Stepfather 2 (1989) on Netflix
Escaped from a mental institution, Jerry Blake settles in Palm Meadows under a dead publisher's name. Posing as a psychiatrist, he courts Carol Grayland, a single mother with a teenage son.
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Plot summary
In Puget Sound, Washington, the man once known as Jerry Blake is held in an institution. He gets out, takes the identity of a dead publisher named Gene F. Clifford, and travels to Palm Meadows, Los Angeles. There he introduces himself as a psychiatrist, rents a house across the street from Carol Grayland and her 13-year-old son Todd, and sits in on a session with the neighborhood wives. From it he learns that Carol's husband Phil left the family the previous year. He courts Carol, and in time she and Todd come to love him. He intends to remove anyone who stands in the way of the family he is assembling.
Cast
- Miriam Byrd-Netheryas Sally Jenkins
- Leon Martellas Walt 'Smitty' Smith
- Renata Scottas Betty Willis
- Glen Adamsas Salesman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Stepfather 2 (1989)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- After a test screening, Miramax executives Harvey and Bob Weinstein complained that Stepfather II lacked blood and demanded re-shoots. Director Jeff Burr refused, so director Doug Campbell was hired to shoot the extra footage.
- Director Jeff Burr said his biggest challenge on the sequel was making the Stepfather's return believable after the first film's definitive ending, and admitted the explanation needed "a little bit of a leap" because the character was clearly dead.
