The Stepfather (1987)

Terry O’Quinn is wonderfully menacing as a man who desires and expects his family to be the perfect, All-American ideal. He probably should have stuck to ones without a teenage daughter though. It’s a good 1980s light horror film with just enough jump scares and twists to hold the tension. O’Quinn’s acting really sells his character and the movie, wide-eyed and innocent when he needs to be but changing at the drop of a hat when something threatens his façade. It also has some beautiful Pacific Northwest scenery, even when it’s obvious that British Columbia is standing in for Washington state.