Movies

March, 1987

When a shocker is as well crafted and chilling as The Stepfather (New Century/Vista), some of its claims to seriousness seem unnecessary. Taking off with a screenplay, by Donald E. Westlake, tightly woven from the loose ends of an actual unsolved case, director Joseph Ruben explores the psyche of a serial killer who has grue-somely murdered his whole family about the time we meet him. He then sets off to start a new life with an attractive young widow (Shelley Hack) and her unhappy teenaged daug...