The Stepfather

Remakes, in this time of seemingly limited creativity, are a dime a dozen. Everybody’s doing them. The Stepfather, however, is one of the better ones to emerge.

The original, with Lost’s Terry O’Quinn, was pretty damn freaky. Basically he’s a loopy “dad” on a quest to find the perfect family, and when they fail horribly (as all families do), he goes all axe murderer on them. This time it’s Nip/Tuck’s Dylan Walsh who plays the dad, and if you’re a Nip/Tuck fan you’ll know the dude can pull scary out of the bag when he needs to. It’s full of those great “He’s behind you!” moments, which is always good for a night out at the movies. Not bad, I say. Rating: 3 outta 5.