History YMMV / TheStepfather

* HilariousInHindsight: In the remake, seeing Creator/PennBadgley suspicious of his serial killer stepfather becomes hilarious after watching ''Series/{{You|2018}}'', where he is the killer desperate to allay suspicion.

* JerkassWoobie: The stepfather, in the original at least. The remake averts it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: All that build and anticipation towards the final confrontation between The Stepfather and Jim Ogilvie has an anti-climatic payoff with The Stepfather just instantly killing him and Jim is all but forgotten in the next scene. WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob pointed out how pointless all that build-up was since the confrontation didn't make the character important to the plot.

%%** ''Stepfather III'' is overflowing with it.

* SoBadItsGood: ''Stepfather III''

** The first film had [[spoiler: [[AmateurSleuth James]] "[[{{Determinator}} Jim]]" [[VigilanteMan Ogilvie]]]].
** The third film had [[spoiler: [[CoolOldGuy Father Brennan]] and the [[RootingForTheEmpire stepfather]] himself, despite being played by TheOtherDarrin and had undergo VillainDecay]].

** ''Stepfather III'' is overflowing with it.

* RootingForTheEmpire: At least in the original and in ''Stepfather II''. Terry O'Quinn's charming and likable performance can make the viewer forget that his character is a crazed serial killer. WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob even pointed that out in his reviews of both films.

* ParanoiaFuel
* RootingForTheEmpire: At least in the original. Terry O'Quinn's charming and likable performance can make the viewer forget that his character is a crazed serial killer. WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob even pointed that out in his review

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: All that build and anticipation towards the final confrontation between The Stepfather and Jim Ogilvie has an anti-climatic payoff with The Stepfather just instantly killing him and Jim is all but forgotten in the next scene. As Creator/BradJones pointed out how pointless all that build-up was since the confrontation didn't make the character important to the plot.

* {{Narm}}

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: All that build and anticipation towards the final confrontation between The Stepfather and Jim Ogilvie had an anti-climatic payoff with The Stepfather just instantly killing him and Jim was all but forgotten in the next scene. As BradJones pointed out how pointless all that build up was since the confrontation didn't make the character important to the plot.

* JerkassWoobie: The stepfather, in the original at least.

* WhatAnIdiot: Susan, [[TooDumbToLive big time!]] You'd expect her to notice something's off with her fiance when the warning signs came up, as obvious as a blaring alarm, but nope. She just swats them off. It's to the point where you'd ''want'' her to die.

** The "Who Am I Here?" scene in the remake, [[LaserGuidedKarma extremely funnier]] when he goes after the dumbass who just pieces together that he was a murder after being told repeatedly about his suspiciousness.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Stepfather II'', the remake and the original.

* WhatAnIdiot: Susan, [[TooDumbToLive big time!]] You'd expect her to notice something's off with her fiance when the warning signs came up, as obvious as a blaring alarm, but nope. She just swats them off. It's to the point where you'd ''want'' her to die.

* WhatAnIdiot: Susan, big time! You'd expect her to notice something's off with her fiance when the warning signs came up, as obvious as a blaring alarm, but nope. She just swats them off. It's to the point where you'd ''want'' her to die.

* RootingForTheEmpire: At least in the original. Terry O'Quinn's charming and likable performance can make the viewer forget that his character is a crazed serial killer. TheCinemaSnob even pointed that out in his review

* {{Squick}}: ''Stepfather III'' used actual plastic surgery footage for when the stepfather gets his face altered.

* JerkassWoobie[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The stepfather, in the original at least.

* FridgeLogic: Carol gets suspicious when she hears her son whistling the same song Maddie's neighbor heard the night she died. The same ''public domain'' song that ''everybody'' is practically born knowing.
* [[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.

* NightmareFuel: Carol's eyes in ''Stepfather II''.

* {{Narm}}: ''Stepfather III'' is overflowing with it.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Stepfather II'' and the remake. [[YourMileageMayVary Some might say]] the original.

* FridgeLogic: Carol gets suspicious when she hears her son whistling the same song Maddie's neighbor heard the night she died. The same ''public domain'' song that ''everybody'' is practically born knowing.
* [[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.
* JerkassWoobie[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The stepfather, in the original at least.
* {{Narm}}: ''Stepfather III'' is overflowing with it.
** The "turn the volume down" line from the remake.
* NightmareFuel: Carol's eyes in ''Stepfather II''.
* ParanoiaFuel
* SoBadItsGood: ''Stepfather III''
* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Stepfather II'' and the remake. [[YourMileageMayVary Some might say]] the original.
* {{Squick}}: ''Stepfather III'' used actual plastic surgery footage for when the stepfather gets his face altered.

* JerkassWoobie: The stepfather, in the original at least.