A few days ago I watched The Stepfather and today I'm coming right back with the sequel The Stepfather 2. The film is directed by the master of the horror movie sequel, Jeff Burr who has directed Puppet Master 4, Pumpkinhead 2, and Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3. Terry O'Quinn is back as Jerry Blake who is in a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. He seems to be making progress with his psychiatrist Dr. Danvers who allows Jerry to have his sessions without his restraints. This proves to be a mistake as he is able to kill his doctor and escape from the mental institute.
Jerry relocates to Los Angeles and assumes the identity of Dr. Gene Clifford, a marriage counselor. He moves into a house across the street from Carol Grayland and her son Todd. Carol is played by Meg Foster (They Live, The Lords of Salem, and Ticket to Heaven) and Todd is portrayed by Johnathan Brandis (It, The Neverending Story 2, and Ladybugs). This time Carol isn't a widow she's just separated from her husband Phil. Making things messier for Jerry or rather Gene, is that Phil returns and wants Carol back. Gene kills Phil and makes it look like Phil took off again. With Phil finally gone, Gene can once again work on becoming a stepfather. Sort of a prerequisite for a movie titled The Stepfather 2.
Things once again gets a little hairy for Gene when Carol's friend Matty played by Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Hatchet 3, and Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 which makes her seem like the horror sequel queen) looks into Gene's mail. She finds a photo of the real Gene who is African American, UH-OH. This one isn't as good as the first one. While I liked Foster here better than Hack from the first one, Johnathan Brandis, who is usually very likeable, nearly disappears into the background here. It's still serviceable and if you watch the first one and like it, or are a Terry O'Quinn fan or are even a fan of Meg Foster and her gorgeous eyes, I would recommend it. But still with all that in mind I will give this two and a half table saws out of five.
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