90. Stepfather

As we roll into Black Week for Family Horror Month, we finally make it to the movie that inspired the whole damn theme: Stepfather! This Tubi Original starring thee Taye Diggs alongside R&B diva Tamar Braxton came ready to serve camp, chaos, and enough Lifetime Movie energy to power an entire Sunday afternoon marathon. More reimagining than straight-up remake, Stepfather feels like the director pulled Taye aside before filming and said, “Bro…whatever you’re thinking? Do MORE.” And thankfully, he listened. Diggs commits to every glare, outburst, smile and absolutely unhinged moment while the movie proceeds to throw every possible crazy-family trope directly in his face. Meanwhile Tamar gets increasingly better at emoting as the madness escalates, and somehow the whole thing just WORKS. This Week We Get: Completely unrealistic expectations of what constitutes a “perfect” family Step-kids firmly divided into Team New Dad and Absolutely The Fuck Not Baller-ass houses that had me repeatedly asking, “What do these people do for a living?!” Possibly the most inept police force we’ve ever encountered — I’m pretty sure I could’ve solved these crimes And a whole lot of yelling, outbursts and ass-kicking…both imaginary and very, very real So sit back, relax and prepare for a low-stakes watch with even lower expectations that somehow turned into a genuinely entertaining good time. We got LOL moments. WTF moments. Taye Diggs acting ALL the way up. And a family that probably should’ve spent a little more time on background checks before bringing Bad Dad into the house. Sounds like Black Week to me. Get to pressing play! #GhostNinjaRaccoon #HorrorPodcast #HorrorMovies #MoviePodcast #HorrorComedy #HorrorMoviePodcast #BlackHorror #BlackHorrorMovies #BlackHorrorPodcast #BlackWeek #FamilyHorror #FamilyHorrorMonth #Stepfather #TheStepfather #TayeDiggs #TamarBraxton #TubiOriginal #TubiHorror #HorrorFans #HorrorCommunity #HorrorMovieReview #MovieRecap #HorrorRecap #CampyHorror #PsychologicalHorror #ThrillerMovies #BlackCinema