This movie was excellent! I was a little leary on seeing it at first because of the bad reviews received by my peers, however, I am glad I checked it out for myself. I went with my teen daughter and husband and we all were at the edge of our seats. The scenes with the young couple in the pool was totally for ratings. The girl wore a bikini through most of the movie, however, she was shaped like a "dakota fanning". In other words, there was nothing to look at. No big woop there so I don't know why so many people were bothered by those scenes. Anyway, a must see movie. GO STEPFATHER!!!!

I liked the movie - the casting was good and the actors were very good. I found that the fact that it had no gratitous violence - blood only where there had to be blood - to be refreshing and it was, in fact, a thriller as opposed to a horror film. I think it moved along a good pace and while it's not going to garner any Oscar nominations, it's good entertainment and certainly worth seeing

please just wait for DVD

This had to be the dumbest movies ever. I can't believe we choose this one to see. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a comedy or a horror flick, yet the plot was predictable every step of the way. The acting was horrible, but without any big names in the cast that didn't surprise me. There were constant jump scenes which anybody listening should have expected by the overuse of suspense background music, and when it wasn't that, the movie was set to crappy emo music. Other than the Stepfather, you'd think one of the charactors would have had the sense for what to do with a phone. If you're one for eye candy, you'll love the son's girlfriend who, aside from at the beginning of the movie, apparently seems to live her entire life wearing only underwear or bikinis.

It had some really good scenes. My overall experience wasn't bad! I think it might be a better video rental.