If you loved The Good Son, try The Stepfather

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Joseph Ruben, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Good Son, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Stepfather is

Anytown, USA. Autumn. A ringing telephone. A man seeks familial bliss. Again. New name, new town, new wife, new stepdaughter. But perfection proves elusive. Disturbing parallels to the postwar noir cycle.

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