I Just Saw the 1986 Original. Its Horrible.

whenever a remake comes out of a "cult classic" itS always judged against the
original such is the case with the 2009 THE STEPFATHER as opposed to the 1986
THE STEPFATHER.

a few points.

1.the acting in the original was awful. Terry O'Quinn was just too hammy and
Jill Schoelen and Shelly Hack were simply horrible. plus the production
values were low grade even for a low budget/independent film. plus quite
franky it was boring at times.

2.i liked the 2009 remake much better on these points. plus it zipped along
and was not dull for a second. also it didn't hurt that Penn Badgely had
at least 6 possibly 7 barechested scenes each one shot better than the
previous one.

3.also it made more sense for the mother to be a divorcee than a widow. a
divorcee it much more likely to be angry and want to even at her cheating
ex-hubby and hook up with the first good looking guy who asks her out.
whereas a widow assuming she was deeply in love with her recently dead spouse
would have taken much longer that Hack's character did to hook up let alone
marry another man.

i await my fellow posters replies.