History Trivia / TheStepfather

** In the original script Jim Ogilvie was actually a detective instead of the victim's brother-hence why in the movie Jim seems to do a good job solving the case despite not being a law enforcement officer. They decided to change it to having him be the opening scene victims brother so he can have a more personal connection with The Stepfather.

** Originally there were going to be flashback scenes in the first movie showing the Jerry Blake(The Stepfather) as a child with his abusive dad. However Joseph Ruben omitted that from the script when he got the job as he wanted Jerry to have a sense of mystery to him and not have the audience know about his past. However some of this idea did survive as there is a subtle throw a way line from Jerry suggesting he had abusive dad in the finished film.

** In the original script Jim Ogilvie was actually a detective instead of the victim's brother-hence why in the movie Jim seems to do a good job solving the case despite not being a law enforcement officer. They decided to change it to having him be the opening victims brother so he can have a more personal connection with The stepfather.

** In the original script Jim Ogilvie was actually a detective instead of the victim's brother-hence why in the movie Jim seems to do a good job solving the case. They decided to change it to having him be the opening victims brother so he can have a more personal connection with The stepfather.

** In the original script Jim Ogilvie was actually a detective instead of the victims brother-hence why in the movie Jim seems to do a good job solving the case. They decided to change it to having him be the opening victims brother so he can have a more personal connection with The stepfather.

* NoStuntDouble: Jill Schoelen did almost all of her own stunts for the climax of the first film.
* TheOtherDarrin: Robert Wightman replaced Creator/TerryOQuinn as the stepfather in ''Stepfather III''. It's actually {{justified|Trope}} by the use of plastic surgery, and the opening scene [[FakeShemp carefully avoids showing his face]] until the surgery has actually gone through.

* DawsonCasting: Stephanie is sixteen-years-old, but Jill Schoelen was twenty-three at the time.

** Unlike the first two films, ''Stepfather III'' didn't get a DVD to coincide with the release of the remake. It's probably safe to assume there won't be one anywhere in the near future.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Director Joseph Ruben originally wanted Jerry Blake to whistle the Music/BarbraStreisand song "The Way We Were," but the rights to the song proved to be too expensive.
** Creator/TerryOQuinn was reportedly asked to do a RemakeCameo in the 2009 remake, but turned down the offer.

* TheOtherDarrin: Robert Wightman replaced Creator/TerryOQuinn as the stepfather in ''Stepfather III''. It's actually {{justified|Trope}} by the use of plastic surgery, and the opening scene carefully avoids showing his face until the surgery has actually gone through.

* TheOtherDarrin: Robert Wightman replaced Creator/TerryOQuinn as the stepfather in ''Stepfather III''.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Screenwriter Donald E. Westlake based the character of Stephanie on his real-life teenage stepdaughter, with whom who he was having difficulty getting along.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Screenwriter Donald E. Westlake based the character of Stephanie on his real-life teenage stepdaughter, with whom who he has having difficulty getting along.

* NoStuntDouble: Jill Schoelen did almost all of her own stunts for the climax.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Director Joseph Ruben originally wanted Jerry Blake to whistle the Music/BarbraStreisand song "The Way We Were," but the rights to the song proved to be too expensive.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike the first two films, ''Stepfather III'' didn't get a DVD to coincide with the release of the remake. It's probably safe to assume there won't be one anywhere in the near future.

* MythologyGag: In the remake, the Stepfather kills a neighbor who told his wife that her new husband looks a lot like a picture she saw on ''Series/AmericasMostWanted''. John List, the real life serial killer on whom the Stepfather was loosely based, was caught thanks to a neighbor who saw an age progressed photo of List on the aforementioned show.

* MythologyGag: In the remake, the Stepfather kills a neighbor who told his wife that her new husband looks a lot like a picture she saw on ''Series/AmericasMostWanted''. John List, the real life serial killer on whom the Stepfather was loosely based, was caught thanks to a neighbor who saw an age progressed photo of List on the aforementioned show.

* MythologyGag: In the remake, the Stepfather kills a neighbor who told his wife that her new husband looks a lot like a picture she saw on ''AmericasMostWanted''. John List, the real life serial killer on whom the Stepfather was loosely based, was caught thanks to a neighbor who saw an age progressed photo of List on the aforementioned show.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Terry O'Quinn, better known as [[Series/{{Lost}} John Locke]], portrayed the stepfather in the first two films.
** And of course, [[Series/NipTuck Doctor Sean McNamara]] played him in the remake.

** And of course, [[NipTuck Doctor Sean McNamara]] played him in the remake.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Terry O'Quinn, better known as [[{{Lost}} John Locke]], portrayed the stepfather in the first two films.

** And of course, [[NipTuck Doctor Sean McNamara]] played him in the remake.