The Stepfather
This movie had all the necessary conventions a thriller movie should have.
The opening was discrete as the titles appeared during the first scenes of the movie, which are also barely visible if the viewer isn't paying enough attention.
The storyline is engaging and keeps the audience interested from the beginning, due to the ordinariness which at the same time is contradicted by the eerie/almost creepy melody, making the main character look suspicious.
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| The shot in which suspense and shock comes in |
Bomb theory was used through out the movie to keep the audience hooked and weary as they knew the main character had something up his sleeve, but no idea when he'd take action.
Intertextuality was used near the ending as the knife and shower curtain was included, which had been seen before in Psycho, Fatal Attraction and numerous other thriller movies, which now also includes The Stepfather.
The shower curtain is ripped down, and the character drops into the bath, once again very similar to Psycho.
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