The Home vs The Stepfather
The Home has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.8/10 for The Stepfather). The Home is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 41m. The Stepfather is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Home
The Stepfather| The Home | The Stepfather | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller | Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mattias J. Skoglund | Nelson McCormick |
| Main cast | Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Anki Lidén, Philip Oros, Gizem Erdogan, Lottie Ejebrant | Skyler Samuels, Sela Ward, Dylan Walsh, Penn Badgley, Jon Tenney |
Synopsis
The Home
Many years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika, a home for the elderly struggling with dementia. However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival. She experiences terrifying visions of her late husband, Joel’s abusive father, and begins exhibiting violent behavior. Joel begins to believe that something malevolent and supernatural has taken control of his mother. But with his own…
The Stepfather
Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
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