the '70s. The supernatural element largely disappeared, to be replaced by more immediate, worldly horrors.

Not screened in advance for critics, the remake of the 1987 The Stepfather opens today at the Meridian and other theaters .

Dylan Walsh seeks perfection in "The Stepfather" remake. The remake of "The Stepfather" borrows a crucial line from the original chiller , but the focus appears to have changed.

Starring Dylan Walsh and Sela Ward. Rated 14A. Now playing. Before he became known for his starring turns in Vancouver-shot TV series like Millennium and Harsh Realm , Terry O'Quinn dazzled in The Stepfather as a serial killer bent on forming a family and keeping it happily together - no matter what.

The Stepfather created a new kind of horror movie killer in its 1987 original, with a seemingly friendly and normal family man - who killed off every family he married into.

Dylan Walsh isn't into the whole spiritual psychobabble deconstruction of acting.

Dylan Walsh plays a man who is first seen leaving a home after killing the entire family.

Dylan Walsh isn't into the whole spiritual psychobabble deconstruction of the profession of acting.

Alternate Takes 10.17.09: Children's Literary Adaptations Posted by Shawn S. Lealos on 10.17.2009 On the heels of the release of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are , Shawn S. Lealos looks at other classic children's tales brought to life in this week's Alternate Takes.

Back in 1987, when the embrace of neo-traditional family dynamics had become all the rage among baby boomers, The Stepfather was a nifty little Hitchcockian thriller - a slasher variation on Shadow of a Doubt - about a psycho who insinuated himself into the lives of divorced mothers, married them, and began to violently blow his top after he ...

Terry O'Quinn: Pre-"Lost" and with hair! One of the best suspense/horror films of the '80s has finally come out on DVD.

Spike Jonze has adapted Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book Where the Wild Things Are into a movie that isn't for kids.

BEWARE OF THE EVIL STEPFATHER : Amber Heard and Penn Badgley star in Screen Gems' new thriller, opening Fri., Oct.

You've probably seen the commercials for The Stepfather , a thriller opening this weekend starring Nip/Tuck 's Dylan Walsh in both the title role and in his latest attempt to succeed on the big screen .

Synopsis: Jerry is disappointed in his family so he killsA them,A calmly cleans himself up, and heads out to begin a newA life.

Judge Gordon Sullivan likes his imperfect family. Note: This is a pre-release review.

The original The Stepfather from 1987 need not claim Cult status to defend itself; it was recognized from the get-go as a superior horror thriller.