Young man comes home from school to find his mother is in love with a new boyfriend. Something about the boyfriend doesn't sit well with the son and he begins to dig into the man's past only to find the very real possibility that he's a psychopath murdering less than perfect families in his wake.
Okay remake of the 1987 minor classic that spawned sequels and made Terry O'Quinn a star. The problem with the film here is two fold. First the film rather blandly told. It seems like a film that was thrown together with an aim for TV but ended up being better than they hoped so they put it into theaters (also its PG-13 makes this a rather bloodless affair). The other problem is that Dylan Walsh as the stepfather isn't as menacing as Terry O'Quinn. To be certain he seems more like a regular guy, but when it comes down to being a monster he's just not as frightening.
I didn't hate this but at the same time I was wondering why I was watching it. I should have waited for cable.
Okay remake of the 1987 minor classic that spawned sequels and made Terry O'Quinn a star. The problem with the film here is two fold. First the film rather blandly told. It seems like a film that was thrown together with an aim for TV but ended up being better than they hoped so they put it into theaters (also its PG-13 makes this a rather bloodless affair). The other problem is that Dylan Walsh as the stepfather isn't as menacing as Terry O'Quinn. To be certain he seems more like a regular guy, but when it comes down to being a monster he's just not as frightening.
I didn't hate this but at the same time I was wondering why I was watching it. I should have waited for cable.