Stepmonster
- IMDb link: 0108223
- IMDb rating: 5.3 (697 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Horror
- Director: Billy Corben, Billy Corben, Jeremy Stanford, Jeremy Stanford
- Cast: Robin Riker, Alan Thicke, Molly Cheek and others
- Release date: 24 Feb 1993
- Release year: 1993
- Runtime: 85 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: psychotronic film, murder of a child, no one believes the protagonist, disbelieving adult, demanding an explanation, disbelieved confession, monster, family relationships, warning, rescue
Plot:
The twelve-year old Todd Dougherty is an imaginative boy that loves comic books and hates to practice violin. When he travels on vacation with his father George Dougherty, who is an architect, and his mother Abby, they meet his client Denise Gore that is building a house in the woods with George. Todd finds the footprint of the monster "Topopkin" in the woods, but nobody believes him. Out of the blue, his mother vanishes in the woods. Six months later, George decides to get married with Denise, and Todd stays for a period with his beloved grandparents Shirley and Norman. When George discloses to Todd that he will marry Denise, Todd finds that she is a monster, but nobody believes him. His neighbor Wendy learns that Todd is telling the truth and together with her boyfriend Phlegm, they try to help him. Meanwhile, Denise eats a jogger and the paper boy in the neighborhood.